Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Moelis & Co shares valued at $189,640 were sold by Shropshire Kenneth on Aug 22 ’25. At $72.52 per share, Shropshire Kenneth sold 2,615 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 7,109 shares worth approximately $0.45 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, KENNETH SHROPSHIRE purchased 2,615 shares, netting a total of over 189,640 in proceeds.
Before that, WATANABE OSAMU R. had sold 6,340 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $460,538, the General Counsel, Secretary traded Moelis & Co shares for $72.64 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 6,340 shares, worth approximately $8243.83.
As published in a research note from Seaport Research Partners on October 30, 2025, Moelis & Co [MC] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $81. Analysts at Deutsche Bank started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of October 03, 2025, BMO Capital Markets has initiated its “Market perform” rating for MC. Earlier on June 23, 2025, Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for MC stock which previously was a “an Underweight”.
Analyzing MC Stock Performance
On last trading session, Moelis & Co [NYSE: MC] plunged -1.10% to $62.93. The stock’s lowest price that day was $62.2684, but it reached a high of $63.9 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.08%. Over the course of the year, Moelis & Co shares have dropped approximately -4.27%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $82.89 on 02/06/25 and a 52-week low of $47.00 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Moelis & Co (MC)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 62.14, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 61.34. In the upper region, resistance lies at 63.86. The next price resistance is at 64.78. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 36.71 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Moelis & Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Moelis & Co saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-15 jumping by 57774.0 shares to 3.98 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 3.92 million shares. A jump of 1.45% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.45 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.45.
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In terms of Moelis & Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 80.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 26.51% from the previous closing price of $63.63. Analysts anticipate Moelis & Co stock to reach 81 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 80. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked Moelis & Co stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On March 13, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Underweight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $70.
