---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-002152"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MC"
cik: "0001596967"
company_name: "Moelis & Co"
filed_at: "2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T21:49:17.389827+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Moelis Q4 adjusted revenue $202.1M, down 52% YoY; diluted EPS $0.33

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP revenue $207.2M, adjusted $202.1M (down 52% YoY); full year $985.3M GAAP, $970.2M adjusted (down 38%).
- Q4 GAAP diluted EPS $0.28, adjusted $0.33; full year GAAP $2.14, adjusted $2.22.
- Declared $0.60/share quarterly dividend payable March 28, 2023 to holders of record Feb 21.
- Returned ~$315.6M to shareholders in 2022 via dividends and $147.5M in share repurchases (3.2M shares).
- Added 25 Managing Directors in 2022 (16 promotes, 9 hires); 8 promoted to MD in early 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-002152
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MC
- cik: 0001596967
- company_name: Moelis & Co
- filed_at: 2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017023002152/0000950170-23-002152-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017023002152/mc-20230208.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-002152.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Moelis & Co reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 8, 2023, Moelis & Company issued a press release announcing financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017023002152/0000950170-23-002152-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.