---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-034731"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MC"
cik: "0001596967"
company_name: "Moelis & Co"
filed_at: "2023-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T02:21:19.422747+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Moelis reports Q2 GAAP net loss $0.17; revenue down 26%; declares $0.60 dividend; SEC settlement $10M

## Summary
- Q2 GAAP revenues $179.9M, down 26% YoY; adjusted revenues $182.2M, down 23%.
- GAAP net loss of $0.17 per share; adjusted net loss of $0.04 per share.
- Declares regular quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share, payable Sep 22 to holders of record Aug 7.
- Agreed $10M civil penalty with SEC staff to resolve messaging app recordkeeping investigation; subject to SEC approval.
- Hired 19 Managing Directors in H1 2023; two additional Industrials-focused MDs expected to join.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-034731
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MC
- cik: 0001596967
- company_name: Moelis & Co
- filed_at: 2023-07-26T23:59:59+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/1596967/000095017023034731/0000950170-23-034731-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017023034731/mc-20230726.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-034731
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-034731.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-034731.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Moelis & Co reported financial results for second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
  - Period: second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On July 26, 2023, Moelis & Company issued a press release announcing financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017023034731/0000950170-23-034731-index.htm

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