---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-058231"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MC"
cik: "0001596967"
company_name: "Moelis & Co"
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T00:21:31.157836+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Moelis Q3 Adjusted rev +19% to $277.7M but net loss $0.15/sh; declares $0.60 dividend

## Summary
- GAAP net loss $11.4M ($0.16/sh); Adjusted net loss $11.3M ($0.15/sh) vs net income $0.37/sh a year ago.
- Adjusted revenues $277.7M, up 19% YoY, driven by restructuring and capital markets fee increases.
- First nine months: Adjusted revenues $645.2M (-16% YoY); Adjusted net loss $0.14/sh excluding $10.4M SEC settlement.
- Regular quarterly dividend $0.60/sh, payable Dec 22, 2023 to holders of record Nov 13, 2023.
- Hired 24 MDs YTD (5 since last earnings); launched Clean Technology Group; $297.8M cash, no debt or goodwill.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-058231
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MC
- cik: 0001596967
- company_name: Moelis & Co
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+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/1596967/000095017023058231/0000950170-23-058231-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017023058231/mc-20231102.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Moelis & Co reported third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: revenue $272.2 million, net income $0.16 per share for the third quarter of 2023, EPS $0.16 per share.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $272.2 million
  - Net income: $0.16 per share for the third quarter of 2023
  - EPS: $0.16 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 99.1 Moelis & Company Reports Third Quarter and First Nine Months 2023 Financial Results; Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend of $0.60 Per Share • Third quarter GAAP revenues of $272.2 million; third quarter Adjusted revenues of $277.7 million, up 19% from the prior year period • GAAP revenues for the first nine months of 2023 were $639.9 million; Adjusted revenues for
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017023058231/0000950170-23-058231-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Moelis & Co reported first nine months of 2023 results: revenue $639.9 million, net income $0.28 per share for the first nine months of 2023, EPS $0.28 per share.
  - Period: first nine months of 2023
  - Revenue: $639.9 million
  - Net income: $0.28 per share for the first nine months of 2023
  - EPS: $0.28 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: GAAP revenues of $272.2 million; third quarter Adjusted revenues of $277.7 million, up 19% from the prior year period • GAAP revenues for the first nine months of 2023 were $639.9 million; Adjusted revenues for the first nine months of 2023 were $645.2 million, down 16% from the prior year period • GAAP net loss of $0.16 per share for the third quarter of 2023 and
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017023058231/0000950170-23-058231-index.htm

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