5 ESG Dividend Stocks to Buy

2. Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 25

Dividend Yield: 4.0%

ESG Score: 67

Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) is a financial corporation operating in the US, Europe, and internationally. It offers advisory services in mergers and acquisitions, recapitalization and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other matters related to corporate finance. It has a payout ratio of 43.5%, making it one of the popular ESG dividend stocks to buy.

Keefe Bruyette’s Michael Brown upgraded Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) shares to Outperform this December.

For the fiscal third quarter of 2021, Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) had an EPS of $1.77 and revenue of $490.82 million. Both the EPS and revenue beat analyst estimates by $0.42 and $97.33 million respectively.

According to Insider Monkey’s hedge fund data, 25 hedge funds were long Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) in the third quarter, while 18 hedge funds were long the stock in the second quarter. Their total stakes values were $147 million and $146 million respectively.