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Moelis & Company
(NYSE:MC) 

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Moelis & Company operates as an investment banking advisory firm in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It offers advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters. The compa...

Founded: 2007
Full Time Employees: 879
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Capital Markets

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    Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 
                                           
      revenues
    319,780,000 487,935,000 356,892,000 365,376,000 306,593,000 438,719,000 273,755,000 264,586,000 217,485,000 214,878,000 272,179,000 179,871,000 187,820,000 207,183,000 233,506,000 242,520,000 302,088,000 1,019,363,000 490,821,000 360,907,000 263,866,000 422,028,000 207,604,000 159,938,000 153,706,000 223,528,000 231,700,000 153,523,000 137,783,000 238,294,000 207,723,000 220,405,000 219,418,000 169,167,000 170,041,000 172,149,000 173,258,000 204,608,000 150,676,000 
      expenses
                                           
      compensation and benefits
    210,415,000 298,007,000 255,410,000 252,110,000 211,549,000 257,145,000 210,658,000 197,873,000 164,475,000 178,485,000 242,231,000 145,794,000 148,239,000 141,029,000 160,437,000 140,092,000 176,637,000 542,025,000 307,590,000 214,017,000 156,499,000 188,919,000 127,148,000 149,616,000 95,120,000 172,096,000 141,697,000 84,485,000 90,161,000 137,876,000 120,701,000 128,109,000 127,177,000 99,156,000 99,694,000 100,808,000 101,726,000 119,981,000 88,046,000 
      occupancy
    10,420,000 10,254,000 8,072,000 8,726,000 8,117,000 8,337,000 7,409,000 7,073,000 7,089,000 8,721,000 7,181,000 6,872,000 5,834,000 6,144,000 6,022,000 6,267,000 5,810,000 3,969,000 5,842,000 6,689,000 7,695,000 7,469,000 7,660,000 7,673,000 7,231,000 5,823,000 4,802,000 4,765,000 4,819,000 4,843,000 4,976,000 4,550,000 4,583,000 4,431,000 4,393,000 4,097,000 4,180,000 3,755,000 4,096,000 
      professional fees
    6,672,000 9,566,000 5,864,000 7,424,000 6,914,000 6,485,000 8,445,000 5,961,000 6,165,000 7,418,000 13,525,000 6,907,000 4,946,000 5,038,000 6,048,000 5,570,000 4,315,000 7,443,000 4,771,000 5,802,000 5,999,000 3,995,000 4,952,000 5,195,000 4,236,000 4,307,000 4,401,000 5,342,000 5,179,000 7,182,000 5,871,000 6,574,000 5,684,000 6,280,000 4,494,000 3,939,000 5,241,000 5,023,000 2,804,000 
      communication, technology and information services
    15,648,000 15,158,000 14,501,000 13,870,000 13,321,000 13,465,000 12,874,000 11,990,000 12,244,000 12,220,000 11,709,000 11,215,000 10,834,000 10,452,000 9,971,000 10,108,000 8,779,000 11,256,000 9,139,000 8,216,000 8,659,000 8,064,000 8,162,000 7,563,000 8,392,000 7,907,000 7,844,000 7,877,000 7,962,000 7,883,000 7,414,000 7,317,000 7,133,000 6,537,000 6,427,000 6,738,000 5,471,000 5,924,000 5,496,000 
      travel and related expenses
    18,402,000 15,691,000 11,514,000 12,996,000 17,469,000 10,799,000 8,781,000 8,511,000 11,963,000 8,430,000 8,394,000 9,213,000 10,968,000 8,018,000 7,389,000 9,366,000 7,643,000 4,245,000 4,469,000 2,870,000 1,610,000 1,691,000 1,662,000 1,548,000 7,944,000 9,797,000 10,909,000 9,293,000 11,497,000 10,468,000 9,385,000 10,851,000 11,560,000 8,644,000 7,294,000 8,105,000 6,591,000 4,118,000 4,490,000 
      depreciation and amortization
    3,493,000 3,364,000 2,976,000 2,760,000 2,779,000 2,833,000 2,802,000 2,434,000 2,375,000 2,294,000 2,014,000 1,936,000 2,073,000 2,177,000 1,918,000 1,841,000 2,039,000 4,026,000 1,947,000 1,637,000 1,449,000 1,492,000 941,000 1,076,000 1,199,000 1,236,000 1,284,000 1,290,000 1,155,000 1,335,000 1,135,000 1,100,000 1,055,000 974,000 891,000 822,000 857,000 824,000 817,000 
      other expenses
    14,234,000 7,887,000 10,241,000 6,861,000 9,532,000 8,144,000 7,222,000 10,676,000 7,372,000 6,659,000 7,151,000 7,520,000 6,317,000 4,900,000 6,672,000 7,077,000 7,438,000 9,730,000 4,915,000 3,458,000 9,512,000 3,937,000 5,121,000 4,419,000 5,142,000    7,381,000 5,552,000 5,329,000 6,259,000 7,157,000 4,484,000 6,969,000 4,932,000 6,158,000   
      total expenses
    279,284,000 359,927,000 308,578,000 304,747,000 269,681,000 307,208,000 258,191,000 244,518,000 211,683,000 224,227,000 292,205,000 189,457,000 189,211,000 177,758,000 198,457,000 180,321,000 212,661,000 582,694,000 338,673,000 242,689,000 191,423,000 215,567,000 155,646,000 177,090,000 129,264,000 206,776,000 177,417,000 119,644,000 128,154,000 175,139,000 154,811,000 164,760,000 164,349,000 130,506,000 130,162,000 129,441,000 130,224,000 143,083,000 110,562,000 
      operating income
    40,496,000 128,008,000 48,314,000 60,629,000 36,912,000 131,511,000 15,564,000 20,068,000 5,802,000 -9,349,000 -20,026,000 -9,586,000 -1,391,000 29,425,000 35,049,000 62,199,000 89,427,000 436,669,000 152,148,000 118,218,000 72,443,000 206,461,000 51,958,000 -17,152,000 24,442,000 16,752,000 54,283,000 33,879,000 9,629,000 63,155,000 52,912,000 55,645,000 55,069,000 38,661,000 39,879,000 42,708,000 43,034,000 61,525,000 40,114,000 
      yoy
    9.71% -2.66% 210.42% 202.12% 536.19% -1506.69% -177.72% -309.35% -517.11% -131.77% -157.14% -115.41% -101.56% -93.26% -76.96% -47.39% 23.44% 111.50% 192.83% -789.24% 196.39% 1132.46% -4.28% -150.63% 153.84% -73.47% 2.59% -39.12% -82.51% 63.36% 32.68% 30.29% 27.97% -37.16% -0.59%     
      qoq
    -68.36% 164.95% -20.31% 64.25% -71.93% 744.97% -22.44% 245.88% -162.06% -53.32% 108.91% 589.14% -104.73% -16.05% -43.65% -30.45% -79.52% 187.00% 28.70% 63.19% -64.91% 297.36% -402.93% -170.17% 45.90% -69.14% 60.23% 251.84% -84.75% 19.36% -4.91% 1.05% 42.44% -3.05% -6.62% -0.76% -30.05% 53.38%  
      other income and
    5,665,000 9,958,000 33,999,000 3,510,000 6,141,000 6,035,000 11,095,000 1,708,000 4,229,000 5,145,000 9,943,000 -5,629,000 1,746,000 2,876,000 2,625,000 -3,046,000 -2,235,000 46,964,000 30,435,000 2,762,000 3,179,000 10,972,000 -1,631,000 -3,277,000 -1,660,000 11,549,000 14,301,000 4,303,000 1,377,000 1,546,000 1,090,000 1,286,000 587,000 144,840,000 14,955,000 17,695,000 238,000 118,000 187,000 
      income before income taxes
    46,161,000 137,966,000 82,313,000 64,139,000 43,053,000 137,546,000 26,659,000 21,776,000 10,031,000 -4,204,000 -10,083,000 -15,215,000 355,000 32,301,000 37,674,000 59,153,000 87,192,000 483,633,000 182,583,000 120,980,000 75,622,000 217,433,000 50,327,000 -20,429,000 22,782,000 28,301,000 68,584,000 38,901,000 11,719,000 68,222,000 54,529,000 59,157,000 56,544,000 187,277,000 57,625,000 59,073,000 46,376,000 62,822,000 41,863,000 
      provision for income taxes
    3,866,000 38,950,000 22,242,000 17,384,000 -10,722,000 37,701,000 7,419,000 6,855,000 -7,454,000 2,260,000 1,286,000 -1,969,000 -3,208,000 9,629,000 9,115,000 15,296,000 13,598,000 123,530,000 42,119,000 27,778,000 -176,000 61,870,000 8,534,000 -11,385,000 -7,344,000    -4,458,000 12,217,000 9,641,000 6,027,000 2,563,000 192,927,000 14,354,000 9,549,000 6,997,000   
      net income
    42,295,000 99,016,000 60,071,000 46,755,000 53,775,000 99,845,000 19,240,000 14,921,000 17,485,000 -6,464,000 -11,369,000 -13,246,000 3,563,000 22,672,000 28,559,000 43,857,000 73,594,000 360,103,000 140,464,000 93,202,000 75,798,000 155,563,000 41,793,000 -9,044,000 30,126,000 27,150,000 54,698,000 37,667,000 16,177,000 56,005,000 44,888,000 53,130,000 53,981,000 -5,650,000 43,271,000 49,524,000 39,379,000 54,728,000 35,313,000 
      yoy
    -21.35% -0.83% 212.22% 213.35% 207.55% -1644.63% -269.23% -212.65% 390.74% -128.51% -139.81% -130.20% -95.16% -93.70% -79.67% -52.94% -2.91% 131.48% 236.09% -1130.54% 151.60% 472.98% -23.59% -124.01% 86.23% -51.52% 21.85% -29.10% -70.03% -1091.24% 3.74% 7.28% 37.08% -110.32% 22.54%     
      qoq
    -57.28% 64.83% 28.48% -13.05% -46.14% 418.94% 28.95% -14.66% -370.50% -43.14% -14.17% -471.77% -84.28% -20.61% -34.88% -40.41% -79.56% 156.37% 50.71% 22.96% -51.28% 272.22% -562.11% -130.02% 10.96% -50.36% 45.21% 132.84% -71.12% 24.77% -15.51% -1.58% -1055.42% -113.06% -12.63% 25.76% -28.05% 54.98%  
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    3,862,000 11,151,000 6,705,000 5,217,000 3,507,000 10,446,000 2,346,000 1,760,000 919,000 -804,000 -637,000 -1,272,000 -103,000 2,617,000 2,947,000 4,894,000 7,879,000 47,239,000 20,169,000 13,861,000 9,269,000 29,081,000 8,842,000 -3,312,000 4,996,000 5,699,000 14,083,000 8,208,000 2,607,000 16,789,000 12,439,000 17,440,000 20,656,000 19,163,000 24,066,000 29,794,000 24,101,000 39,693,000 25,824,000 
      net income attributable to moelis & company
    38,433,000 87,865,000 53,366,000 41,538,000 50,268,000 89,399,000 16,894,000 13,161,000 16,566,000 -5,660,000 -10,732,000 -11,974,000 3,666,000 20,055,000 25,612,000 38,963,000 65,715,000 312,864,000 120,295,000 79,341,000 66,529,000 126,482,000 32,951,000 -5,732,000 25,130,000 21,451,000 40,615,000 29,459,000 13,570,000 39,216,000 32,449,000 35,690,000 33,325,000 -24,813,000 19,205,000 19,730,000 15,278,000 15,035,000 9,489,000 
      weighted-average shares of class a common stock outstanding
                                           
      basic
    75,438,451,000 75,028,237,000 75,438,951,000 75,615,922,000 73,870,456,000 71,876,838,000 72,325,050,000 72,148,948,000 70,228,589,000 68,501,018,000 68,752,061,000 68,504,772,000 67,008,526,000 65,766,439,000 65,873,976,000 66,290,442,000 64,824,347,000 63,125,497,000 63,024,943,000 63,150,538,000 60,932,966,000 56,566,645,000 56,803,430,000 56,130,614,000 52,666,457,000 50,373,874,000 51,079,746,000 50,107,269,000 48,309,358,000 43,216,358,000 45,203,781,000 41,750,396,000 36,169,566,000 30,597,058,000 32,505,940,000 28,165,552,000 26,160,969,000 20,933,757,000 20,926,745,000 
      diluted
    79,478,003,000 79,232,743,000 79,668,717,000 78,644,806,000 78,556,091,000 76,611,948,000 76,906,271,000 75,788,525,000 75,102,099,000 68,501,018,000 68,752,061,000 68,504,772,000 71,462,547,000 70,320,182,000 69,829,338,000 69,811,979,000 70,000,473,000 68,435,579,000 68,274,912,000 67,554,777,000 66,360,217,000 60,723,365,000 60,668,084,000 56,130,614,000 57,092,982,000 55,513,149,000 55,468,728,000 54,668,087,000 55,108,335,000 50,690,528,000 53,141,198,000 49,280,107,000 44,596,534,000 37,675,511,000 39,784,633,000 34,374,882,000 32,921,576,000 24,242,302,000 24,301,063,000 
      net income per share
                                           
      basic
    0.51 1.17 0.71 0.55 0.68 1.24 0.23 0.18 0.24 -0.08 -0.16 -0.17 0.05 0.31 0.39 0.59 1.01 4.84 1.91 1.26 1.09 2.21 0.58 -0.1 0.48 0.41 0.8 0.59 0.28 0.8 0.72 0.85 0.92 -0.9 0.59 0.7 0.58 0.71 0.45 
      diluted
    0.48 1.1 0.67 0.53 0.64 1.17 0.22 0.17 0.22 -0.08 -0.16 -0.17 0.05 0.28 0.37 0.56 0.94 4.46 1.76 1.17 2.07 0.54 -0.1 0.44 0.37 0.73 0.54 0.25 0.72 0.61 0.72 0.75 -0.73 0.48 0.57 0.46 0.59 0.39 
      other incomes
                             5,610,000 6,480,000 6,592,000          2,721,250 4,813,000 
      benefit for income taxes
                             2,665,500 13,886,000 1,234,000            
      income from equity method investments
                               719,000 713,000 3,521,000 527,000 2,226,000 888,000 3,776,000 2,791,000 -1,330,000 3,104,000 1,179,000 1,562,000 
      dividends declared per share of class a common stock
                                 1.103 1.97 0.47 1.97 0.528 0.37 1.37 0.37 0.43 0.32 
      benefit from income taxes
                                         4,178,750 6,550,000 
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      Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2016-12-31 
                                           
        assets
                                           
        cash and cash equivalents
      152,944,000 508,595,000 281,583,000 221,718,000 184,530,000 412,467,000 145,332,000 150,434,000 102,643,000 186,417,000 147,452,000 160,199,000 134,622,000 206,794,000 148,246,000 138,803,000 130,420,000 520,213,000 278,701,000 196,451,000 155,402,000 202,477,000 85,513,000 92,950,000 124,158,000 167,812,000 48,943,000 108,360,000 69,132,000 261,100,000 86,894,000 132,868,000 130,990,000 213,191,000 127,600,000 179,884,000 318,926,000 
        restricted cash
      794,000 770,000 852,000 798,000 846,000 712,000 733,000 809,000 610,000 798,000 766,000 615,000 763,000 745,000 700,000 631,000 635,000 801,000 1,032,000 1,077,000 1,081,000 807,000 636,000 721,000 597,000 760,000 699,000 682,000 349,000 671,000 774,000 556,000 598,000 703,000 789,000 624,000 659,000 
        receivables:
                                           
        accounts receivable
      97,945,000 82,188,000 55,229,000 56,529,000 55,466,000 51,404,000 57,765,000 51,590,000 49,970,000 51,219,000 25,512,000 36,127,000 31,609,000 47,825,000 58,992,000 50,145,000 39,273,000 41,870,000 100,783,000 72,212,000 71,824,000 89,297,000 65,281,000 45,531,000 38,351,000 45,074,000 96,332,000 42,802,000 44,425,000 54,412,000 54,679,000 63,790,000 45,260,000 56,725,000 50,540,000 27,927,000 23,158,000 
        accrued and other receivables
      27,346,000 28,738,000 44,052,000 46,230,000 37,874,000 22,305,000 30,243,000 22,939,000 35,241,000 12,416,000 21,032,000 15,598,000 17,345,000 8,514,000 4,683,000 25,618,000 15,372,000 27,698,000 32,268,000 27,489,000 45,427,000 11,916,000 13,512,000 11,035,000 13,680,000 10,722,000 18,587,000 6,391,000 10,599,000 14,199,000 26,845,000       
        total receivables
      125,291,000 110,926,000 99,281,000 102,759,000 93,340,000 73,709,000 88,008,000 74,529,000 85,211,000 63,635,000 46,544,000 51,725,000 48,954,000 56,339,000 63,675,000 75,763,000 54,645,000 69,568,000 133,051,000 99,701,000 117,251,000 101,213,000 78,793,000 56,566,000 52,031,000 55,796,000 114,919,000 49,193,000 55,024,000 68,611,000 81,524,000 126,586,000 61,116,000 61,593,000 62,403,000 37,857,000 30,451,000 
        deferred compensation
      57,958,000 32,029,000 31,080,000 36,164,000 32,890,000 18,382,000 25,539,000 33,111,000 42,271,000 17,133,000 22,219,000 27,766,000 34,200,000 15,100,000 18,136,000 20,671,000 22,346,000 11,499,000 13,840,000 15,979,000 15,676,000 12,004,000 13,310,000 13,555,000 16,592,000 11,748,000 8,830,000 9,283,000 11,421,000 8,788,000 9,682,000 9,984,000 11,593,000 8,848,000 9,113,000 9,295,000 8,701,000 
        investments
      228,818,000 369,072,000 366,829,000 290,175,000 188,398,000 184,601,000 188,311,000 87,153,000 67,676,000 210,357,000 197,655,000 87,210,000 91,681,000 265,245,000 247,407,000 191,896,000 228,346,000 263,341,000 338,628,000 130,369,000 118,427,000 211,826,000 219,534,000 138,991,000 58,881,000 213,231,000 159,697,000           
        right-of-use assets
      215,464,000 216,865,000 223,266,000 174,538,000 176,673,000 180,370,000 168,189,000 165,158,000 167,993,000 171,998,000 175,041,000 161,298,000 149,634,000 152,341,000 153,558,000 157,408,000 160,137,000 164,083,000 163,902,000 167,865,000 171,857,000 177,069,000 179,452,000 182,625,000 186,524,000 190,763,000 47,910,000 46,617,000 54,385,000         
        equipment and leasehold improvements
      99,084,000 89,787,000 84,107,000 67,768,000 65,776,000 65,451,000 65,972,000 66,696,000 66,793,000 63,803,000 62,544,000 59,826,000 56,183,000 57,152,000 57,296,000 58,076,000 59,583,000 59,163,000 56,836,000 56,992,000 52,067,000 49,977,000 42,000,000 33,378,000 25,934,000 13,992,000 14,282,000 14,633,000 13,509,000 12,731,000 12,004,000 11,395,000 10,479,000 10,458,000 10,345,000 9,704,000 8,397,000 
        deferred tax assets
      366,888,000 370,685,000 389,744,000 414,376,000 431,362,000 410,512,000 439,544,000 444,034,000 451,001,000 437,238,000 436,057,000 437,595,000 435,516,000 429,649,000 427,689,000 428,276,000 422,636,000 448,123,000 417,132,000 421,384,000 423,281,000 424,345,000                
        prepaid expenses and other assets
      41,953,000 41,956,000 40,486,000 34,239,000 32,601,000 32,732,000 31,434,000 28,905,000 28,274,000 28,380,000 32,195,000 31,692,000 37,475,000 33,504,000 41,721,000 44,950,000 18,531,000 18,890,000 16,408,000 18,196,000 16,055,000 16,726,000 16,404,000 17,626,000 16,874,000 17,101,000 17,520,000 17,262,000 14,818,000 15,691,000 14,555,000 14,328,000 14,382,000 15,319,000 17,009,000 16,927,000 9,619,000 
        total assets
      1,289,194,000 1,740,685,000 1,517,228,000 1,342,535,000 1,206,416,000 1,378,936,000 1,153,062,000 1,050,829,000 1,012,472,000 1,179,759,000 1,120,473,000 1,017,926,000 989,028,000 1,216,869,000 1,158,428,000 1,116,474,000 1,097,279,000 1,555,681,000 1,419,530,000 1,108,014,000 1,071,097,000 1,196,444,000 1,065,921,000 973,944,000 889,686,000 1,071,699,000 806,237,000 714,769,000 681,690,000 914,375,000 823,019,000 727,476,000 627,812,000 699,068,000 795,089,000 627,806,000 598,800,000 
        liabilities and equity
                                           
        compensation payable
      64,752,000 439,394,000 293,586,000 189,249,000 65,400,000 346,323,000 214,022,000 139,941,000 48,621,000 259,771,000 186,659,000 68,773,000 29,230,000 243,176,000 200,806,000 147,771,000 99,953,000 503,707,000 389,895,000 187,358,000 59,889,000 220,058,000 116,905,000 84,455,000 12,424,000 163,131,000 65,447,000 18,030,000 11,869,000 197,741,000 142,290,000 113,144,000 56,257,000 145,152,000 110,741,000 84,951,000 131,591,000 
        accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
      57,928,000 43,630,000 34,876,000 32,487,000 47,942,000 33,597,000 27,791,000 25,136,000 43,398,000 32,626,000 27,890,000 27,188,000 29,236,000 11,929,000 7,008,000 13,250,000 52,316,000 69,883,000 21,019,000 7,391,000 24,583,000 25,026,000 10,123,000 10,603,000 24,778,000 16,107,000            
        amount due pursuant to tax receivable agreement
      269,344,000 301,053,000 299,159,000 298,802,000 298,837,000 290,813,000 290,553,000 288,410,000 310,119,000 304,567,000 304,780,000 304,780,000 304,780,000 302,356,000 307,841,000 307,115,000 307,115,000 307,363,000 307,603,000 324,620,000 324,064,000 307,581,000 323,312,000 318,676,000 300,871,000 297,986,000 311,432,000 311,432,000 311,246,000 311,246,000 323,226,000 243,997,000 243,997,000 177,148,000 314,747,000 198,656,000 120,936,000 
        deferred revenue
      7,774,000 9,076,000 3,244,000 7,162,000 8,209,000 5,585,000 14,169,000 3,671,000 5,729,000 4,649,000 4,191,000 10,379,000 4,085,000 7,708,000 3,506,000 6,826,000 5,573,000 4,539,000 3,914,000 11,586,000 8,105,000 2,692,000 7,494,000 4,664,000 4,450,000 3,023,000 3,985,000 11,443,000 10,145,000 7,074,000 6,580,000 3,935,000 2,924,000 4,948,000 3,848,000 2,886,000 2,971,000 
        lease liabilities
      267,177,000 267,155,000 267,742,000 218,825,000 220,075,000 223,235,000 211,426,000 209,220,000 211,844,000 215,684,000 216,862,000 201,117,000 189,587,000 192,762,000 194,365,000 196,371,000 187,407,000 191,890,000 191,207,000 192,266,000 193,876,000 196,614,000 193,444,000 194,903,000 194,607,000 197,625,000 54,188,000 54,273,000 59,333,000         
        total liabilities
      666,975,000 1,060,308,000 898,607,000 746,525,000 640,463,000 899,553,000 757,961,000 666,378,000 619,711,000 817,297,000 740,382,000 612,237,000 556,918,000 757,931,000 713,526,000 671,333,000 652,364,000 1,077,382,000 913,638,000 723,221,000 610,517,000 751,971,000 651,278,000 613,301,000 537,130,000 677,872,000 441,657,000 401,911,000 394,547,000 542,622,000 496,074,000 374,365,000 327,635,000 354,812,000 448,017,000 356,566,000 347,359,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                           
        class a common stock, par value 0.01 per share...
      878,000 849,000 847,000 847,000 847,000 810,000 809,000 807,000 807,000 768,000 768,000 767,000 767,000 730,000 730,000 729,000 718,000 685,000 667,000 667,000 666,000 620,000 591,000 589,000 571,000 528,000 518,000 516,000 494,000 470,000 469,000 422,000 411,000 342,000 339,000 282,000 210,000 
        class b common stock, par value 0.01 per share...
      42,000 42,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 44,000 44,000 45,000 45,000 45,000 45,000 46,000 46,000 47,000 47,000 47,000 48,000 49,000 49,000 59,000 86,000 87,000 104,000 104,000 104,000 104,000 105,000 105,000 105,000 152,000 152,000 199,000 200,000 257,000 311,000 
        treasury stock
      -653,562,000 -536,292,000 -490,169,000 -474,971,000 -473,343,000 -461,701,000 -460,610,000 -459,585,000 -459,253,000 -450,859,000 -449,376,000 -448,613,000 -448,383,000 -403,857,000 -402,610,000 -389,151,000 -354,249,000 -256,320,000 -252,192,000 -248,093,000 -226,381,000 -152,170,000 -141,190,000 -140,238,000 -139,472,000 -107,836,000 -98,734,000 -96,271,000 -83,631,000 -56,661,000 -47,880,000 -47,360,000 -43,977,000 -23,188,000 -20,762,000 -20,196,000 -10,930,000 
        additional paid-in-capital
      1,964,330,000 1,912,193,000 1,866,753,000 1,832,008,000 1,787,693,000 1,730,838,000 1,691,462,000 1,651,502,000 1,626,614,000 1,573,702,000 1,537,157,000 1,502,470,000 1,466,079,000 1,412,795,000 1,378,700,000 1,348,467,000 1,306,290,000 1,280,498,000 1,184,795,000 1,152,104,000 1,101,205,000 1,052,322,000 993,688,000 961,326,000 933,094,000 872,791,000 827,758,000 791,403,000 756,349,000 697,938,000 668,406,000 605,897,000 566,015,000 487,163,000 454,745,000 399,508,000 291,026,000 
        retained earnings
      -817,289,000 -801,234,000 -836,680,000 -837,591,000 -825,128,000 -821,650,000 -862,079,000 -831,053,000 -799,087,000 -767,587,000 -716,747,000 -660,529,000 -603,121,000 -560,690,000 -536,852,000 -519,612,000 -514,502,000 -535,282,000 -414,851,000 -493,485,000 -393,166,000 -420,682,000 -384,731,000 -401,137,000 -378,817,000 -324,192,000 -316,122,000 -327,353,000 -327,648,000 -237,782,000 -250,594,000 -182,256,000 -194,386,000 -139,918,000 -99,136,000 -102,290,000 -68,229,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      -7,315,000 -7,119,000 -5,760,000 -4,354,000 -5,582,000 -6,734,000 -2,090,000 -4,171,000 -4,647,000 -3,928,000 -4,761,000 -3,988,000 -4,273,000 -4,529,000 -9,670,000 -5,470,000 -1,247,000 -560,000 -1,691,000 954,000 -856,000 -201,000 -359,000 50,000 128,000 1,432,000 412,000 667,000 712,000 291,000 -34,000 457,000 1,738,000 352,000 543,000 74,000 -543,000 
        total moelis & company equity
      487,084,000 568,439,000 535,034,000 515,982,000 484,530,000 441,606,000 367,535,000 357,544,000 364,478,000 352,141,000 367,086,000 390,152,000 411,114,000 444,495,000 430,344,000 435,010,000 437,057,000 489,068,000 516,776,000 412,196,000 481,517,000 479,948,000 468,085,000 420,677,000 415,608,000 442,827,000 413,936,000 369,066,000 346,381,000 404,361,000 370,472,000 377,312,000 329,953,000 324,950,000 335,929,000 277,635,000 211,845,000 
        noncontrolling interests
      135,135,000 111,938,000 83,587,000 80,028,000 81,423,000 37,777,000 27,566,000 26,907,000 28,283,000 10,321,000 13,005,000 15,537,000 20,996,000 14,443,000 14,558,000 10,131,000 7,858,000 -10,769,000 -10,884,000 -27,403,000 -20,937,000 -35,475,000 -53,442,000 -60,034,000 -63,052,000 -49,000,000 -49,356,000 -56,208,000 -59,238,000 -32,608,000 -43,527,000 -24,201,000 -29,776,000 19,306,000 11,143,000 -6,395,000 39,596,000 
        total equity
      622,219,000 680,377,000 618,621,000 596,010,000 565,953,000 479,383,000 395,101,000 384,451,000 392,761,000 362,462,000 380,091,000 405,689,000 432,110,000 458,938,000 444,902,000 445,141,000 444,915,000 478,299,000 505,892,000 384,793,000 460,580,000 444,473,000 414,643,000 360,643,000 352,556,000 393,827,000 364,580,000 312,858,000 287,143,000 371,753,000 326,945,000 353,111,000 300,177,000 344,256,000 347,072,000 271,240,000 251,441,000 
        total liabilities and equity
      1,289,194,000 1,740,685,000 1,517,228,000 1,342,535,000 1,206,416,000 1,378,936,000 1,153,062,000 1,050,829,000 1,012,472,000 1,179,759,000 1,120,473,000 1,017,926,000 989,028,000 1,216,869,000 1,158,428,000 1,116,474,000 1,097,279,000 1,555,681,000 1,419,530,000 1,108,014,000 1,071,097,000 1,196,444,000 1,065,921,000 973,944,000 889,686,000 1,071,699,000 806,237,000 714,769,000 681,690,000 914,375,000 823,019,000 727,476,000 627,812,000 699,068,000 795,089,000 627,806,000 598,800,000 
        deferred tax asset and income tax receivable
                            430,279,000 437,532,000              
        deferred tax asset
                              408,095,000 400,496,000 393,437,000 406,732,000 392,449,000 402,859,000 412,897,000 313,923,000 313,469,000 234,000,000 405,730,000 266,641,000 167,791,000 
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                6,393,000 6,414,000 1,419,000 19,784,000 16,902,000 6,228,000 16,457,000 18,323,000 9,768,000 4,834,000 14,326,000 
        other liabilities
                                212,000 319,000 535,000 6,777,000 7,076,000 7,061,000 8,000,000 9,241,000 8,913,000 9,339,000 9,469,000 
        investments at fair value
                                 149,000 9,464,000 80,650,000 144,937,000 58,611,000 28,186,000 96,108,000 116,366,000 78,449,000 33,383,000 
        equity method investment
                                 61,858,000 61,139,000 63,274,000        
        equity method investments
                                    59,752,000 59,225,000 56,999,000 58,848,000 45,734,000 28,425,000 20,873,000 
        other receivables
                                     62,796,000 15,856,000 4,868,000 11,863,000 9,930,000 7,293,000 
        dividends payable
                                         55,900,000 68,066,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 
                                              
          cash flows from operating activities
                                              
          net income
        42,295,000 99,016,000 60,071,000 46,755,000 53,775,000 99,845,000 19,240,000 14,921,000 17,485,000 -6,464,000 -11,369,000 -13,246,000 3,563,000 22,672,000 28,559,000 43,857,000 73,594,000 113,514,000 140,464,000 93,202,000 75,798,000 155,563,000 41,793,000 -9,044,000 30,126,000 27,150,000 54,698,000 37,667,000 16,177,000 56,005,000 44,888,000 53,130,000 53,981,000 -5,650,000 43,271,000 49,524,000 39,379,000 54,728,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                              
          bad debt expense
        892,000 -265,000 768,000 -152,000 388,000 12,000 -33,000 702,000 965,000 379,000 678,000 72,000 -30,000 -87,000 2,627,000 378,000 -288,000 293,000 432,000 -1,848,000 3,149,000 -264,000 1,232,000 1,058,000 518,000 145,000 51,000 915,000 1,288,000 629,000 -793,000 537,000 671,000 1,374,000 1,090,000 52,000 379,000  
          depreciation and amortization
        3,493,000 3,364,000 2,976,000 2,760,000 2,779,000 2,833,000 2,802,000 2,434,000 2,375,000 2,294,000 2,014,000 1,936,000 2,073,000 2,177,000 1,918,000 1,841,000 2,039,000 2,209,000 1,947,000 1,637,000 1,449,000 1,492,000 941,000 1,076,000 1,199,000 1,236,000 1,284,000 1,290,000 1,155,000 1,335,000 1,135,000 1,100,000 1,055,000 974,000 891,000 822,000 857,000  
          equity-based compensation
        72,208,000 62,252,000 40,166,000 41,611,000 86,232,000 38,707,000 36,803,000 25,957,000 59,978,000 32,995,000 31,975,000 33,581,000 59,638,000 32,171,000 28,844,000 30,856,000 37,067,000 59,114,000 28,820,000 29,041,000 50,963,000 35,899,000 30,090,000 29,379,000 38,255,000 26,707,000 30,373,000 28,246,000 38,886,000 34,261,000 30,441,000 26,091,000 32,244,000 23,383,000 23,183,000 23,826,000 25,903,000  
          deferred tax provision
        3,866,000 21,371,000 21,996,000 17,384,000 -10,722,000 28,247,000 7,420,000 6,855,000 -7,454,000 -640,000 1,483,000 -1,965,000 -3,170,000 -2,223,000 1,377,000 1,659,000 25,973,000 -5,501,000 4,157,000 2,961,000 21,245,000    -6,723,000 -6,597,000 13,273,000 -13,649,000 10,638,000 205,000 -2,235,000 1,266,000 7,302,000 177,951,000 5,630,000 8,222,000 -106,000  
          other
        -198,000 -1,514,000 -10,898,000 429,000 -1,274,000 -4,010,000 -8,556,000 -710,000 -171,000 -404,000 -8,086,000 -2,967,000 86,000 4,417,000 1,225,000 3,266,000 3,192,000 5,191,000 -6,009,000 -2,818,000 -2,615,000 -10,997,000 2,690,000 3,720,000 2,099,000 -3,105,000 -855,000 -3,670,000 297,000 -1,372,000 968,000 1,085,000 2,603,000 2,842,000 1,040,000 1,196,000 1,831,000  
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                              
          accounts receivable
        -16,929,000 -26,576,000 -1,131,000 721,000 -4,250,000 5,726,000 -5,439,000 -2,317,000 195,000 -25,767,000 9,805,000 -4,380,000 16,328,000 571,000 -11,027,000 -12,507,000 2,643,000 55,280,000 -43,953,000 1,213,000 14,401,000 -23,166,000 -20,799,000 -8,298,000 5,565,000 51,494,000 -53,802,000 645,000 8,720,000 -563,000 10,001,000 -19,919,000 11,444,000 -7,019,000 -23,521,000 6,640,000 -11,707,000  
          accrued and other receivables
        347,000 16,333,000 1,921,000 -8,035,000 -15,736,000 8,425,000 -6,965,000 12,311,000 -16,525,000 8,663,000 -5,616,000 1,860,000 -8,807,000 -810,000 20,890,000 -10,011,000 11,957,000 4,672,000 -4,714,000 17,910,000 -32,589,000 1,606,000 -2,438,000 1,748,000 -1,899,000 8,052,000 -12,223,000 4,189,000 3,626,000 12,688,000         
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        -177,000 -1,402,000 -6,394,000 -1,269,000 199,000 -1,614,000 -2,275,000 -621,000 71,000 3,962,000 -601,000 5,826,000 -3,870,000 8,382,000 3,020,000 -26,852,000 463,000 -2,474,000 1,875,000 -2,210,000 -587,000 46,000 1,568,000 -495,000 117,000 782,000 -1,908,000 -894,000 -183,000 -1,246,000 -297,000 -216,000 1,149,000 1,691,000 -582,000 -2,760,000 -3,737,000  
          deferred compensation
        -26,050,000 -958,000 4,913,000 -3,096,000 -14,395,000 7,082,000 7,644,000 9,166,000 -25,152,000 5,158,000 5,440,000 6,446,000 -19,001,000 3,269,000 2,431,000 1,495,000 -10,957,000 2,341,000 2,152,000 -328,000 -3,660,000 1,364,000 293,000 3,047,000 -4,925,000 -2,835,000 420,000 2,107,000 -2,616,000 892,000 290,000 1,566,000 -2,726,000 260,000 214,000 1,411,000 -1,946,000  
          compensation payable
        -374,647,000 145,674,000 104,012,000 122,644,000 -281,080,000 132,965,000 73,918,000 91,310,000 -211,139,000 72,294,000 117,087,000 39,513,000 -214,005,000 43,792,000 54,772,000 49,553,000 -403,408,000 112,723,000 202,370,000 127,957,000 -160,178,000 102,718,000 32,172,000 72,373,000 -150,260,000 96,783,000 47,901,000 6,454,000 -186,519,000 55,851,000 29,459,000 57,260,000 -89,487,000 33,497,000 25,524,000 38,538,000 -85,706,000  
          accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
        16,061,000 15,616,000 2,708,000 -14,478,000 14,388,000 5,656,000 1,214,000 -17,986,000 11,137,000 6,436,000 2,627,000 -1,826,000 16,507,000 4,019,000 -3,978,000 -27,286,000 -17,798,000 49,428,000 16,857,000 -15,380,000 1,969,000 20,216,000 1,079,000 -9,288,000 9,454,000              
          deferred revenue
        -1,295,000 5,832,000 -3,873,000 -1,107,000 2,593,000 -8,533,000 10,455,000 -2,060,000 1,082,000 431,000 -6,217,000 6,305,000 -3,644,000 4,187,000 -3,266,000 1,266,000 1,040,000 636,000 -7,688,000 3,488,000 5,409,000 -4,811,000 2,820,000 205,000 1,439,000 -962,000 -7,458,000 1,298,000 3,071,000 486,000 2,638,000 1,026,000 -2,024,000 1,099,000 962,000 -6,613,000 6,527,000  
          dividends received from equity method investment
        1,336,000                                      
          net cash from operating activities
        -278,798,000 338,743,000 198,867,000 204,167,000 -165,480,000 315,341,000 137,180,000 139,962,000 -164,998,000 99,337,000 140,123,000 71,155,000 -152,143,000 122,402,000 125,531,000 57,515,000 -272,454,000 389,843,000 315,279,000 254,825,000 -22,967,000 325,774,000 100,596,000 75,938,000 -73,093,000 200,571,000 59,167,000 71,915,000 -122,346,000 158,299,000 162,595,000 62,592,000 7,403,000 97,899,000 62,661,000 97,853,000 -25,230,000  
          capital expenditures
        -12,790,000 -9,159,000 -19,315,000 -4,752,000 -3,104,000 -2,311,000 -2,077,000 -2,338,000 -5,366,000 -5,281,000 -4,730,000 -5,580,000 -1,104,000 -2,029,000 -1,134,000 -336,000 -2,458,000 -4,536,000  
          free cash flows
        -291,588,000 329,584,000 179,552,000 199,415,000 -168,584,000 313,030,000 135,103,000 137,624,000 -170,364,000 94,056,000 135,393,000 65,575,000 -153,247,000 120,373,000 124,397,000 57,179,000 -274,912,000 385,307,000 315,279,000 254,825,000 -22,967,000 325,774,000 100,596,000 75,938,000 -73,093,000 200,571,000 59,167,000 71,915,000 -122,346,000 158,299,000 162,595,000 62,592,000 7,403,000 97,899,000 62,661,000 97,853,000 -25,230,000  
          cash flows from investing activities
                                              
          purchases of investments
        -201,712,000 -116,231,000 -151,786,000 -104,216,000 -152,521,000 -128,567,000 -18,291,000 -22,599,000 -61,406,000 -114,558,000   -47,873,000 -95,249,000 -74,189,000 -117,432,000 -105,628,000                     
          proceeds from sales of investments
        341,182,000 116,393,000 68,000,000 3,000,000 148,398,000 6,000,000 18,600,000 163,684,000 51,257,000 11,260,000 42,010,000 171,321,000 37,472,000 40,545,000 107,250,000 147,250,000 186,219,000 68,249,000 28,788,000 173,046,000 139,010,000 50,006,000 21,229,000 181,249,000 30,243,000 9,300,000 80,559,000 100,950,000 6,550,000 17,000,000 75,310,000 26,890,000 35,750,000 20,000,000 33,000,000  
          note payments (issued to) employees
        -3,295,000                                      
          note payments received from employees
        4,218,000                  70,000         173,000 -11,000 204,000 76,000 302,000 403,000  
          purchases of equipment and leasehold improvements
        -12,790,000 -9,159,000 -19,315,000 -4,752,000 -3,104,000 -2,311,000 -2,077,000 -2,338,000 -5,366,000 -5,281,000 -4,730,000 -5,580,000 -1,104,000 -2,029,000 -1,134,000 -336,000 -2,458,000 -4,536,000                     
          net cash from investing activities
        127,603,000 -9,730,000 -73,185,000 -106,080,000 -6,977,000 3,689,000 -95,337,000 -20,629,000 129,389,000 -15,430,000 -108,028,000 1,815,000 170,217,000 -15,430,000 -55,838,000 32,725,000 27,360,000 76,055,000 -168,070,000 -15,853,000 90,854,000 -1,061,000 -89,576,000 -89,272,000 139,958,000 -42,874,000 -85,026,000 6,885,000 69,142,000 62,973,000 -87,580,000 -32,592,000 66,483,000 17,920,000 -39,082,000 -51,952,000 3,687,000  
          cash flows from financing activities
                                              
          payments for dividends and tax distributions
        -54,942,000 -53,094,000 -51,397,000 -59,127,000 -45,085,000 -45,870,000 -47,564,000 -51,463,000 -39,263,000 -44,675,000 -44,528,000 -46,922,000 -46,031,000 -44,872,000 -41,642,000 -42,490,000 -45,647,000                      
          payments for treasury stock purchases
        -117,270,000 -46,123,000 -15,198,000 -1,628,000 -11,642,000 -1,091,000 -1,025,000 -332,000 -8,394,000 -1,483,000 -763,000 -230,000 -44,526,000 -1,247,000 -13,459,000 -34,902,000 -97,929,000                      
          payments under tax receivable agreement
        -32,206,000         -6,365,000 -248,000 -2,292,000                -5,354,000 -5,032,000  
          net cash from financing activities
        -204,418,000 -99,505,000 -66,595,000 -61,069,000 -56,727,000 -46,961,000 -48,589,000 -71,898,000 -47,657,000 -46,158,000 -45,306,000 -47,152,000 -90,557,000 -52,484,000 -53,301,000 -77,392,000 -143,724,000 -226,594,000 -61,690,000 -200,361,000 -113,896,000 -207,488,000 -18,053,000 -17,743,000 -108,506,000 -40,363,000 -33,046,000 -39,071,000 -140,212,000 -47,392,000 -119,592,000 -27,169,000 -157,588,000 -30,706,000 -76,753,000 -23,232,000 -141,821,000  
          effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        -14,000 -2,578,000 832,000 122,000 1,381,000 -4,955,000 1,568,000 555,000 -696,000 1,248,000 615,000 -389,000 329,000 4,105,000 -6,880,000 -4,469,000 -1,141,000 1,977,000 -3,314,000 2,434,000 -792,000 -90,000 -489,000 -7,000 -2,176,000 1,596,000 -495,000 -168,000 1,126,000 223,000 -1,179,000 -995,000 1,396,000      
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        -355,627,000 226,930,000 59,919,000 37,140,000 -227,803,000 267,114,000 -5,178,000 47,990,000 -83,962,000 38,997,000 -12,596,000 25,429,000 -72,154,000 58,593,000 9,512,000 8,379,000 -389,959,000 241,281,000 82,205,000 41,045,000 -46,801,000 117,135,000 -7,522,000 -31,084,000 -43,817,000 118,930,000 -59,400,000 39,561,000 -192,290,000 174,103,000 -45,756,000 1,836,000 -82,306,000      
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period
        509,365,000 413,179,000 187,215,000 207,539,000 521,014,000 203,284,000 168,572,000 261,771,000 213,894,000      
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period
        153,738,000 226,930,000 59,919,000 37,140,000 185,376,000 267,114,000 -5,178,000 47,990,000 103,253,000 38,997,000 -12,596,000 25,429,000 135,385,000 58,593,000 9,512,000 8,379,000 131,055,000 241,281,000 82,205,000 41,045,000 156,483,000 117,135,000 -7,522,000 -31,084,000 124,755,000 118,930,000 -59,400,000 39,561,000 69,481,000 174,103,000 -45,756,000 1,836,000 131,588,000      
          supplemental cash flow disclosure
                                              
          cash paid during the period for:
                                              
          income taxes
        -2,023,000 3,595,000 896,000 1,402,000 3,407,000 333,000 1,039,000 649,000 595,000 -5,942,000 -305,000 270,000 2,352,000 1,726,000 2,230,000 65,301,000 7,165,000 6,657,000 24,068,000 22,551,000 1,913,000 -2,219,000 286,000 68,000 1,560,000 -326,000 283,000 1,553,000 11,895,000 7,641,000 1,665,000 2,719,000 11,466,000 5,641,000 5,844,000 8,983,000 11,369,000  
          other non-cash activity:
                                              
          class a partnership units or other equity converted into class a common stock
        -323,000 998,000 -15,000 1,784,000 -84,000 712,000 45,000 1,047,000 396,000 6,000 76,000 226,000 -317,000 150,000 7,495,000 150,000 22,771,000 84,000 206,000 3,903,000 8,996,000 243,000 4,939,000 786,000 555,000 42,000 430,000 240,000 -9,086,000 17,813,000 1,740,000 20,434,000 3,661,000 28,683,000 1,376,000 22,181,000  
          dividends in kind
        5,002,000 5,150,000 4,235,000 5,774,000 5,712,000 5,696,000 5,576,000 2,908,000 6,007,000 5,173,000 5,485,000 5,488,000 5,711,000 5,500,000 4,401,000 5,331,000 5,572,000                      
          gain on partial sale of equity method investment
                                             
          proceeds from partial sale of equity method investment
                              18,643,000             
          other distributions
                                              
          non-cash settlement of accounts receivable
             261,000         3,425,000                     
          forfeiture of fully-vested stock-based awards
                                             
          dividends received
          724,000 1,623,000 952,000 2,155,000 903,000 2,189,000 907,000 2,029,000 1,077,000 2,279,000 1,942,000 2,848,000 2,737,000    
          note payments received from (issued to) employees
          -112,000 250,000                                  
          forfeiture of fully-vested group lp units or other equity units
             712,000 82,000 82,000         25,000 96,000 126,000     36,000  
          notes issued to employees
             -250,000 -6,330,000                          
          other proceeds
                    1,800,000 100,000                      
          supplemental cash flow disclosure:
                                              
          settlement of partnership units not yet paid
                                              
          forfeiture of fully-vested class a partnership units or other equity units
                                              
          gain on equity method investment
                     -135,000    -7,583,000                -9,681,000 -14,521,000    
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                             104,000 11,819,000 13,593,000 2,002,000 5,372,000 492,000 65,000 86,000 6,330,000 365,000 484,000 921,000    
          cumulative effect adjustment upon adoption of asu 2016-13
                             364,000              
          other non-cash activity
                                              
          dividends and tax distributions
                                              
          treasury stock purchases
                          -4,099,000 -21,712,000 -74,211,000 -10,980,000 -952,000 -766,000 -31,636,000 -9,102,000 -2,463,000 -12,640,000 -26,970,000          
          dividend equivalents issued
                          5,084,000 23,078,000 5,131,000 24,123,000 2,400,000 2,496,000 12,125,000 4,611,000 4,690,000 4,514,000 19,484,000 4,874,000 19,960,000 4,388,000 20,379,000 3,746,000 3,735,000 13,470,000 3,706,000  
          purchase of investments
                           -38,079,000 -78,723,000 -130,621,000 -130,031,000 -101,782,000 -28,152,000 -90,825,000 -112,345,000 -9,245,000 -35,945,000 -92,548,000 -47,507,000 -7,972,000 -8,043,000 -73,445,000 -70,364,000 -27,955,000  
          purchase of equipment and leasehold improvements
                           -6,562,000 -3,539,000 -9,450,000 -9,551,000 -8,519,000 -13,139,000 -935,000 -945,000 -2,415,000 -2,172,000 -2,032,000 -1,755,000 -2,074,000 -1,059,000 -1,094,000 -1,540,000 -1,215,000 -1,798,000  
          dividends and distributions
                           -178,649,000 -39,685,000  -17,101,000 -17,081,000 -88,689,000 -31,056,000 -32,585,000 -31,803,000 -113,734,000 -27,682,000 -119,000,000 -30,116,000 -137,029,000 -23,410,000 -76,980,000 -26,150,000 -129,154,000  
          class a partnership units and other equity purchased
                                     -158,000 -135,000 -128,000 -101,000  
          cumulative effect adjustment upon adoption of asu 2014-09
                                     3,155,000      
          deferred tax provision and income tax receivable
                                              
          deferred tax and income tax receivable provision
                                              
          dividend declared not paid
                                    657,000          
          gain/(loss) on remeasurement of amount due pursuant to tax receivable agreement
                                              
          dividends paid, declared in the prior year
                                         68,066,000  
          cumulative effect adjustment upon adoption of asu 2016-09
                                         658,000  
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                  98,000 5,767,000 -19,126,000 2,938,000 10,765,000 -10,049,000 -1,963,000 8,475,000 4,813,000 -13,355,000 3,678,000  
          other liabilities
                                  -1,486,000 2,269,000 105,000 -289,000 37,000 -945,000 -1,260,000 330,000 -446,000 -492,000 310,000  
          (income) income from equity method investments
                                            -3,104,000  
          exercised stock option proceeds receivable
                                              
          loss from equity method investments
                                    -713,000 -3,521,000 -527,000 -2,226,000 -888,000 -3,776,000 -2,791,000    
          gain on remeasurement of amount due pursuant to tax receivable agreement
                                              
          return of capital from equity method investments
                                              
          payments to settle employee tax obligations on share-based awards
                                      -520,000 -3,383,000 -20,789,000 -2,426,000 -566,000 -1,732,000 -7,534,000  
          other receivables
                                       -47,114,000 -7,435,000 6,814,000 -2,096,000 -4,710,000 2,212,000  
          change in restricted cash
                                         91,000 -149,000 27,000 37,000  
          effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash equivalents
                                         478,000 890,000 888,000 765,000  
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                         85,591,000 -52,284,000 23,557,000 -162,599,000  
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                         318,926,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                         85,591,000 -52,284,000 23,557,000 156,327,000 116,315,000 
          cash provided by
                                              
          operating activities:
                                              
          non-cash charges
                                              
          other operating activities
                                              
          total operating activities
                                              
          investing activities
                                              
          financing activities
                                              
          effect of exchange rate changes
                                              
          net increase in cash
                                              
          purchase of treasury stock
                                              
          excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation