Compare Stocks: PIPR, EVR, GS, and HLI

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EVR Evercore	$262.82 +0.1%	$305.75	$258.61 ▼ $388.71	$10.16B	1.49	427,347 shs	828,436 shs
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$943.16 -0.9%	$1,036.01	$740.01 ▼ $1,153.99	$274.28B	1.29	1.87 million shs	3.98 million shs
HLI Houlihan Lokey	$130.65 -1.5%	$133.10	$112.83 ▼ $211.78	$9.02B	0.96	715,211 shs	1.96 million shs
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$72.33 +0.3%	$75.44	$68.70 ▼ $95.07	$5.11B	1.4	550,865 shs	1.14 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EVR Evercore	-0.16%	-6.55%	-11.89%	-29.49%	-24.69%
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	-0.76%	-8.36%	-7.74%	-14.22%	+18.76%
HLI Houlihan Lokey	-1.71%	-4.64%	+0.24%	-7.26%	-35.98%
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	+0.27%	-5.18%	-3.53%	-11.63%	-18.47%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EVR Evercore	$262.82 +0.1%	$305.75	$258.61 ▼ $388.71	$10.16B	1.49	427,347 shs	828,436 shs
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$943.16 -0.9%	$1,036.01	$740.01 ▼ $1,153.99	$274.28B	1.29	1.87 million shs	3.98 million shs
HLI Houlihan Lokey	$130.65 -1.5%	$133.10	$112.83 ▼ $211.78	$9.02B	0.96	715,211 shs	1.96 million shs
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$72.33 +0.3%	$75.44	$68.70 ▼ $95.07	$5.11B	1.4	550,865 shs	1.14 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EVR Evercore	-0.16%	-6.55%	-11.89%	-29.49%	-24.69%
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	-0.76%	-8.36%	-7.74%	-14.22%	+18.76%
HLI Houlihan Lokey	-1.71%	-4.64%	+0.24%	-7.26%	-35.98%
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	+0.27%	-5.18%	-3.53%	-11.63%	-18.47%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EVR Evercore	2.64	Moderate Buy	$380.67	44.84% Upside
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	2.50	Moderate Buy	$1,062.86	12.69% Upside
HLI Houlihan Lokey	2.40	Hold	$166.38	27.34% Upside
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	2.33	Hold	$95.06	31.43% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PIPR, EVR, GS, and HLI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/9/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
9/8/2026	EVR Evercore	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
8/26/2026	EVR Evercore	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
8/21/2026	HLI Houlihan Lokey	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
8/17/2026	PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/7/2026	EVR Evercore	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/7/2026	EVR Evercore	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/6/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/5/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/3/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$1,120.00 ➝ $1,150.00
8/3/2026	EVR Evercore	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$390.00 ➝ $338.00

(Data available from 9/19/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
EVR Evercore	$3.86B	2.64	$17.07 per share	15.40	$60.22 per share	4.36
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$125.10B	2.20	$64.60 per share	14.60	$366.15 per share	2.58
HLI Houlihan Lokey	$2.62B	3.45	$8.08 per share	16.17	$33.71 per share	3.88
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$1.90B	2.68	$5.24 per share	13.81	$22.37 per share	3.23

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
EVR Evercore	$591.92M	$17.69	14.86	11.07	0.54	15.74%	39.11%	18.05%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$17.18B	$64.79	14.56	13.06	0.95	15.53%	19.16%	1.07%	10/13/2026 (Estimated)
HLI Houlihan Lokey	$425.70M	$5.95	21.96	14.48	1.50	16.10%	20.20%	11.71%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$281.33M	$4.32	16.76	13.55	1.67	14.51%	21.92%	14.60%	10/30/2026 (Estimated)

Latest PIPR, EVR, GS, and HLI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/13/2026	Q3 2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$16.14	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.64 billion	N/A
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$0.8750	$1.04	+$0.1650	$0.95	$445.28 million	$491.14 million
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	EVR Evercore	$3.03	$2.91	-$0.12	$2.32	$984.95 million	$999.52 million
7/29/2026	Q1 2027	HLI Houlihan Lokey	$1.64	$1.35	-$0.29	$1.15	$602.38 million	$511.00 million
7/14/2026	Q2 2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$14.47	$20.98	+$6.51	$20.98	$16.22 billion	$20.34 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
EVR Evercore	$3.56	1.35%	+7.16%	20.12%	18 Years
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$20.00	2.12%	+22.87%	30.87%	13 Years
HLI Houlihan Lokey	$2.80	2.14%	+13.05%	47.06%	9 Years
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$0.80	1.11%	+23.39%	18.52%	1 Years

Latest PIPR, EVR, GS, and HLI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/13/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	quarterly	$5.00	2%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/29/2026
7/29/2026	HLI Houlihan Lokey	quarterly	$0.70	2.11%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026
7/28/2026	EVR Evercore	quarterly	$0.89	1.22%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/11/2026
7/30/2026	PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	quarterly	$0.20	1.06%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/11/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EVR Evercore	0.25	2.47	1.58
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	3.17	0.63	0.63
HLI Houlihan Lokey	N/A	1.36	1.36
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	N/A	1.41	0.67

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EVR Evercore	86.23%
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	71.21%
HLI Houlihan Lokey	78.07%
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	72.79%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EVR Evercore	3.46%
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	0.55%
HLI Houlihan Lokey	22.53%
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	3.10%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EVR Evercore	2,570	38.68 million	37.35 million	Optionable
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	47,400	291.17 million	289.57 million	Optionable
HLI Houlihan Lokey	2,800	69.06 million	53.50 million	Optionable
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	1,858	70.67 million	68.48 million	N/A

PIPR, EVR, GS, and HLI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) Given Average Recommendation of "Hold" by Brokerages

September 18 at 2:44 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) Given Average Rating of "Hold" by Analysts

September 18 at 2:43 AM | marketbeat.com

Arizona State Retirement System Invests $1.39 Million in Piper Sandler Companies $PIPR

September 16 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

United States Antimony Corporation to Participate in Piper Sandler Growth Frontiers Conference This Week

September 14, 2026 | accessnewswire.comA

One Capital Management LLC Acquires Shares of 29,884 Piper Sandler Companies $PIPR

September 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

WINTON GROUP Ltd Acquires New Position in Piper Sandler Companies $PIPR

September 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Squarepoint Ops LLC Sells 53,942 Shares of Piper Sandler Companies $PIPR

September 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Piper Sandler Companies: Piper Sandler Launches Equities Trading in Europe with New Office Opening in Paris

September 10, 2026 | finanznachrichten.de

Piper Sandler Launches Equities Trading in Europe with New Office Opening in Paris

September 10, 2026 | businesswire.com

190,115 Shares in Piper Sandler Companies $PIPR Purchased by Wellington Management Group LLP

September 8, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Piper Sandler Companies: 'Pretty Good, Just Not Great And Robust'

August 29, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

A look back at investment banking & brokerage stocks’ Q2 earnings: Piper Sandler (NYSE:PIPR) vs the rest of the pack

August 28, 2026 | msn.com

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August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Brokerages

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Piper Sandler Continues to Strengthen Private Capital Advisory with Addition of Tim Light as Managing Director of Secondary Capital Advisory

August 20, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Piper Sandler declares $0.20 dividend

July 30, 2026 | msn.com

Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

July 30, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates

July 30, 2026 | zacks.com

Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Q2 2026 Earnings

July 30, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Piper Sandler Companies Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results; Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.20 Per Share

July 30, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Piper Sandler (NYSE:PIPR) surprises with strong Q2 CY2026

July 30, 2026 | msn.com

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PIPR, EVR, GS, and HLI Company Descriptions

Evercore NYSE:EVR

$262.82 +0.21 (+0.08%)

Closing price 09/18/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$262.50 -0.31 (-0.12%)

As of 09/18/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Evercore Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent investment banking advisory firm in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Investment Banking & Equities, and Investment Management. The Investment Banking & Equities segment offers strategic advisory services, such as mergers, and acquisitions, strategic, defense, and shareholder advisory, special committee assignments, and real estate strategic advisory; private capital advisory and fundraising, market risk management and hedging, private capital markets and debt advisory, liability management and restructuring, and equity capital markets execution and advisory services; and research, sales, and trading professionals services on a content-led platform to its institutional investor clients. The Investment Management segment provides wealth management services to high-net-worth individuals, foundations, and endowments; and manages financial assets for institutional investors. The company was formerly known as Evercore Partners Inc. and changed its name to Evercore Inc. in August 2017. Evercore Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

The Goldman Sachs Group NYSE:GS

$943.16 -8.31 (-0.87%)

Closing price 09/18/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$943.75 +0.59 (+0.06%)

As of 09/18/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide. It operates through Global Banking & Markets, Asset & Wealth Management, and Platform Solutions segments. The Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial advisory services, including strategic advisory assignments related to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and relationship lending, and acquisition financing, as well as secured lending, through structured credit and asset-backed lending and involved in financing under securities to resale agreements. This segment also offers client execution activities for cash and derivative instruments; credit and interest rate products; and provision of mortgages, currencies, commodities, and equities related products, as well as underwriting services. The Asset & Wealth Management segment manages assets across various classes, including equity, fixed income, hedge funds, credit funds, private equity, real estate, currencies, and commodities; and provides customized investment advisory solutions, wealth advisory services, personalized financial planning, and private banking services, as well as invests in corporate equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure assets. The Platform Solutions segment offers credit cards and point-of-sale financing for purchase of goods or services. This segment also provides cash management services, such as deposit-taking and payment solutions for corporate and institutional clients. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Houlihan Lokey NYSE:HLI

$130.65 -2.01 (-1.51%)

Closing price 09/18/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$130.66 +0.01 (+0.01%)

As of 09/18/2026 07:43 PM Eastern

Houlihan Lokey, Inc., an investment banking company, provides merger and acquisition (M&A), capital market, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Corporate Finance, Financial Restructuring, and Financial and Valuation Advisory. The Corporate Finance segment offers general financial advisory services; and advises public and private institutions on buy-side and sell-side transactions, leveraged loans, private mezzanine debt, high-yield debt, initial public offerings, follow-ons, convertibles, equity private placements, private equity, and liability management transactions, as well as advise financial sponsors on various transactions. The Financial Restructuring segment advises debtors, creditors, and other parties-in-interest related to recapitalization/deleveraging transactions. It also provides a range of advisory services, including structuring, negotiation, and confirmation of plans of reorganization; structuring and analysis of exchange offers; corporate viability assessment; dispute resolution and expert testimony; and procuring debtor-in-possession financing. The Financial and Valuation Advisory segment offers valuations of various assets, such as companies, illiquid debt and equity securities, and intellectual property. It also provides fairness opinions in connection with M&A and other transactions, solvency opinions in connection with corporate spin-offs and dividend recapitalizations, and other types of financial opinions. In addition, this segment offers dispute resolution services. It serves corporations, financial sponsors, and government agencies. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Piper Sandler Companies NYSE:PIPR

$72.33 +0.24 (+0.33%)

Closing price 09/18/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$71.90 -0.43 (-0.60%)

As of 09/18/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Piper Sandler Companies operates as an investment bank and institutional securities firm that serves corporations, private equity groups, public entities, non-profit entities, and institutional investors in the United States and internationally. The company offers investment banking and institutional sales, trading, and research services for various equity and fixed income products. It provides advisory services, such as mergers and acquisitions, equity private placements, and debt and restructuring advisory; raises capital through equity and debt financings; underwrites municipal issuances; and offers municipal financial advisory and loan placement services, as well as various over-the-counter derivative products. The company also offers public finance investment banking services that focus on state and local governments, and cultural and social service non-profit entities, as well as the education, healthcare, hospitality, senior living, and transportation sectors. In addition, it provides equity and fixed income advisory and trade execution services for institutional investors, and government and non-profit entities. Further, the company is involved in the alternative asset management funds merchant banking and healthcare to invest firm capital and to manage capital from outside investors, as well as trading activities. The company was formerly known as Piper Jaffray Companies and changed its name to Piper Sandler Companies in January 2020. Piper Sandler Companies was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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