Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. is a global investment bank that provides financial advisory services to corporations, institutions, governments and other organizations. The firm focuses on complex strategic, financial and restructuring matters and is known for its independent advisory model.

Its principal businesses include corporate finance, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Services include mergers and acquisitions advice, capital-raising and other strategic transactions, restructuring and liability management, fairness opinions, solvency analysis, financial reporting valuations, and transaction opinions.

Founded in 1972, Houlihan Lokey serves clients through offices across North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East. The company became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 2015 under the symbol HLI.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $126.40 to $130.88
• 50-Day Range: $123.23 to $137.81
• 52-Week Range: $112.83 to $204.18
• Volume: 913,570 shs
• Average Volume: 875,751 shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.98 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.85
• Dividend Yield: 2.15%
• Price Target: $161.38
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Houlihan Lokey Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Houlihan Lokey scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 7th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Houlihan Lokey has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.55, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Houlihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $161.38, representing about 24.1% upside from its current price of $130.00.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Houlihan Lokey has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 29.64%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Houlihan Lokey are expected to grow by 29.64% in the coming year, from $6.85 to $8.88 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Houlihan Lokey is 21.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 41.67.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Houlihan Lokey is 21.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.67.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Houlihan Lokey has a PEG Ratio of 1.51. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Houlihan Lokey has a P/B Ratio of 3.86. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.50% of the float of Houlihan Lokey has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Houlihan Lokey has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Houlihan Lokey has recently decreased by 7.03%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Houlihan Lokey pays a meaningful dividend of 2.15%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Houlihan Lokey has been increasing its dividend for 9 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Houlihan Lokey is 47.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Houlihan Lokey will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.53% next year. This indicates that Houlihan Lokey will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.46

News Sentiment

Houlihan Lokey has a news sentiment score of 0.46. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for Houlihan Lokey this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for HLI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Houlihan Lokey to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Houlihan Lokey insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $140,150.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

22.53% of the stock of Houlihan Lokey is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

78.07% of the stock of Houlihan Lokey is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Today: 10/11/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 12/31/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Investment Banking & Brokerage
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HLI
• CIK: 1302215
• Web: www.hl.com
• Phone: (310) 553-8871
• Fax: 310-553-2173
• Employees: 2,800
• Year Founded: 1972

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Houlihan Lokey: $161.38
• High Price Target: $187.00
• Low Price Target: $145.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.55
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.95
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.85
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.98
• P/E Growth: 1.51
• Net Income: $425.70 million
• Net Margins: 16.10%
• Pretax Margin: 21.81%
• Return on Equity: 20.20%
• Return on Assets: 11.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.36
• Quick Ratio: 1.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.62 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.43
• Cash Flow: $8.06 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.12
• Book Value: $33.71 per share
• Price / Book: 3.86

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 69,060,000
• Free Float: 53,500,000
• Market Cap: $8.98 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.00