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Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$177.18 -1.71 (-0.96%)
As of 05/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

About Houlihan Lokey Stock (NYSE:HLI)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$175.90
$177.80
50-Day Range
$141.18
$180.78
52-Week Range
$127.14
$192.10
Volume
387,678 shs
Average Volume
350,521 shs
Market Capitalization
$12.43 billion
P/E Ratio
33.81
Dividend Yield
1.35%
Price Target
$185.00
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

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.

Houlihan Lokey Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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88th Percentile Overall Score

HLI MarketRank™: 

Houlihan Lokey scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 228th out of 911 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Houlihan Lokey has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Houlihan Lokey has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Houlihan Lokey's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Houlihan Lokey are expected to grow by 21.24% in the coming year, from $5.98 to $7.25 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Houlihan Lokey is 33.81, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.94.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Houlihan Lokey is 33.81, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.84.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Houlihan Lokey has a P/B Ratio of 5.97. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Houlihan Lokey's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.45% of the outstanding shares of Houlihan Lokey have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Houlihan Lokey has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, 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 1.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Houlihan Lokey pays a meaningful dividend of 1.27%, 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 41.24%. 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 33.10% next year. This indicates that Houlihan Lokey will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Houlihan Lokey's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.45% of the outstanding shares of Houlihan Lokey have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Houlihan Lokey has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, 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 1.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    Houlihan Lokey has a news sentiment score of 1.61. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.97 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for Houlihan Lokey this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.
  • 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 $1,431,110.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    23.68% 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.

  • Read more about Houlihan Lokey's insider trading history.
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HLI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Houlihan Lokey's stock was trading at $173.66 at the start of the year. Since then, HLI shares have increased by 2.0% and is now trading at $177.18.
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 7th. The financial services provider reported $1.96 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.61 by $0.35. The company's revenue was up 28.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Houlihan Lokey (HLI) raised $301 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, August 13th 2015. The company issued 13,100,000 shares at a price of $22.00-$24.00 per share. BofA Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs acted as the underwriters for the IPO and UBS Investment Bank, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company), Houlihan Lokey, Sandler O'Neill + Partners and JMP Securities were co-managers.

Top institutional shareholders of Houlihan Lokey include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.57%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.17%), Earnest Partners LLC (3.78%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (1.99%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert A Schriesheim, Gillian Beth Zucker, Scott L Beiser, J Lindsey Alley, Irwin Gold, David A Preiser and Christopher M Crain.
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Shares of HLI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Houlihan Lokey investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Tesla (TSLA), Visa (V) and Alphabet (GOOG).

Company Calendar

Record date for 3/15 Dividend
3/03/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/15 Dividend
3/03/2025
Dividend Payable
3/15/2025
Last Earnings
5/07/2025
Today
5/20/2025
Record date for 6/15 Dividend
6/02/2025
Ex-Dividend for 6/15 Dividend
6/02/2025
Dividend Payable
6/15/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
7/29/2025
Fiscal Year End
3/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Investment advice
Sub-Industry
Trading
Current Symbol
NYSE:HLI
Employees
2,260
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$185.00
High Stock Price Target
$230.00
Low Stock Price Target
$156.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+4.4%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
6 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
33.81
Forward P/E Ratio
29.63
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$280.30 million
Pretax Margin
22.25%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.39 billion
Cash Flow
$4.95 per share
Price / Cash Flow
35.82
Book Value
$29.66 per share
Price / Book
5.97

Miscellaneous

Free Float
53,535,000
Market Cap
$12.43 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.82

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This page (NYSE:HLI) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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