Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Houlihan Lokey in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" HLI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HLI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Houlihan Lokey's stock. Their HLI share price forecasts range from $95.00 to $101.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $98.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.9%.
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Houlihan Lokey's stock was trading at $87.16 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, HLI shares have increased by 23.4% and is now trading at $107.58.
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Houlihan Lokey saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 892,400 shares, an increase of 28.9% from the August 15th total of 692,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 438,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.13. The financial services provider earned $415.83 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $438 million. Houlihan Lokey had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.40% and a net margin of 14.38%. The firm's revenue was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.10 EPS.

Houlihan Lokey announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.55 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 31st.
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Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.04%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 58.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HLI will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.42% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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77 employees have rated Houlihan Lokey Chief Executive Officer Scott Beiser on Glassdoor.com. Scott Beiser has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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(HLI) raised $301 million in an IPO 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 served 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.

Houlihan Lokey trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HLI."

Houlihan Lokey's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (4.63%), Earnest Partners LLC (4.54%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.03%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.70%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (2.40%) and Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.73%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher M Crain, Irwin Gold, J Lindsey Alley, Paul Andrew Zuber, Robert A Schriesheim, Robert A Schriesheim, Scott Joseph Adelson and Scott L Beiser.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HLI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $107.58.

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) has a market capitalization of $7.46 billion and generates $1.81 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $254.22 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.77 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,610 workers across the globe.

Houlihan Lokey's mailing address is 10250 CONSTELLATION BLVD. 5TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA, 90067. The official website for the company is www.hl.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (310) 788-5200, via email at ir@hl.com, or via fax at 310-553-2173.