Houlihan Lokey - HLI Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Houlihan Lokey in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 3 buy 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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7 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Houlihan Lokey's shares. Their HLI share price forecasts range from $78.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $93.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price.
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Houlihan Lokey's stock was trading at $103.52 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HLI stock has decreased by 15.2% and is now trading at $87.77.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The financial services provider reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.54. The financial services provider earned $537.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $372.02 million. Houlihan Lokey had a net margin of 18.25% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.86%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 94.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.75 EPS.

Houlihan Lokey declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.53 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 1st.
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Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.44%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 34.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HLI will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.16% 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 initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, August 13th 2015. The company issued 13,100,000 shares at $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.

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

Houlihan Lokey's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.26%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (2.44%), Northern Trust Corp (1.14%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (1.10%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.05%) and Nordea Investment Management AB (0.82%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher M Crain, David A Preiser, 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 $87.77.

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) has a market capitalization of $5.84 billion and generates $2.27 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $437.75 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.19 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,574 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.