Houlihan Lokey - HLI Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Houlihan Lokey in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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5 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Houlihan Lokey's shares. Their HLI share price forecasts range from $78.00 to $102.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $89.60 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.6%.
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Houlihan Lokey's stock was trading at $87.16 at the start of the year. Since then, HLI stock has increased by 13.7% and is now trading at $99.07.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 31st 2023.
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The financial services provider reported $1.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.54. The financial services provider had revenue of $537.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $372.02 million. Houlihan Lokey had a net margin of 16.33% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.44%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 94.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.75 earnings per share.

Houlihan Lokey declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.53 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 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 2.18%. 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 39.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HLI will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.62% 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 New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.64%), Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.56%), Flputnam Investment Management Co. (0.26%), Franklin Parlapiano Turner & Welch LLC (0.12%), Summit Global Investments (0.10%) and Strs Ohio (0.08%). 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, Scott L Beiser 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 $99.07.

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) has a market capitalization of $6.80 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 $5.41 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.