HLI vs. AMP, EVR, GS, JEF, LAZ, MC, MS, PIPR, PJT, and SF
Should you be buying Houlihan Lokey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Houlihan Lokey include Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Evercore (EVR), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Lazard (LAZ), Moelis & Company (MC), Morgan Stanley (MS), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), PJT Partners (PJT), and Stifel Financial (SF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Houlihan Lokey vs. Its Competitors
Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Houlihan Lokey pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameriprise Financial pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Houlihan Lokey has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Ameriprise Financial has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Ameriprise Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Houlihan Lokey. Ameriprise Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Houlihan Lokey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 15 more articles in the media than Houlihan Lokey. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 10 mentions for Houlihan Lokey. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Houlihan Lokey's score of 1.14 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Houlihan Lokey presently has a consensus target price of $206.40, indicating a potential upside of 6.18%. Ameriprise Financial has a consensus target price of $534.71, indicating a potential upside of 4.11%. Given Houlihan Lokey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Houlihan Lokey is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.
78.1% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.8% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Houlihan Lokey's net margin of 16.46%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 65.90% beat Houlihan Lokey's return on equity.
Summary
Ameriprise Financial beats Houlihan Lokey on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HLI) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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