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$196.36 -2.89 (-1.45%)
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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

Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.

Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 11 more articles in the media than Houlihan Lokey. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 18 mentions for Houlihan Lokey. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Houlihan Lokey's score of 1.43 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameriprise Financial
24 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Houlihan Lokey
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Houlihan Lokey shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Houlihan Lokey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ameriprise Financial presently has a consensus price target of $534.71, suggesting a potential upside of 4.43%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $206.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.11%. Given Houlihan Lokey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Houlihan Lokey is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameriprise Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Houlihan Lokey
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Houlihan Lokey pays out 40.4% 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. Ameriprise Financial has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Houlihan Lokey has increased its dividend for 9 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameriprise Financial$17.26B2.80$3.40B$32.1415.93
Houlihan Lokey$2.39B5.78$399.71M$5.9433.06

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameriprise Financial18.30% 65.90% 2.02%
Houlihan Lokey 16.46%23.75%14.21%

Summary

Ameriprise Financial beats Houlihan Lokey on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HLI vs. The Competition

MetricHoulihan LokeyFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.81B$7.75B$12.43B$21.19B
Dividend Yield1.20%4.64%5.42%3.49%
P/E Ratio33.0616.92228.8029.02
Price / Sales5.786.4631.4349.81
Price / Cash29.2525.5819.0618.29
Price / Book6.312.972.294.57
Net Income$399.71M$311.02M$1.00B$999.06M
7 Day Performance-1.99%-0.31%-0.16%-0.01%
1 Month Performance3.49%4.25%4.09%6.50%
1 Year Performance25.37%27.47%540.35%11.34%

Houlihan Lokey Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLI
Houlihan Lokey
4.7243 of 5 stars
$196.36
-1.5%
$206.40
+5.1%
+27.3%$13.81B$2.39B33.061,100Positive News
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.4643 of 5 stars
$511.33
-1.1%
$534.71
+4.6%
+14.7%$48.73B$17.26B15.9113,600Positive News
EVR
Evercore
4.763 of 5 stars
$318.66
-0.4%
$284.29
-10.8%
+30.8%$12.35B$2.98B28.972,380Gap Down
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.7066 of 5 stars
$738.60
-0.4%
$660.00
-10.6%
+46.1%$224.59B$126.85B16.2846,500Trending News
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
3.9725 of 5 stars
$62.20
-0.5%
$66.00
+6.1%
+8.2%$12.90B$7.03B23.477,822Trending News
Short Interest ↑
LAZ
Lazard
4.0053 of 5 stars
$56.86
+1.6%
$52.33
-8.0%
+14.0%$6.31B$3.05B19.613,263Gap Down
MC
Moelis & Company
2.935 of 5 stars
$72.00
-0.8%
$66.00
-8.3%
+7.8%$5.70B$1.19B28.351,309Positive News
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.3555 of 5 stars
$147.66
-0.2%
$138.25
-6.4%
+45.3%$236.29B$107.29B16.7280,000Trending News
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
N/A$333.98
-0.7%
$312.50
-6.4%
N/A$5.95B$1.53B28.181,805Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PJT
PJT Partners
2.156 of 5 stars
$178.12
-1.4%
$174.67
-1.9%
+44.8%$4.39B$1.49B30.611,143
SF
Stifel Financial
4.1975 of 5 stars
$115.31
+0.9%
$115.78
+0.4%
+30.9%$11.68B$4.97B22.359,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑

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