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High-speed rail was touted as a game-changer in Britain. Costs are making the government think twice
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Stock market today: Asian world shares mostly lower after Wall St has its worst week in 6 months
Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike. No deal yet for actors
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Oil prices have risen. That's making gas more expensive for US drivers and helping Russia's war
AI is on the world's mind. Is the UN the place to figure out what to do about it?
This Stock Could Go Up 66% or More. (Ad)
Canadian autoworkers ratify new labor agreement with Ford
Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs
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QQQ   357.91
High-speed rail was touted as a game-changer in Britain. Costs are making the government think twice
This Stock Could Go Up 66% or More. (Ad)
Stock market today: Asian world shares mostly lower after Wall St has its worst week in 6 months
Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike. No deal yet for actors
This Stock Could Go Up 66% or More. (Ad)
Oil prices have risen. That's making gas more expensive for US drivers and helping Russia's war
AI is on the world's mind. Is the UN the place to figure out what to do about it?
This Stock Could Go Up 66% or More. (Ad)
Canadian autoworkers ratify new labor agreement with Ford
Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs
S&P 500   4,320.06
DOW   33,963.84
QQQ   357.91
High-speed rail was touted as a game-changer in Britain. Costs are making the government think twice
This Stock Could Go Up 66% or More. (Ad)
Stock market today: Asian world shares mostly lower after Wall St has its worst week in 6 months
Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike. No deal yet for actors
This Stock Could Go Up 66% or More. (Ad)
Oil prices have risen. That's making gas more expensive for US drivers and helping Russia's war
AI is on the world's mind. Is the UN the place to figure out what to do about it?
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NYSE:HLI

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Competitors

$107.58
+0.30 (+0.28%)
(As of 09/22/2023 08:52 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$106.77
$107.82
50-Day Range
$99.23
$110.11
52-Week Range
$74.18
$110.94
Volume
297,600 shs
Average Volume
422,755 shs
Market Capitalization
$7.46 billion
P/E Ratio
28.54
Dividend Yield
2.04%
Price Target
$98.00

HLI vs. IVZ, TPG, EVR, HLNE, AMG, JHG, LAZ, AB, STEP, and CG

Should you be buying Houlihan Lokey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Houlihan Lokey include Invesco (IVZ), TPG (TPG), Evercore (EVR), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Lazard (LAZ), AllianceBernstein (AB), StepStone Group (STEP), and The Carlyle Group (CG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.

Houlihan Lokey vs.

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

In the previous week, Invesco had 8 more articles in the media than Houlihan Lokey. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Invesco and 1 mentions for Houlihan Lokey. Houlihan Lokey's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Invesco's score of 0.57 indicating that Invesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Invesco
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Houlihan Lokey
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Invesco has higher revenue and earnings than Houlihan Lokey. Invesco 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
Invesco$5.75B1.13$920.70M$1.4110.28
Houlihan Lokey$1.81B4.12$254.22M$3.7728.54

Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Invesco pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Houlihan Lokey pays out 58.4% 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. Invesco has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Houlihan Lokey has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Invesco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Invesco currently has a consensus price target of $18.45, indicating a potential upside of 27.33%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.91%. Given Houlihan Lokey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Invesco is more favorable than Houlihan Lokey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Invesco
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Houlihan Lokey
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Invesco has a net margin of 15.29% compared to Invesco's net margin of 14.38%. Invesco's return on equity of 19.40% beat Houlihan Lokey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Invesco15.29% 7.54% 3.01%
Houlihan Lokey 14.38%19.40%11.10%

66.3% of Invesco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Invesco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Invesco has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Invesco received 543 more outperform votes than Houlihan Lokey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.73% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 62.28% of users gave Houlihan Lokey an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
InvescoOutperform Votes
827
67.73%
Underperform Votes
394
32.27%
Houlihan LokeyOutperform Votes
284
62.28%
Underperform Votes
172
37.72%

Summary

Invesco beats Houlihan Lokey on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HLI vs. The Competition

MetricHoulihan LokeyInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.46B$7.13B$6.62B$15.23B
Dividend Yield2.05%23.98%551.03%3.69%
P/E Ratio28.5437.5881.6419.58
Price / Sales4.123.953,478.768.51
Price / Cash19.7823.7534.4717.11
Price / Book4.583.142.116.70
Net Income$254.22M$295.84M$704.93M$898.65M
7 Day Performance-2.30%-1.66%1.03%-1.87%
1 Month Performance5.19%0.68%18.78%-1.25%
1 Year Performance39.86%12.23%4.34%8.77%

Houlihan Lokey Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IVZ
Invesco
3.3718 of 5 stars
$15.28
+0.3%
$18.45
+20.7%
-4.8%$6.85B$6.05B10.848,611
TPG
TPG
1.7696 of 5 stars
$31.07
-1.1%
$32.27
+3.9%
+8.8%$9.61B$2.00B443.861,110
EVR
Evercore
2.2402 of 5 stars
$144.20
-1.2%
$125.75
-12.8%
+67.2%$5.46B$2.76B17.002,120
HLNE
Hamilton Lane
2.7242 of 5 stars
$90.95
-0.5%
$92.00
+1.2%
+38.4%$4.91B$528.75M31.25600Positive News
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
3.0165 of 5 stars
$135.02
+0.1%
$180.08
+33.4%
+14.5%$4.73B$2.33B5.023,950Positive News
JHG
Janus Henderson Group
2.1847 of 5 stars
$27.70
+0.1%
$25.09
-9.4%
+21.4%$4.59B$2.20B13.132,200Positive News
LAZ
Lazard
2.8438 of 5 stars
$32.95
-1.3%
$40.20
+22.0%
-6.1%$3.72B$2.86B-183.053,402Gap Down
AB
AllianceBernstein
2.6573 of 5 stars
$32.21
-0.3%
$42.38
+31.6%
-18.1%$3.67B$281.30M14.194,436
STEP
StepStone Group
1.5531 of 5 stars
$31.85
0.0%
$32.00
+0.5%
+19.4%$3.48B$1.37B151.67966
CG
The Carlyle Group
3.5387 of 5 stars
$32.47
-1.5%
$40.36
+24.3%
+12.9%$11.69B$4.44B28.732,100Positive News

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