Top MarketRank™ StocksTop MarketRank™NYSE:HLI Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Stock Price, News & Analysis $126.75 -1.63 (-1.27%) As of 03:57 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest About Houlihan Lokey Stock (NYSE:HLI) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get Houlihan Lokey alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$126.16▼$130.9350-Day Range$123.23▼$145.3252-Week Range$112.83▼$205.36Volume348,818 shsAverage Volume728,523 shsMarket Capitalization$8.75 billionP/E Ratio21.28Dividend Yield2.21%Price Target$166.38Consensus RatingHold Company Overview Houlihan Lokey, Inc. is a global investment bank that provides financial advisory services to corporations, institutions, governments and other organizations. The firm focuses on complex strategic, financial and restructuring matters and is known for its independent advisory model. Its principal businesses include corporate finance, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Services include mergers and acquisitions advice, capital-raising and other strategic transactions, restructuring and liability management, fairness opinions, solvency analysis, financial reporting valuations, and transaction opinions. Founded in 1972, Houlihan Lokey serves clients through offices across North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East. The company became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 2015 under the symbol HLI.AI Generated. May Contain Errors. Read More Houlihan Lokey Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks99th Percentile Overall ScoreHLI MarketRank™: Houlihan Lokey scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 25th out of 854 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion4.2 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingHoulihan Lokey has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Upside PotentialHoulihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $166.38, representing about 30.6% upside from its current price of $127.42.Amount of Analyst CoverageHoulihan Lokey has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about Houlihan Lokey's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation3.1 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth30.16% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Houlihan Lokey are expected to grow by 30.16% in the coming year, from $6.93 to $9.02 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Houlihan Lokey is 21.41, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.90.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Houlihan Lokey is 21.41, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.47.Price to Earnings Growth RatioHoulihan Lokey has a PEG Ratio of 1.45. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioHoulihan Lokey has a P/B Ratio of 3.78. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about Houlihan Lokey's valuation and earnings. Short Interest3.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted4.84% of the float of Houlihan Lokey has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverHoulihan Lokey has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.09, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Houlihan Lokey has recently increased by 1.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing. Dividend3.3 / 5Dividend StrengthStrong Dividend YieldHoulihan Lokey pays a meaningful dividend of 2.22%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthHoulihan Lokey has been increasing its dividend for 9 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Houlihan Lokey is 47.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Houlihan Lokey will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.04% next year. This indicates that Houlihan Lokey will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.Read more about Houlihan Lokey's dividend. News and Social Media2.6 / 5News Sentiment0.24 News SentimentHoulihan Lokey has a news sentiment score of 0.24. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Houlihan Lokey this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.Search Interest1 people have searched for HLI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. MarketBeat Follows2 people have added Houlihan Lokey to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. Company Ownership2.1 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Houlihan Lokey insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $140,150.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders22.53% of the stock of Houlihan Lokey is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.Percentage Held by Institutions78.07% of the stock of Houlihan Lokey is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Houlihan Lokey's insider trading history. Receive HLI Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Houlihan Lokey and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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HLI Stock News HeadlinesHoulihan Lokey : Appoints Jacques Bitton as a Senior Advisor in FranceSeptember 30 at 5:58 AM | marketscreener.comMHoulihan Lokey, Inc. Announces Appointment of Chris McMillan as Managing Director in Its Fintech GroupSeptember 29 at 1:42 AM | marketscreener.comMThey're not buying gold. They're buying this.Bank of America raised its stake in a small gold company by 139%. Jane Street increased its position by 159%, and Millennium by 122%. Kopernik Global made it their largest holding, owning roughly 8% of the company. It holds rights to an 88 million ounce deposit with existing roads, power, and permits that never expire. Market cap sits near $4 billion against a deposit worth hundreds of billions at current gold prices.October 2 at 1:00 AM | Behind the Markets (Ad)Houlihan Lokey Bolsters FinTech Group with Digital Assets HireSeptember 29 at 1:42 AM | finance.yahoo.comPiper Sandler, Houlihan Lokey, and Blackstone Shares Are Falling, What You Need To KnowSeptember 24, 2026 | finance.yahoo.comPiper Sandler, Houlihan Lokey, and Blackstone shares are falling. What you need to knowSeptember 24, 2026 | msn.comHoulihan Lokey, Inc. Announces Appointment of Thomas Reichert as an Independent Class I Director, Effective as of October 1, 2026September 22, 2026 | marketscreener.comMHoulihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) General Counsel Sells 1,000 SharesSeptember 11, 2026 | insidertrades.comSee More Headlines HLI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have HLI shares performed this year? Houlihan Lokey's stock was trading at $174.02 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HLI shares have decreased by 26.8% and is now trading at $127.4240. How were Houlihan Lokey's earnings last quarter? Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 29th. The financial services provider reported $1.35 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.29. The company's quarterly revenue was down 15.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Read the conference call transcript. When did Houlihan Lokey IPO? Houlihan Lokey (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. Who are Houlihan Lokey's major shareholders? Top institutional investors of Houlihan Lokey include Versant Capital Management Inc. Insiders that own company stock include Robert A Schriesheim, Gillian Beth Zucker, Scott L Beiser, Christopher M Crain, David A Preiser, Paul Eric Siegert, J Lindsey Alley and Irwin Gold. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Houlihan Lokey? Shares of HLI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Houlihan Lokey own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Houlihan Lokey investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Tesla (TSLA), Visa (V) and Alphabet (GOOG). Company Calendar Last Earnings7/29/2026Record date for 9/15 Dividend9/01/2026Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend9/01/2026Dividend Payable9/15/2026Today10/02/2026Next Earnings (Estimated)10/29/2026Fiscal Year End3/31/2027Get Stock Alerts Health Indicator TradeSmith's Health IndicatorA long-term volatility-based measure designed for securities held 12 months or longer.Green: Strong and healthy uptrend with normal pullbacks.Yellow: Significant pullback but still within expected volatility.Red: Dropped beyond expected volatility; considered unhealthy. Red Zone (8m+) 1-Year History Oct 25 Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26 HLI's financial health is in the Red zone, according to TradeSmith. HLI has been in this zone for over 8 months. Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorFinance Industry Capital Markets Sub-IndustryInvestment Banking & Brokerage Current SymbolNYSE:HLI CIK1302215 Webwww.hl.com Phone(310) 553-8871Fax310-553-2173Employees2,800Year Founded1972Price Target and Rating Average Price Target for Houlihan Lokey$166.38 High Price Target$210.00 Low Price Target$145.00 Potential Upside/Downside+31.4%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.40 Research Coverage10 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)$5.95 Trailing P/E Ratio21.28 Forward P/E Ratio18.27 P/E Growth1.45Net Income$425.70 million Net Margins16.10% Pretax Margin21.81% Return on Equity20.20% Return on Assets11.71% Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio1.36 Quick Ratio1.36 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$2.62 billion Price / Sales3.34 Cash Flow$8.09 per share Price / Cash Flow15.65 Book Value$33.71 per share Price / Book3.76Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares69,060,000Free Float53,500,000Market Cap$8.74 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.00 Social Links 7 Stocks to Buy Before the Robotics RevolutionRobotics and automation are rapidly becoming essential infrastructure across healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and many other industries. 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