Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $193.06 -0.53 (-0.28%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$192.87 -0.19 (-0.10%) As of 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Houlihan Lokey Short Interest DataHoulihan Lokey (HLI) has a short interest of 997,500 shares. This marks a 17.17% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.4, indicating that it would take 2.4 days of the average trading volume of 396,558 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest997,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest851,300 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+17.17%Dollar Volume Sold Short$202.55 millionShort Interest Ratio2.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2025Outstanding Shares70,310,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted1.42%Today's Trading Volume425,570 sharesAverage Trading Volume396,558 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average107% Short Selling Houlihan Lokey? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Houlihan Lokey and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartHLI Short Interest Over TimeHLI Days to Cover Over TimeHLI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Houlihan Lokey Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/15/2025997,500 shares $202.55 million +17.2%N/A2.4 $203.06 8/31/2025851,300 shares $169.75 million -5.1%1.6%2.1 $199.40 8/15/2025896,600 shares $170.95 million +11.9%N/A2.4 $190.67 7/31/2025801,500 shares $152.88 million -29.1%1.5%2.1 $190.75 7/15/20251,130,000 shares $215.42 million -22.6%N/A3.1 $190.64 6/30/20251,460,000 shares $262.80 million +53.6%2.7%3.8 $180.00 6/15/2025950,400 shares $162.78 million +5.1%1.8%2.5 $171.28 5/31/2025904,700 shares $158.15 million -2.7%1.7%2.2 $174.81 5/15/2025930,200 shares $167.37 million -8.8%1.7%2.2 $179.93 4/30/20251,020,000 shares $165.27 million -1.9%N/A2.4 $162.03 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HLI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Houlihan Lokey and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/20251,040,000 shares $160.07 million +10.4%1.9%2.4 $153.91 3/31/2025942,200 shares $151.94 million +16.4%1.8%2.1 $161.27 3/15/2025809,600 shares $128.74 million +6.0%1.5%2 $159.02 2/28/2025764,000 shares $132.49 million +28.9%1.4%1.9 $173.42 2/15/2025592,700 shares $105.66 million -8.2%1.1%1.6 $178.27 1/31/2025645,600 shares $117.45 million +5.7%N/A1.8 $181.92 1/15/2025610,800 shares $106.94 million -25.5%N/A1.7 $175.09 12/31/2024819,900 shares $142.38 million +18.4%N/A2.5 $173.66 12/15/2024692,800 shares $122.99 million +19.3%N/A2.1 $177.53 11/30/2024580,800 shares $109.82 million +1.3%N/A1.9 $189.09 11/15/2024573,500 shares $105.55 million -9.5%N/A1.9 $184.05 10/31/2024633,700 shares $109.41 million -23.2%N/A2.2 $172.66 10/15/2024825,200 shares $140.23 million -1.1%N/A2.8 $169.94 9/30/2024834,500 shares $131.83 million -3.4%N/A2.8 $157.98 9/15/2024864,200 shares $133.16 million +0.6%N/A2.9 $154.08 8/31/2024859,400 shares $134.60 million -5.2%N/A2.9 $156.62 8/15/2024906,900 shares $137.09 million +21.1%N/A2.9 $151.16 7/31/2024748,700 shares $112.48 million -31.9%N/A2.2 $150.24 7/15/20241,100,000 shares $158.53 million +11.8%N/A3.3 $144.12 6/30/2024983,600 shares $132.65 million +27.7%N/A3 $134.86 6/15/2024770,300 shares $99.18 million -25.9%N/A2.3 $128.76 5/31/20241,040,000 shares $140.85 million -18.8%N/A3.1 $135.43 5/15/20241,280,000 shares $174.25 million +8.5%N/A3.9 $136.13 4/30/20241,180,000 shares $150.44 million -12.6%N/A3.6 $127.49 4/15/20241,350,000 shares $167.26 million +3.1%N/A4 $123.90 3/31/20241,310,000 shares $167.93 million -2.2%N/A3.9 $128.19 3/15/20241,340,000 shares $166.60 million -27.6%N/A3.9 $124.33 2/29/20241,850,000 shares $238.02 million +13.5%N/A3.7 $128.66 2/15/20241,630,000 shares $213.63 million -6.9%N/A3.2 $131.06 1/31/20241,750,000 shares $209.55 million -24.6%N/A3.5 $119.74 1/15/20242,320,000 shares $265.57 million +50.7%N/A4.6 $114.47 12/31/20231,540,000 shares $184.66 million +81.7%N/A3.1 $119.91 12/15/2023847,400 shares $103.47 million +32.8%N/A1.7 $122.10 11/30/2023638,000 shares $68.69 million -14.7%N/A1.8 $107.67 11/15/2023748,000 shares $78.32 million -13.1%N/A2.4 $104.71 10/31/2023860,700 shares $86.51 million -21.0%N/A2.8 $100.51 10/15/20231,090,000 shares $117.19 million +7.9%N/A3.5 $107.51 9/30/20231,010,000 shares $108.19 million +5.0%2.0%3.2 $107.12 9/15/2023962,200 shares $105.32 million +7.8%1.9%2.3 $109.46 8/31/2023892,400 shares $94.04 million +28.9%1.7%2 $105.38 8/15/2023692,500 shares $69.79 million -11.5%1.4%1.5 $100.78 7/31/2023782,800 shares $78.17 million -6.4%1.5%1.6 $99.86 7/15/2023836,200 shares $85.06 million -0.8%1.7%1.7 $101.72 6/30/2023842,800 shares $82.83 million -46.7%1.7%1.7 $98.28 6/15/20231,580,000 shares $149.71 million -9.2%3.1%2.8 $94.75 5/31/20231,740,000 shares $151.88 million -10.3%3.4%3.7 $87.29 5/15/20231,940,000 shares $172.74 million +6.0%3.9%4.2 $89.04 4/30/20231,830,000 shares $167.23 million +17.3%3.7%4 $91.38 4/15/20231,560,000 shares $140.98 million +5.4%3.1%3.6 $90.37 3/31/20231,480,000 shares $129.49 million +38.3%3.0%3.5 $87.49 3/15/20231,070,000 shares $96.34 million +23.8%2.2%3 $90.04 2/28/2023864,200 shares $82.70 million -11.7%1.7%2.5 $95.70 2/15/2023978,700 shares $94.71 million +16.2%2.0%2.9 $96.77 1/31/2023842,400 shares $83.46 million -1.9%1.7%2.6 $99.07 1/15/2023858,900 shares $84.09 million +2.6%1.7%2.6 $97.91 12/30/2022837,100 shares $72.96 million +0.2%1.7%2.6 $87.16 12/15/2022835,200 shares $76.30 million +1.7%1.7%2.5 $91.36 11/30/2022821,400 shares $80.78 million -18.7%1.7%2.6 $98.35 11/15/20221,010,000 shares $102.60 million -21.7%2.0%3.4 $101.58 10/31/20221,290,000 shares $115.22 million -17.3%2.6%4.6 $89.32 10/15/20221,560,000 shares $124.18 million No Change3.2%5.9 $79.60 9/30/20221,560,000 shares $117.59 million +17.3%3.2%6.1 $75.38 9/15/20221,330,000 shares $106.69 million +4.7%2.7%5.2 $80.22 8/31/20221,270,000 shares $99.70 million -5.9%2.6%5.1 $78.50 8/15/20221,350,000 shares $119.97 million -0.7%2.7%5.1 $88.87 7/31/20221,360,000 shares $115.00 million -2.9%2.8%4.5 $84.56 7/15/20221,400,000 shares $109.07 million +1.5%2.8%4.4 $77.91 6/30/20221,380,000 shares $108.92 million -6.1%2.8%3.9 $78.93 6/15/20221,470,000 shares $116.76 million No Change3.0%3.9 $79.43 5/31/20221,470,000 shares $126.33 million -0.7%3.0%3.6 $85.94 5/15/20221,480,000 shares $125.30 million -0.7%2.9%3.3 $84.66 4/30/20221,490,000 shares $124.10 million -19.9%3.0%3.3 $83.29 4/15/20221,860,000 shares $152.82 million -11.4%3.7%4.1 $82.16 3/31/20222,100,000 shares $184.38 million +4.5%4.2%4.4 $87.80 3/15/20222,010,000 shares $196.20 million +0.5%4.0%4.4 $97.61 2/28/20222,000,000 shares $205.72 million +14.9%4.0%4.5 $102.86 2/15/20221,740,000 shares $193.75 million +18.4%3.4%4 $111.35 1/31/20221,470,000 shares $156.23 million +9.7%2.9%3.7 $106.28 1/15/20221,340,000 shares $154.05 million +8.9%2.6%3.3 $114.96 12/31/20211,230,000 shares $127.33 million -5.4%2.4%3.4 $103.52 12/15/20211,300,000 shares $132.00 million +26.2%2.6%3.8 $101.54 11/30/20211,030,000 shares $111.80 million -1.9%2.0%3.2 $108.54 11/15/20211,050,000 shares $122.05 million -30.9%2.1%3.5 $116.24 10/29/20211,520,000 shares $170.36 million -8.4%3.0%5.2 $112.08 10/15/20211,660,000 shares $168.16 million +3.1%3.3%6 $101.30 9/30/20211,610,000 shares $148.28 million -14.8%3.2%5.6 $92.10 9/15/20211,890,000 shares $172.12 million -9.6%3.7%6.5 $91.07 8/31/20212,090,000 shares $188.52 million -7.5%4.1%6.9 $90.20 8/13/20212,260,000 shares $201.03 million -6.6%4.5%7 $88.95 7/30/20212,420,000 shares $215.62 million -10.0%4.8%6.7 $89.10 7/15/20212,690,000 shares $215.90 million -3.6%5.2%7.7 $80.26 6/30/20212,790,000 shares $228.19 million +23.5%5.4%7.9 $81.79 6/15/20212,260,000 shares $179.20 million +6.6%4.4%6.6 $79.29 5/28/20212,120,000 shares $158.77 million +2.9%N/A6.1 $74.89 5/14/20212,060,000 shares $148.88 million +2.5%N/A5.5 $72.27 4/30/20212,010,000 shares $137.58 million -5.6%N/A5.3 $68.45 4/15/20212,130,000 shares $140.75 million +15.1%N/A5.4 $66.08 3/31/20211,850,000 shares $124.43 million -7.5%N/A4.7 $67.26 3/15/20212,000,000 shares $136.54 million +83.5%N/A5 $68.27 2/26/20211,090,000 shares $69.84 million +22.9%N/A2.8 $64.07 2/12/2021886,800 shares $59.28 million -6.8%N/A2.4 $66.85 1/29/2021951,200 shares $64.42 million -6.8%N/A2.8 $67.72 1/15/20211,020,000 shares $72.59 million +13.4%N/A3.2 $71.17 12/31/2020899,500 shares $59.78 million -7.8%N/A2.8 $66.46 12/15/2020975,500 shares $66.52 million +31.7%N/A3 $68.19 11/30/2020740,600 shares $48.14 million -8.3%N/A2.2 $65.00 11/15/2020807,600 shares $52.53 million -10.4%N/A2.4 $65.04 10/30/2020901,300 shares $56.85 million -20.2%N/A2.6 $63.08 10/15/20201,130,000 shares $72.04 million No ChangeN/A2.9 $63.75 HLI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Houlihan Lokey's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Houlihan Lokey shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, investors have sold 997,500 shares of HLI short. Learn More on Houlihan Lokey's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Houlihan Lokey? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. HLI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Houlihan Lokey's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Houlihan Lokey? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Houlihan Lokey: Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Houlihan Lokey's short interest increasing or decreasing? Houlihan Lokey saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 997,500 shares, an increase of 17.2% from the previous total of 851,300 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Houlihan Lokey's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Houlihan Lokey: Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (2.39%), Evercore Inc (3.19%), The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (2.01%), Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (2.72%), Lazard, Inc. (4.09%), Moelis & Company (4.99%), Morgan Stanley (1.33%), Piper Sandler Companies (2.82%), PJT Partners Inc. (10.20%), Stifel Financial Corporation (3.17%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Houlihan Lokey stock? Short selling HLI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Houlihan Lokey as its price is falling. HLI shares are trading down $0.37 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Houlihan Lokey? A short squeeze for Houlihan Lokey occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of HLI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Houlihan Lokey's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including HLI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025. 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