Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $189.91 +0.42 (+0.22%) As of 01:38 PM Eastern This is a fair market value 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 1.13 million shares. This marks a -22.60% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.1, indicating that it would take 3.1 days of the average trading volume of 404,126 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,130,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,460,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-22.60%Dollar Volume Sold Short$215.42 millionShort Interest Ratio3.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares69,790,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted1.62%Today's Trading Volume81,453 sharesAverage Trading Volume404,126 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average20% 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 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 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 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 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. 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 $107.67GENIUS Act: Cancel Your Money? 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But there’s still time to protect your financial freedom—if you act before the system goes fully live.Get the free info kit with 3 strategies to sidestep digital dollar control. 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 $112.08GENIUS Act: Cancel Your Money? 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But there’s still time to protect your financial freedom—if you act before the system goes fully live.Get the free info kit with 3 strategies to sidestep digital dollar control. 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 9/30/20201,130,000 shares $66.73 million +23.7%N/A2.8 $59.05 9/15/2020913,800 shares $53.50 million -3.7%N/A2.1 $58.55 8/31/2020948,700 shares $55.59 million -9.7%N/A2.2 $58.60 8/14/20201,050,000 shares $60.22 million -27.1%N/A2.3 $57.35 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 July 15th, investors have sold 1,130,000 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 3.0. 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: Quaker Wealth Management LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, and Simplex 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 decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,130,000 shares, a decline of 22.6% from the previous total of 1,460,000 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. (1.78%), Evercore Inc (3.58%), The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (2.01%), Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (2.66%), Lazard, Inc. (4.59%), Moelis & Company (5.08%), Morgan Stanley (1.22%), Piper Sandler Companies (2.36%), PJT Partners Inc. (9.52%), Stifel Financial Corporation (2.21%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 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 up $1.45 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 appreciates 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 July, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies AMP Short Interest EVR Short Interest GS Short Interest JEF Short Interest LAZ Short Interest MC Short Interest MS Short Interest PIPR Short Interest PJT Short Interest SF Short Interest Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:HLI) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersGENIUS Act: Cancel Your Money?A new law called the GENIUS Act could quietly trigger the most radical shift in American finance in decades. 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