Financial Services
Live Price
Offline$140.93
+0.11% today
1Y Change
-20.99%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $10.80B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $140.93 and down 21.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +24.8%, EPS growth of +39.4%, a dividend yield of 1.6%. What stands out right now is revenue +24.8%, EPS +39.4%, free cash flow +209.1% with operating margin 20.4% and ROIC 14.2%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.6%. Valuation sits in the middle of the pack at P/E 23.0 and price/sales 4.1. Stock Foundry combines HLI price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+24.8% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+20.4% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 6, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +24.8% and EPS at +39.4%, with operating margin around 20.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.6%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -4.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 6, 2026 | โ | +4.3% | +2.3% | -4.1% |
2026 Jan 28, 2026 | +4.9% | -6.5% | -7.2% | -6.3% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +9.5% | -10.1% | -9.8% | -12.0% |
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
HLI Max Drawdown
-35.17%
Trailing 1Y
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for HLI and SPY.

Company Overview
Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., an investment banking company, provides merger and acquisition (M&A), capital market, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Corporate Finance, Financial Restructuring, and Financial and Valuation Advisory. The Corporate Finance segment offers general financial advisory services; and advises public and private institutions on buy-side and sell-side transactions, leveraged loans, private mezzanine debt, high-yield debt, initial public offerings, follow-ons, convertibles, equity private placements, private equity, and liability management transactions, as well as advise financial sponsors on various transactions. The Financial Restructuring segment advises debtors, creditors, and other parties-in-interest related to recapitalization/deleveraging transactions. It also provides a range of advisory services, including structuring, negotiation, and confirmation of plans of reorganization; structuring and analysis of exchange offers; corporate viability assessment; dispute resolution and expert testimony; and procuring debtor-in-possession financing. The Financial and Valuation Advisory segment offers valuations of various assets, such as companies, illiquid debt and equity securities, and intellectual property. It also provides fairness opinions in connection with M&A and other transactions, and solvency opinions in connection with corporate spin-offs and dividend recapitalizations; and other types of financial opinions. In addition, this segment offers dispute resolution services. It serves corporations, institutions, and governments. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region.
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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