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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. HLI

A comprehensive view of key metrics, scores, and financial health for Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

Overview of Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

HLI NYQ
Financial Services Capital Markets Large Cap
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI), is a Large Cap company, in the Capital Markets industry, last closed at $139.42, about 75.1% overvalued vs fair value, -13.5% 1Y return, placing in the top 25% of its sector.
$139.42
-0.32%
As of March 13, 2026
Previous close • Vol 90d: 31.2%
Market Cap
$10.16B
Enterprise Value
$9.52B
Overall Score
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Top Beats
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Quick Facts

Website https://hl.com
HQ Los Angeles, CA
Employees 2,702
Fiscal year Mar 31

Next Events

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Fair Value Snapshot

Bear Base Bull
$19
$35
$65
Current: $139.42 -75% vs base

Engine Room Money Flow™

Large Cap

Financial Services - Where revenue goes and how value is created

Flow Steps
Interest Income
$290.0K
98.6%%
Interest Expense
$2.7M
Total Revenue
$2.4B
24.8%%
Operating Expense
$363.6M
7.6%%
Money Flow Bridge
Flow Direction: Money moves from left to right
Components: Breakdown shows composition of each stage
Industry-Specific: Financial Services

Quality & Reliability Indicators

Return on Equity
18.4%
Excellent

Net Income / Equity - key bank profitability metric

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Owner's Pocket - Capital Allocation

Total Returned to Shareholders

Combined dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction

$217.7M
54.5% of Net Income

Where It Leaks

Cash Flow Health healthy
Strong cash conversion with minimal leakage across profit-to-cash-to-value chain.
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Active Leaks
1/1
Improving
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High Impact
0
Critical
Moat Analysis Corporate Default

Competitive Advantage Assessment

Evaluating Houlihan Lokey, Inc.'s durable competitive advantages across 6 defense dimensions

Overall Moat Strength
73
/100
Moderate
Scores based on quantitative metrics and qualitative factors

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Pricing Power

Moderate
73
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Trade-Off Ledger™

Where management spends the performance budget - Growth, Profitability, or Safety

Generic Industrial / Default vs Industry Peers 100% Coverage
Trade-Off Triangle Visualization A ternary plot showing HLI's balance between Growth (25.9%), Profitability (41.3%), and Safety (32.7%). Growth 26% Safety 33% Profitability 41%

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Growth

46th percentile vs peers
46
Key Signals
Rev Growth YoY 24.8% 51p EPS Growth YoY 41.6% 49p TSR 92.3% 87p Revenue CAGR 3Y 1.7% 34p EPS CAGR 3Y -3.2% 25p
Strengths
  • Interest Coverage Ratio in top 20% of peers (137.62, 92th percentile)
  • Superior capital returns - 3 return metrics above peer median
  • Tsr in top 20% of peers (92.3%, 87th percentile)
  • Roic in top 20% of peers (19.2%, 90th percentile)
Risks

No significant risks identified for this axis.

Profitability

74th percentile vs peers
74
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Safety

58th percentile vs peers
59
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Two Futures

Scenario-based fair value ranges for Houlihan Lokey, Inc..

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Bear
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Base
$34.70
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-75.1% vs current
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