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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI)

Financial Services | Capital Markets | Los Angeles, United States | NYSE
140.66 USD +3.73 (2.724%) ⇧ (July 15, 2026, 11:20 a.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:30 a.m. EDT

Houlihan Lokey presents a compelling long-term value proposition anchored by a fortress balance sheet and a nine-year price trajectory that has surged nearly 767 percent. Despite the stock trading below its 200-day moving average and facing current headwinds in revenue and earnings growth, the underlying business remains profitable with strong operating margins and a net cash position. The modest dividend yield is supported by a conservative payout ratio, offering reliable income without risking capital. While short-term technicals remain lagging, the bullish options flow and attractive forward valuation suggest a potential inflection point where the market may begin to price in the recovery of growth metrics.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.076733
AutoETS0.076734
MSTL0.086214
AutoTheta0.106803

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 8.81
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.210
Excess Kurtosis -0.97
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-31
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-31
Debt to Equity Ratio 20.062
Revenue per Share 39.333
Market Cap 9,713,893,376
Trailing P/E 22.61
Forward P/E 14.93
Beta 0.96
Profit Margins 16.26%
Website https://hl.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:30 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls at strikes 155, 160, and 180, indicating a bullish bias despite current price weakness. Put volume is significantly lower, suggesting limited hedging demand at current levels.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.50% 1.52% 1.59% 1.82%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-01 0.70 0.498718
2026-03-02 0.60 0.366659
2025-12-01 0.60 0.345423
2025-09-02 0.60 0.305748
2025-06-02 0.60 0.344056
2025-03-03 0.57 0.336979
2024-12-02 0.57 0.304862
2024-09-03 0.57 0.376362
2024-06-03 0.57 0.425913
2024-02-29 0.55 0.427483
2023-11-30 0.55 0.510583
2023-08-31 0.55 0.522119
2023-06-01 0.55 0.627782
2023-03-01 0.53 0.556723
2022-12-01 0.53 0.534867
2022-09-01 0.53 0.681672
2022-06-01 0.53 0.632760
2022-03-01 0.43 0.431078
2021-12-01 0.43 0.406812
2021-09-01 0.43 0.475769
2021-06-01 0.43 0.575251
2021-03-01 0.33 0.507068
2020-12-01 0.33 0.500607
2020-09-01 0.33 0.557809
2020-06-04 0.31 0.515378
2020-03-04 0.31 0.586344
2019-12-04 0.31 0.646777
2019-09-04 0.31 0.705347
2019-05-31 0.31 0.685689
2019-03-01 0.27 0.577540
2018-11-30 0.27 0.638298
2018-08-30 0.27 0.573736
2018-06-01 0.27 0.555556
2018-03-01 0.20 0.440626
2017-12-01 0.20 0.454856
2017-08-30 0.20 0.558815
2017-05-31 0.20 0.595770
2017-03-01 0.20 0.620347
2016-12-01 0.17 0.583791
2016-08-31 0.17 0.686591
2016-06-01 0.17 0.702479
2016-03-02 0.15 0.587084
2015-12-02 0.15 0.610004
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.8
dividendYield 2.04
exDividendDate 2026-06-01
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.4
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.017527206
lastDividendValue 0.7
lastDividendDate 2026-06-01
dividendDate 2026-06-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.2959897
Address1 10,250 Constellation Boulevard
Address2 5th Floor
All Time High 211.777
All Time Low 18.22
Ask 140.99
Ask Size 300
Audit Risk 7
Average Analyst Rating 2.3 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,013,960
Average Daily Volume3 Month 744,322
Average Volume 744,322
Average Volume10Days 1,013,960
Beta 0.961
Bid 140.51
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 9
Book Value 33.71
City Los Angeles
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 140.66
Current Ratio 1.355
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 140.95
Day Low 136.92
Debt To Equity 20.062
Display Name Houlihan Lokey
Dividend Date 1,781,481,600
Dividend Rate 2.8
Dividend Yield 2.04
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,355,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,355,200
Earnings Growth -0.166
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.181
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,355,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,355,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,355,200
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 3.389
Enterprise Value 8,869,510,144
Eps Current Year 7.90109
Eps Forward 9.42027
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.22
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,780,272,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 310 553 2173
Fifty Day Average 142.8548
Fifty Day Average Change -2.1947937
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.015363808
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -29.598969
Fifty Two Week High 211.777
Fifty Two Week High Change -71.11699
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.33581075
Fifty Two Week Low 130.72
Fifty Two Week Low Change 9.940002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.07604041
Fifty Two Week Range 130.72 - 211.777
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,439,472,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.72
Float Shares 53,587,322
Forward Eps 9.42027
Forward P E 14.931632
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 2,800
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.94323
Gross Profits 2,468,914,944
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00132
Held Percent Institutions 1.03776
Implied Shares Outstanding 69,059,387
Industry Capital Markets
Industry Disp Capital Markets
Industry Key capital-markets
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,272,000
Last Dividend Value 0.7
Last Fiscal Year End 1,774,915,200
Long Business Summary Houlihan Lokey, Inc., an investment banking company, provides merger and acquisition (M&A), capital market, financial restructurings and liability management, and financial and valuation advisory services worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Corporate Finance (CF), Financial Restructuring (FR), and Financial and Valuation Advisory (FVA). The CF segment offers general financial advisory services; and advises public and private institutions, including financial sponsors on buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, debt and equity financings in both the private and public markets, and other corporate finance transactions. The FR segment advises debtors, creditors, and other parties-in-interest related to recapitalization/deleveraging transactions. This segment also provides a range of advisory services, such as structuring, negotiation, and confirmation of plans of reorganization; structuring and analysis of exchange offers; liability management transactions; corporate viability assessment; dispute resolution and expert testimony; and procuring debtor-in-possession financing. The FVA segment provides valuation services to companies; debt and equity interests comprising illiquid investments; and other assets and liabilities. This segment also offers fairness opinions in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other transactions; solvency opinions in connection with corporate spin-offs and dividend recapitalizations; other types of financial opinions; and diligence, tax, transaction accounting, and other financial advisory services, as well as dispute resolution services. It serves corporations, financial sponsors, and government agencies. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Long Name Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 9,713,893,376
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_20999
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 425,696,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,806,451,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 9,456,301,861
Number Of Analyst Opinions 8
Open 137.97
Operating Cashflow 704,131,008
Operating Margins 0.22499001
Overall Risk 9
Payout Ratio 0.3859
Phone 310 553 8871
Previous Close 136.93
Price Eps Current Year 17.802607
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 4.1726494
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.7111113
Profit Margins 0.16263
Quick Ratio 1.352
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.27273
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.730011
Regular Market Change Percent 2.7240276
Regular Market Day High 140.95
Regular Market Day Low 136.92
Regular Market Day Range 136.92 - 140.95
Regular Market Open 137.97
Regular Market Previous Close 136.93
Regular Market Price 140.66
Regular Market Time 1,784,128,806
Regular Market Volume 69,947
Return On Assets 0.104370005
Return On Equity 0.18332
Revenue Growth -0.046
Revenue Per Share 39.333
Sand P52 Week Change 0.2043345
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 54,276,657
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.026500002
Shares Short 1,826,753
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 1,801,230
Short Name Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0337
Short Ratio 2.64
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol HLI
Target High Price 200.0
Target Low Price 155.0
Target Mean Price 169.75
Target Median Price 162.5
Total Cash 1,189,453,952
Total Cash Per Share 17.224
Total Debt 492,108,000
Total Revenue 2,617,516,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.4
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.017527206
Trailing Eps 6.22
Trailing P E 22.61415
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 164.93935
Two Hundred Day Average Change -24.279343
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.14720164
Type Disp Equity
Volume 69,947
Website https://hl.com
Zip 90,067