Houlihan Lokey is a capital markets business based in the US. Houlihan Lokey shares (HLI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $166.51 – an increase of 2.64% over the previous week. Houlihan Lokey employs 2,601 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.2 billion.
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| Latest market close | $166.51 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $125.86 - $190.89 |
| 50-day moving average | $159.80 |
| 200-day moving average | $166.00 |
| Wall St. target price | $170.57 |
| PE ratio | 31.8375 |
| Dividend yield | $2.26 (1.37%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $5.23 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $166.51 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-28) | 3.29% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 13.74% |
| 3 months (2025-02-06) | -11.15% |
| 6 months (2024-11-06) | -11.57% |
| 1 year (2024-05-06) | 24.14% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-05) | 97.56% |
| 3 years (2022-05-05) | 106.82% |
| 5 years (2020-05-06) | 214.00% |
Valuing Houlihan Lokey stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Houlihan Lokey's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Houlihan Lokey's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 32x. In other words, Houlihan Lokey shares trade at around 32x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Houlihan Lokey's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 6.54. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Houlihan Lokey's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
| Revenue TTM | $2.2 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 23.46% |
| Gross profit TTM | $2.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 11.15% |
| Return on equity TTM | 18.64% |
| Profit margin | 16% |
| Book value | $29.66 |
| Market Capitalization | $11.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 52.78% of net profits
Recently Houlihan Lokey has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Houlihan Lokey shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Houlihan Lokey's case, that would currently equate to about $2.26 per share.
Houlihan Lokey's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Houlihan Lokey's most recent dividend payout was on 14 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 2 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Houlihan Lokey's shares have ranged in value from as little as $125.8645 up to $190.8912. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Houlihan Lokey's is 0.848. This would suggest that Houlihan Lokey's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. , an investment banking company, provides merger and acquisition (M&A), capital market, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory services in the United States and internationally. It 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 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 financial sponsors on various 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, 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 FVA segment offers valuations of various assets, such as companies, illiquid debt and equity securities, and intellectual property; and dispute resolution services.
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