Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

HLI Financial Capital Markets

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $2.6 billion, up 9.55% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+4.85%
EPS
−1.80%
Free cash flow
−25.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

148.20 5.86 −3.80%
Market cap
$10.2B
P/E
24.5×
Fwd P/E
18.2×
Dividend yield
1.75%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI) Free cash flow margin

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Houlihan Lokey, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.7%, down 10.3 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (26.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.34% (fiscal 2016) to 37.1% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is above the Capital Markets industry median of 0.00% and above the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 26.1% (7.80)
FY2025 33.9% 20.18
FY2024 13.7% 8.94
FY2023 4.73% (27.34)
FY2022 32.1% (5.01)
FY2021 37.1% 14.05
FY2020 23.0% 2.97
FY2019 20.1% (5.16)
FY2018 25.2% (2.02)
FY2017 27.2% 26.90

Against its own ten years

Low 0.34% High 37.1%
Ten-year median 25.6%
Current reading's percentile 58

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
XP XP Inc. compare 65.2%
JEF Jefferies Financial Group Inc. compare 49.0%
HLI Houlihan Lokey, Inc. 15.7%
VIRT Virtu Financial, Inc. compare 11.7%
FUTU Futu Holdings Limited Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
EVR Evercore Inc compare 0.00%
SF Stifel Financial Corporation compare 0.00%
IREN IREN Limited compare −123.6%
BMNR BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. compare −31,722.4%
Capital Markets industry median 0.00%
Financial sector median 11.4%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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