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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 15.5%, EPS fell 20.4% and free cash flow fell 135.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

129.55 1.04 +0.81%
Market cap
$9.0B
P/E
21.3×
Fwd P/E
19.2×
Dividend yield
2.01%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.50
Total sells 2.09
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — 1 — —
Sell — — 1 1 — 1 1 — — — 1 —
Insider Ownership 18.69%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 8,980.00
Revenue 2,523.52
Net Income 404.17
Free Cash Flow 484.82
Net Debt (745.00)
Current Ratio 1.36
Debt/Equity 0.00
P/E ratio 21.27
Fwd P/E 19.20
P/S ratio 3.41
P/B ratio 3.82
Past 5Y EPS Growth 6.45%
This Y EPS Growth (7.95%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 23.84% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (0.40%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 7.64%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 65.39%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 64.25%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 58.20%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.44
Annual Dividend Rate 2.60
Annual Dividend Yield 2.01%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.40
0.60
0.70
0.70
2025 2.37
0.57
0.60
0.60
0.60
2024 2.26
0.55
0.57
0.57
0.57
2023 2.18
0.53
0.55
0.55
0.55
2022 2.02
0.43
0.53
0.53
0.53
2021 1.62
0.33
0.43
0.43
0.43
2020 1.28
0.31
0.31
0.33
0.33
2019 1.20
0.27
0.31
0.31
0.31
2018 1.01
0.20
0.27
0.27
0.27
2017 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2016 0.66
0.15
0.17
0.17
0.17
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 722 971 1,189 745
Receivables 232 257 228 224
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
954 1,228 1,418 969
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 114 137 136 122
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
840 1,074 1,213 711

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 14.20% 11.40% 13.10%
Cash Flow 50.62% 3.96% 72.88%
Earnings 19.83% 6.36% 18.75%
Book Value 13.66% 11.10% 13.24%

Revenue $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 511 — — — —
’26 605 659 717 636 2,618
’25 514 575 634 666 2,389
’24 416 467 511 520 1,914
’23 419 490 456 445 1,809
’22 373 537 889 471 2,270
’21 211 276 538 501 1,525
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 (336) — — — —
’26 (132) 325 218 293 704
’25 (65) 289 266 358 849
’24 (134) 136 101 225 328
’23 (278) 85 91 238 136
’22 (90) 210 552 64 737
’21 (115) 114 309 273 580
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 (342) — — — —
’26 (145) 323 217 287 682
’25 (75) 279 262 344 809
’24 (149) 113 85 213 262
’23 (283) 72 77 219 86
’22 (91) 209 547 63 728
’21 (119) 111 304 270 566
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Jun Sep Dec Mar Year
’26 1.15 — — — —
’26 1.42 1.63 1.70 1.47 6.22
’25 1.30 1.37 1.39 1.76 5.82
’24 0.90 0.99 1.04 1.18 4.11
’23 1.03 0.87 0.90 1.10 3.98
’22 1.25 1.65 2.54 0.97 6.41
’21 0.69 0.70 1.71 1.44 4.55
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to March

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 29.51 34.32 36.25 42.86 63.38 74.18 83.92 112.17 137.99 112.83

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 46.99 53.20 50.00 71.00 119.89 122.62 123.51 192.10 211.78 195.06
People
People Employees 1,171 1,228 1,354 1,491 650 839 1,000 1,000 1,100 850
Revenue/emp, $m 0.74 0.78 0.80 0.78 2.35 2.71 1.81 1.91 2.17 3.08
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 872 963 1,084 1,159 1,525 2,270 1,809 1,914 2,389 2,618
Gross margin, % 30.75 31.17 32.23 32.75 35.91 36.95 35.68 35.09 35.78 35.73
EBT 178 218 224 236 409 604 324 391 531 562
EBT margin, % 20.47 22.61 20.69 20.33 26.83 26.61 17.91 20.40 22.24 21.48
Net income 108 172 159 184 313 438 254 280 400 424
Depreciation 9 8 14 17 15 49 58 29 41 43
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 14.27 15.42 17.43 18.65 23.19 34.94 28.56 29.76 36.36 39.33
Earnings 1.77 2.76 2.56 2.96 4.75 6.74 4.25 4.36 6.08 6.40
Cash flow 4.12 4.01 3.60 4.63 8.81 11.34 2.15 5.11 12.91 10.58
Capex (0.24) (0.12) (0.11) (0.33) (0.22) (0.13) (0.80) (1.04) (0.60) (0.34)
Free cash flow 3.89 3.89 3.50 4.30 8.60 11.20 1.35 4.07 12.31 10.25
Book value 11.89 13.65 14.33 15.84 21.03 22.22 25.46 28.55 33.09 35.20
Shares, m 61 62 62 62 66 65 63 64 66 67
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 19.46 15.82 18.25 17.61 14.06 13.03 21.81 29.39 26.56 22.48
P/S 2.41 2.83 2.68 2.79 2.87 2.51 3.06 4.31 4.44 3.65
P/B 2.90 3.20 3.26 3.29 3.16 3.95 3.44 4.49 4.88 4.08
EV/Sales 1.89 2.53 2.42 2.47 2.31 2.15 2.67 3.93 4.04 3.20
EV/FCF 6.92 10.04 12.09 10.73 6.24 6.69 56.45 28.75 11.92 12.27
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 252 251 224 288 580 737 136 328 849 704
Capex (14) (8) (7) (21) (14) (9) (51) (67) (40) (22)
Free cash flow 238 243 218 267 566 728 86 262 809 682
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (22) (145) (111) (8) 171 (163) 35 114 154 205
Total debt 33 12 9 5 1 1 343 — — —
Net debt (460) (288) (277) (376) (846) (834) (715) (722) (971) (1,189)
Shareholders’ equity 727 853 891 984 1,384 1,444 1,613 1,837 2,175 2,342
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 8.82 12.29 11.19 11.85 15.25 16.48 8.68 9.13 11.44 10.47
ROIC 42.68 23.74 22.31 23.59 47.49 62.78 23.77 20.92 26.09 28.57
ROE 15.73 21.82 18.24 19.60 26.42 30.97 16.63 16.25 19.93 18.85
Negative figures in brackets.

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Charts ten years each

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Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
FUTU Futu Holdings Limited Sponsored ADR $10.5B 10.3× 10.9× +35.71% (above 0%: growing) +42.98% (above 0%: growing) +443.45% (above 0%: growing) 86.31% 61.99% Compare
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JEF Jefferies Financial Group Inc. $10.3B 12.1× 15.6× +8.52% (above 0%: growing) +3.85% (above 0%: growing) +1,917.32% (above 0%: growing) 98.97% 24.82% Compare
EVR Evercore Inc $9.9B 13.2× 19.5× +19.15% (above 0%: growing) −1.59% (below 0%: shrinking) +25.04% (above 0%: growing) 99.69% 17.65% Compare
HUT Hut 8 Corp. $9.4B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +81.44% (above 0%: growing) n/m −535.81% (below 0%: shrinking) 11.10% (275.36%) Compare
HLI Houlihan Lokey, Inc. $9.0B 21.3× 19.2× −15.54% (below 0%: shrinking) −20.41% (below 0%: shrinking) −135.86% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.83% 15.26%
VIRT Virtu Financial, Inc. $8.9B 9.4× 9.3× +19.05% (above 0%: growing) −1.21% (below 0%: shrinking) +78.56% (above 0%: growing) 78.24% 46.04% Compare
SNEX StoneX Group Inc. $7.2B 12.8× 18.8× +15.40% (above 0%: growing) +86.64% (above 0%: growing) −183.02% (below 0%: shrinking) 3.06% 1.67% Compare
GLXY Galaxy Digital Inc. $7.1B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −0.99% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +80.14% (above 0%: growing) 0.86% (1.21%) Compare
Median of peers $9.6B 11.7× 14.1× +17.23% +23.42% +51.80% 82.28% 19.15%

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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI) key facts

  • Strength: Houlihan Lokey, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $2.6 billion, up 9.55% from fiscal 2025.
  • Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI) is a Capital Markets company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, HLI traded at $129.55, a market capitalization of $9.0 billion.
  • Houlihan Lokey, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share, a yield of 2.01%, with a payout ratio of 43.7%.
  • Return on equity was 18.9% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 for fiscal 2026.

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