Circle Internet Group, Inc. (CRCL) vs Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI)

Circle Internet Group, Inc. and Houlihan Lokey, Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Circle Internet Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $17.7B against $10.2B — 1.7× the size. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 24.5× against 37.4×. Circle Internet Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.1% against −0.40%. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. has the higher net margin (15.8% vs 15.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.0% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Houlihan Lokey, Inc. leads on 15 and Circle Internet Group, Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric CRCL HLI Capital Markets median
P/E 37.37 24.46 14.35
P/S 5.84 3.86 2.07
P/B 4.58 4.28 1.36
Price to free cash flow 26.49 24.56 9.28
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 2.68% 4.09% (8.28%)
Free cash flow yield 3.78% 4.07% (1.12%)

Profitability

Metric CRCL HLI Capital Markets median
Gross margin 0.00% 35.62% 68.15%
Operating margin 11.31% 20.27% 0.00%
Net margin 15.28% 15.80% (0.34%)
Free cash flow margin 22.02% 15.72% 0.00%
Return on equity 13.44% 17.73% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.60% 10.39% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 22.02% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRCL HLI Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 25.12% (0.40%) 19.72%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (246.67%) 6.87% 16.79%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 11.40% 17.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 6.36% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRCL HLI Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.07
Current ratio 1.04 1.28 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA 3,906.55 (2.09) (0.03)

Dividend

Metric CRCL HLI Capital Markets median
Dividend yield — 1.75% 1.58%
Payout ratio — 0.44 0.19

Size

Metric CRCL HLI Capital Markets median
Market cap 17.72b 10.21b 527.01m

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