Evercore Inc (EVR) vs Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI)

Evercore Inc and Houlihan Lokey, Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Evercore Inc is the larger, with a market value of $9.9B against $8.9B — 1.1× the size. Evercore Inc trades at the lower P/E: 13.7× against 21.2×. Evercore Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 45.7% against 1.72%. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs 15.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (21.3% vs 45.8%). Both pay a dividend; Evercore Inc yields more (1.79% vs 1.76%). Across the 23 metrics below, Evercore Inc leads on 18 and Houlihan Lokey, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric EVR HLI Capital Markets median
P/E 13.69 21.19 15.78
P/S 2.14 3.40 2.32
P/B 4.66 3.81 1.89
Price to free cash flow 6.25 17.70 6.25
EV/EBITDA 8.65 15.00 8.87
EV/Sales 2.00 3.27 2.28
Earnings yield 7.30% 4.72% (3.77%)
Free cash flow yield 16.01% 5.65% (1.49%)

Profitability

Metric EVR HLI Capital Markets median
Gross margin 99.74% 35.68% 62.80%
Operating margin 22.57% 20.41% 0.00%
Net margin 15.71% 16.08% (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin 34.29% 19.21% 0.00%
Return on equity 36.37% 18.30% 0.00%
Return on assets 17.76% 11.22% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 45.75% 21.32% 0.00%

Growth

Metric EVR HLI Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 45.68% 1.72% 21.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 54.74% 6.87% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.17% 11.40% 18.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.04% 6.36% 0.00%

Health

Metric EVR HLI Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.25 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 2.47 1.36 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA (1.00) (2.09) (0.24)

Dividend

Metric EVR HLI Capital Markets median
Dividend yield 1.79% 1.76% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.34 0.59 0.00

Size

Metric EVR HLI Capital Markets median
Market cap 9.88b 8.88b 724.58m

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