Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. (FIGR) vs Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI)

Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. and Houlihan Lokey, Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.9B against $7.4B — 1.2× the size. Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.7× against 21.2×. Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. has the higher net margin (26.5% vs 16.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (14.9% vs 21.3%). Across the 18 metrics below, Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. leads on 10 and Houlihan Lokey, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric FIGR HLI Capital Markets median
P/E 20.71 21.19 15.78
P/S 9.95 3.40 2.32
P/B 4.99 3.81 1.89
Price to free cash flow n/m 17.70 6.25
EV/EBITDA 29.46 15.00 8.87
EV/Sales 9.14 3.27 2.28
Earnings yield 4.83% 4.72% (3.77%)
Free cash flow yield (1.49%) 5.65% (1.49%)

Profitability

Metric FIGR HLI Capital Markets median
Gross margin 87.54% 35.68% 62.80%
Operating margin 28.41% 20.41% 0.00%
Net margin 26.49% 16.08% (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin (14.84%) 19.21% 0.00%
Return on equity 21.14% 18.30% 0.00%
Return on assets 12.45% 11.22% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.94% 21.32% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FIGR HLI Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 1.72% 21.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 60.47% 6.87% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 11.40% 18.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 6.36% 0.00%

Health

Metric FIGR HLI Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.68 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 1.86 1.36 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA (5.26) (2.09) (0.24)

Dividend

Metric FIGR HLI Capital Markets median
Dividend yield — 1.76% 2.20%
Payout ratio — 0.59 0.00

Size

Metric FIGR HLI Capital Markets median
Market cap 7.40b 8.88b 724.58m

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