Galaxy Digital Inc. (GLXY) vs Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI)

Galaxy Digital Inc. and Houlihan Lokey, Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Galaxy Digital Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $9.9B against $8.9B — 1.1× the size. Galaxy Digital Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Houlihan Lokey, Inc. trades at 21.2×. Galaxy Digital Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.68% against 1.72%. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs −0.34%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.3% vs −7.30%). Across the 17 metrics below, Houlihan Lokey, Inc. leads on 12 and Galaxy Digital Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric GLXY HLI Capital Markets median
P/E n/m 21.19 15.78
P/S 0.08 3.40 2.32
P/B 1.72 3.81 1.89
Price to free cash flow n/m 17.70 6.25
EV/EBITDA n/m 15.00 8.87
EV/Sales 0.09 3.27 2.28
Earnings yield (2.62%) 4.72% (3.77%)
Free cash flow yield (40.35%) 5.65% (1.49%)

Profitability

Metric GLXY HLI Capital Markets median
Gross margin 0.40% 35.68% 62.80%
Operating margin (0.53%) 20.41% 0.00%
Net margin (0.34%) 16.08% (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin (3.29%) 19.21% 0.00%
Return on equity (7.22%) 18.30% 0.00%
Return on assets (1.94%) 11.22% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (7.30%) 21.32% 0.00%

Growth

Metric GLXY HLI Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.68% 1.72% 21.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (162.76%) 6.87% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 11.40% 18.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 6.36% 0.00%

Health

Metric GLXY HLI Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 1.14 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 1.50 1.36 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA 3.17 (2.09) (0.24)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric GLXY HLI Capital Markets median
Market cap 9.90b 8.88b 724.58m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack