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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI) vs Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. are of similar size ($11.2B and $10.2B). Jefferies Financial Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.7× against 24.5×. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.7% against −0.40%. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. has the higher net margin (15.8% vs 10.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.0% vs 8.20%). Both pay a dividend; Jefferies Financial Group Inc. yields more (3.27% vs 1.75%). Across the 21 metrics below, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. leads on 11 and Houlihan Lokey, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric HLI JEF Capital Markets median
P/E 24.46 12.70 14.35
P/S 3.86 1.14 2.07
P/B 4.28 0.90 1.36
Price to free cash flow 24.56 2.33 9.28
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.09% 7.87% (8.28%)
Free cash flow yield 4.07% 42.96% (1.12%)

Profitability

Metric HLI JEF Capital Markets median
Gross margin 35.62% 98.17% 68.15%
Operating margin 20.27% 23.38% 0.00%
Net margin 15.80% 10.06% (0.34%)
Free cash flow margin 15.72% 48.96% 0.00%
Return on equity 17.73% 8.06% 0.00%
Return on assets 10.39% 1.14% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 22.02% 8.20% 0.00%

Growth

Metric HLI JEF Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.40%) 17.74% 19.72%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.87% (5.35%) 16.79%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.40% 4.65% 17.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.36% (3.90%) 0.00%

Health

Metric HLI JEF Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.00 2.09 0.07
Current ratio 1.28 1.02 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 1.89 (0.03)

Dividend

Metric HLI JEF Capital Markets median
Dividend yield 1.75% 3.27% 1.58%
Payout ratio 0.44 0.43 0.19

Size

Metric HLI JEF Capital Markets median
Market cap 10.21b 11.16b 527.01m

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