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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. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $10.3B against $9.0B — 1.1× the size. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.1× against 21.3×. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.7% against 1.72%. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs 9.79%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.3% vs 8.20%). Both pay a dividend; Jefferies Financial Group Inc. yields more (3.57% vs 2.01%). 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 21.27 12.08 14.20
P/S 3.41 1.04 2.00
P/B 3.82 0.83 1.51
Price to free cash flow 17.77 2.12 6.36
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.70% 8.28% (3.94%)
Free cash flow yield 5.63% 47.19% (1.62%)

Profitability

Metric HLI JEF Capital Markets median
Gross margin 35.68% 98.17% 62.80%
Operating margin 20.41% 23.38% 0.00%
Net margin 16.08% 9.79% (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin 19.21% 49.27% 0.00%
Return on equity 18.30% 7.84% 0.00%
Return on assets 11.22% 1.11% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 21.32% 8.20% 0.00%

Growth

Metric HLI JEF Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.72% 17.74% 20.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.87% (5.35%) 22.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.40% 4.65% 18.16%
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 0.08
Current ratio 1.36 1.02 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) 1.89 (0.24)

Dividend

Metric HLI JEF Capital Markets median
Dividend yield 2.01% 3.57% 1.36%
Payout ratio 0.44 0.44 0.19

Size

Metric HLI JEF Capital Markets median
Market cap 8.98b 10.31b 565.91m

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