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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI) vs Stifel Financial Corporation (SF)

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. and Stifel Financial Corporation are both Capital Markets companies. Stifel Financial Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $10.6B against $8.9B — 1.2× the size. Stifel Financial Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 11.9× against 21.2×. Stifel Financial Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.4% against 1.72%. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs 15.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.3% vs 16.0%). Both pay a dividend; Stifel Financial Corporation yields more (2.20% vs 1.76%). Across the 23 metrics below, Houlihan Lokey, Inc. leads on 13 and Stifel Financial Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric HLI SF Capital Markets median
P/E 21.19 11.86 15.78
P/S 3.40 1.83 2.32
P/B 3.81 2.04 1.89
Price to free cash flow 17.70 38.32 6.25
EV/EBITDA 15.00 6.77 8.87
EV/Sales 3.27 1.70 2.28
Earnings yield 4.72% 8.43% (3.77%)
Free cash flow yield 5.65% 2.61% (1.49%)

Profitability

Metric HLI SF Capital Markets median
Gross margin 35.68% 98.95% 62.80%
Operating margin 20.41% 20.60% 0.00%
Net margin 16.08% 15.48% (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin 19.21% 4.78% 0.00%
Return on equity 18.30% 17.90% 0.00%
Return on assets 11.22% 2.16% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 21.32% 16.01% 0.00%

Growth

Metric HLI SF Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.72% 15.40% 21.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.87% (6.08%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.40% 8.07% 18.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.36% 6.30% 0.00%

Health

Metric HLI SF Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.29 0.08
Current ratio 1.36 0.88 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA (2.09) (1.36) (0.24)

Dividend

Metric HLI SF Capital Markets median
Dividend yield 1.76% 2.20% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.59 0.26 0.00

Size

Metric HLI SF Capital Markets median
Market cap 8.88b 10.56b 724.58m

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