HLI · Houlihan Lokey Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $9.58B |
| P/E | 23.60 |
| Float | 54.09M |
| Beta | 0.94 |
| Volatility | 23.4% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Cap tier | Mid cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 74 |
| Price | 137.11 |
| Change | +0.00% |
| Prev Close | 137.11 |
| Open | 134.79 |
| Day Low | 133.94 |
| Day High | 137.21 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $90.55M |
| 52W High | 211.78 |
| 52W Low | 112.83 |
| 52W Pos | 24.5% |
| From High | −35.26% |
| From Low | +21.52% |
| Max DD 1Y | −41.02% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +5.57% |
| SMA 50 | +2.63% |
| SMA 200 | −10.82% |
| RSI (14) | 60.4 |
| Vol 30D | 43.2% |
| Vol 90D | 35.0% |
| 1Y Range | 113–212 |
| Daily bars | 507 |
| Perf Week | +3.07% |
| Perf Month | +7.47% |
| Perf Quarter | −1.54% |
| Perf Half Y | −9.26% |
| Perf Year | −30.56% |
| Perf YTD | −22.25% |
| Prev Day | +0.00% |
| Clavix | B |
| Debt / Eq | 0.00 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.97 |
| Int Cover | 1,826.9× |
| FCF Margin | 31.9% |
| Rev Growth | −15.6% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 37 / 69 |
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayHLI grades B, 74 of 100. Steadiest on News Sentiment (63), most exposed on Sector Resilience (56, mixed). 1 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Financial Services median. Ranks 37 of 69 in Financial Services by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| HLI | Financial Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.94 | 1.20 |
| Volatilityannualized | 23.4% | 30.0% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −41.0% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.98% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 229% | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| HLI | Financial Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.94 | 1.20 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate40% of 70 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Financial Services names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| HLI | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +3.1% |
| 1 month | +7.5% |
| Year to date | −22.2% |
| 1 year | −30.6% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| HLI | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 10 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 51 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 16 · 11 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 16 ↑ 11 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 70 Financial Services names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| HLI | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | −15.6% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Financial Services median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Against Financial Services
70 companies| Metric | HLI | Sector spread | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | 0.94 | 1.20 | |
| Volatility | 23.4% | 30.0% | |
| P/E | 23.60 | 21.81 | |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.83 | |
| Current ratio | 0.97 | 1.03 | |
| FCF margin | 31.9% | 27.9% | |
| Interest coverage | 1,826.9× | 7.6× |
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openHoulihan Lokey hired Jean-Baptiste Didier as a Managing Director in its Financial Sponsors Group in Paris, where he will lead the firm's financial sponsor coverage activities in France.
Houlihan Lokey announced on September 2, 2026 that Jean-Baptiste Didier has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Financial Sponsors Group, based in Paris, as part of ongoing expansion of its European Financial Sponsors coverage team.
Law firm Kaskela Law announced it is investigating Houlihan Lokey on behalf of shareholders, looking into whether the company or its officers and directors broke securities laws or breached fiduciary duties tied to recent corporate actions. The article does not specify what those corporate actions are or what the alleged violations involve.
Kaskela Law says it is investigating Houlihan Lokey (HLI) on behalf of the company's shareholders, looking into whether Houlihan Lokey or its officers and directors broke securities laws or failed in their duties to investors in connection with recent corporate actions.
Barclays led financial services M&A advisers in H1 2026 by deal value at $37.3bn, while Houlihan Lokey (HLI) topped the ranking by volume with 28 transactions.
Nearest peers by size
Financial Services| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIRT | Virtu Financial Inc | B+ | $9.29B | 18.16 | 0.66 | Compare |
| GLXY | Galaxy Digital Inc | F | $10.29B | 130.52 | 3.54 | Compare |
| FDS | Factset Research Systems Inc | B- | $10.74B | 18.98 | 0.72 | Compare |
| EVR | Evercore Inc | B- | $11.46B | 15.38 | 1.50 | Compare |
| JKHY | Jack Henry & Associates Inc | A- | $11.61B | 23.10 | 0.56 | Compare |
| SF | Stifel Financial Corp | B+ | $12.31B | 12.90 | 1.01 | Compare |
| SEIC | SEI Investments Co | — | $12.36B | 17.37 | 0.96 | Compare |
| JEF | Jefferies Financial Group Inc | B- | $12.73B | 14.18 | 1.54 | Compare |
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