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EV / sales at other companies

Goldman Sachs Group logo
Goldman Sachs GroupGS
1.2×-5.0×
Evercore logo
EvercoreEVR
2.6×0.0×
Jefferies Financial Group logo
Jefferies Financial GroupJEF
1.9×-0.6×
CBRE Group logo
CBRE GroupCBRE
1.2×-0.1×
Jones Lang LaSalle logo
Jones Lang LaSalleJLL
0.6×0.0×
LPL Financial Holdings logo
LPL Financial HoldingsLPLA
1.6×-0.5×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$635.6M-4.6%
Gross profit$230.7M+15.9%
Operating income$125.1M-11.3%
Net income$99.8M-18.1%
EPS (diluted)$1.48-16.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.2B+22.5%
Total debt$492.1M+12.3%
Total assets$4.3B+12.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$293.0M-18.2%
CapEx$6.3M-56.8%
Free cash flow$286.8M-16.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$9.72B-11.5%
Enterprise value$9.02B-13.6%
P/E22.8×-4.7×
P/S3.7×-0.9×

Profitability

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Gross margin32.8%+1.4pp
Operating margin20.1%-0.9pp
Net margin16.3%-0.5pp
FCF margin26%-7.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9.5%

Where this comes from

Calculated from Houlihan Lokey’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Houlihan Lokey’s 10-K, filed May 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Houlihan Lokey's EV / sales?
Houlihan Lokey (HLI) reported EV / sales of 3.6× in Q1 2026.
How has Houlihan Lokey's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Houlihan Lokey's EV / sales decreased by 21.1% year-over-year, from 4.5× to 3.6×.
What is the long-term trend for Houlihan Lokey's EV / sales?
Over 5 years (2021 to 2026), Houlihan Lokey's EV / sales has grown at a 7.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 2.5× to 3.6×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.