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Houlihan Lokey HLI Price / earnings

Price / earnings at other companies

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Goldman Sachs GroupGS
13.8×+2.4×
Evercore logo
EvercoreEVR
15.8×-2.0×
Jefferies Financial Group logo
Jefferies Financial GroupJEF
13×-6.6×
CBRE Group logo
CBRE GroupCBRE
30.5×-8.6×
Jones Lang LaSalle logo
Jones Lang LaSalleJLL
15.9×-5.9×
LPL Financial Holdings logo
LPL Financial HoldingsLPLA
26.7×+4.3×

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/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 price / earnings?
Houlihan Lokey (HLI) reported price / earnings of 23.5× in Q1 2026.
How has Houlihan Lokey's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Houlihan Lokey's price / earnings decreased by 16.9% year-over-year, from 28.3× to 23.5×.
What is the long-term trend for Houlihan Lokey's price / earnings?
Over 5 years (2021 to 2026), Houlihan Lokey's price / earnings has grown at a 10.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 14.5× to 23.5×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.