Houlihan Lokey HLI Ratios & Valuation
| FY'26 | FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Operating margin | 20.1%-0.9pp | 21%+1.5pp | 19.5%+0.6pp | 18.9%-8.1pp | |
| Net margin | 16.3%-0.5pp | 16.7%+2.1pp | 14.6%+0.6pp | 14%-5.2pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 21.8%-1.0pp | 22.8%+1.8pp | 21%-1.1pp | 22.1%-7.0pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 26%-7.8pp | 33.9%+20.2pp | 13.7%— | —— | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on assets | 10.5%-1.0pp | 11.4%+2.3pp | 9.1%+0.4pp | 8.7%-7.8pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 0.6×0.0× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×-0.2× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-assets | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.2×-0.2× | -1×-0.2× | -0.8×+0.1× | -0.8×+0.1× | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $10.02B-11.5% | $11.33B+27.9% | $8.86B+47.4% | $6.01B+1.6% | |
| Enterprise value | $9.33B-13.6% | $10.8B+26.2% | $8.55B+50.9% | $5.67B+7.4% | |
| Price / earnings | 23.5×-4.8× | 28.3×-3.3× | 31.6×+8.0× | 23.6×+10.1× | |
| Price / sales | 3.8×-0.9× | 4.7×+0.1× | 4.6×+1.3× | 3.3×+0.7× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.4×-3.5× | 19.9×-1.4× | 21.3×+7.1× | 14.2×+6.2× | |
| EV / sales | 3.6×-1.0× | 4.5×0.0× | 4.5×+1.3× | 3.1×+0.8× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 6.8%-0.3pp | 7.1%+4.2pp | 3%— | —— | |
| Earnings yield | 4.2%+0.7pp | 3.5%+0.4pp | 3.2%-1.1pp | 4.2%-3.2pp | |
| Dividend yield | 1.7%+0.3pp | 1.5%-0.2pp | 1.7%-0.7pp | 2.3%+0.4pp | |
| PEG ratio | 3.6×+3.0× | 0.7×-2.4× | 3.1×— | —— |
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- What are Houlihan Lokey's profit margins?
- Houlihan Lokey (HLI) runs a 32.8% gross margin and a 20.1% operating margin, with a 16.3% net margin.
- Where do Houlihan Lokey's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Houlihan Lokey's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
