Houlihan Lokey HLI Return on assets
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Houlihan Lokey’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
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 return on assets?
- Houlihan Lokey (HLI) reported return on assets of 10.5% in Q1 2026.
- How has Houlihan Lokey's return on assets changed year-over-year?
- Houlihan Lokey's return on assets decreased by 8.4% year-over-year, from 11.4% to 10.5%.
- What is the long-term trend for Houlihan Lokey's return on assets?
- Over 5 years (2021 to 2026), Houlihan Lokey's return on assets has grown at a -7.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 15.2% to 10.5%.
- What does return on assets mean?
- How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
- How do you interpret return on assets?
- Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
- How does return on assets compare across companies?
- Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.