CFOR vs INTU vs HLI Stock Comparison

CapForce, Intuit and Houlihan Lokey Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CFOR CapForce Inc.
$8.23 +103.2% 1M +211.7% 1Y
Market cap
$85.47M
P/E
1.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$76.20M
Div. yield
–
Investment Banking Financial Services
5 wins
INTU Intuit Inc.
$344.72 +22.6% 1M -49.0% 1Y
Market cap
$98.13B
P/E
21.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.45B
Div. yield
–
Accounting Software Technology
2 wins
HLI Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
$146.75 +16.1% 1M -17.6% 1Y
Market cap
$10.23B
P/E
25.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.56B
Div. yield
–
Investment Banking Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

CapForce leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (CapForce 5, Intuit 2, Houlihan Lokey 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCFORINTUHLILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $85.47M $98.13B $10.23B INTU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 1.4x 21.5x 25.5x CFOR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 15.9x 21.8x INTU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +746.7% +13.9% -0.4% CFOR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 81.3% 21.3% 15.7% CFOR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 16.7% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.1x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +211.7% -49.0% -17.6% CFOR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -52.9%/yr -11.2%/yr +4.5%/yr HLI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 609.8% 52.6% 30.3% HLI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 91/100 74/100 51/100 CFOR

Percentile Scorecard

CFORINTUHLI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCFORINTUHLI
Valuation 80 #21 of 103 81 #20 of 100 64 #38 of 103
Growth 97 #3 of 70 68 #32 of 99 19 #57 of 70
Profitability 99 #2 of 74 94 #7 of 96 60 #30 of 74
Financial Health 89 #12 of 99 70 #34 of 112 –
Shareholder Returns – 59 #28 of 67 63 #16 of 41
Overall 91 74 51
  • CFOR ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • INTU ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • HLI ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCFORINTUHLISPY
1 month +103.2%+22.6%+16.1% -2.0%
3 months +21.0%+6.5%+14.4% -2.2%
6 months -64.2%-13.5%-2.3% +4.2%
Year to date -48.2%-48.0%-15.8% +10.6%
1 year +211.7%-49.0%-17.6% +10.4%
3 years +13.4%-30.8%+38.7% +73.6%
3 years, per year +4.3%-11.6%+11.5% +20.2%
5 years -97.7%-44.9%+24.4% +61.6%
5 years, per year -52.9%-11.2%+4.5% +10.1%
10 years -100.0%+226.4%+526.9% +261.3%
10 years, per year -60.9%+12.6%+20.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCFORINTUHLISPY
Volatility, 1Y 609.8%52.6%30.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 928.1%58.4%32.1% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.350.140.68 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.35-0.93-0.58 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.9%-68.4%-41.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -75.8%-49.0%-23.6% -3.2%
52-week high $34.00$676.55$192.07 $779.14
52-week low $0.33$255.07$123.39 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCFORINTUHLI
P/E now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 29.4x 20.8xmedian 27.1x 24.3xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 3.0x 4.3xmedian 2.8x 4.0xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 13.1x 13.8xmedian 16.6x 16.9xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -67.1xmedian 14.8x 10.7xmedian 15.7x 25.3xmedian 14.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 2.4x 4.9xmedian 2.8x 4.4xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.04median 0.55 0.83median 0.87 1.39median 0.55

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCFORINTUHLI
Revenue $76.20M $21.45B $2.56B
Gross profit – $17.37B –
Operating income $64.63M $5.88B $517.88M
Net income $62.28M $4.57B $404.38M
Free cash flow -$1.52M $8.66B $401.82M
R&D $2.59K $3.38B –
EPS (diluted) $4.96 $16.48 $6.00
Cash & equivalents $143.78K $4.71B $837.00M
Total debt – $7.67B –
Shares (diluted) 12.49M 277.00M 67.00M
Enterprise value $84.00M $77.48B $6.40B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCFORINTUHLI
P/E 1.6x 20.8x 24.3x
P/FCF -67.1x 10.7x 25.3x
P/Operating cash flow -67.1x 10.5x 23.8x
P/S 1.3x 4.3x 4.0x
P/B 1.4x 4.9x 4.4x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 6.4x 4.9x
EV/EBITDA 1.6x 13.8x 16.9x
EV/EBIT 1.6x 15.8x 18.0x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 4.3x 3.7x
EV/FCF -67.0x 10.7x 23.3x
EV/Operating cash flow -67.0x 10.5x 21.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.04 0.83 1.39

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCFORINTUHLI
Revenue growth (1Y) 746.7% 13.9% -0.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 200.1% 14.3% 12.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 14.7% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 15.1% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 894.7% 19.5% -0.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 57.7% 23.3% 15.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 280.1% 18.0% -5.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 54.9% 24.2% 17.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 208.1% 20.6% -3.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 41.9% 25.1% 17.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 59.0% 42.4% -47.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 56.5% 20.5% 8.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 59.0% 41.5% -48.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.4% 21.4% 15.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCFORINTUHLI
Gross margin – 81.0% –
EBITDA margin 85.1% 31.4% 21.6%
Operating margin 84.8% 27.4% 20.3%
Pretax margin 85.3% 28.1% 21.5%
Net margin 81.3% 21.3% 15.7%
FCF margin -2.0% 40.4% 15.7%
Operating cash flow margin -2.0% 41.2% 16.7%
Return on equity 119.6% 23.0% 17.7%
Return on assets 100.8% 12.0% 10.5%
Return on invested capital – 16.7% –
Return on capital employed 127.5% 21.1% –
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 1.9x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 9.6% 7.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCFORINTUHLI
Debt / assets – 20.8% –
Debt / equity – 0.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.1x –
Debt / FCF – 0.9x –
Liabilities / assets 15.3% 48.4% 42.0%
Equity / assets 84.7% 51.6% 58.0%
Interest coverage 6,881x 23.0x –
Current ratio 4.3x 1.5x –
Quick ratio 4.2x 0.8x –
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.7x –
Altman Z-score 4.76 5.12 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCFORINTUHLI
Dividend yield – 1.4% 1.8%
Net buyback yield – 5.7% 2.3%
Shareholder yield – 7.1% 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCFORINTUHLI
Forward P/E – 15.9xFY2027 21.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-21.05FY2023 $21.63FY2027 $6.72FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +28.4%FY2027 -11.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +14.7% +24.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.57MFY2023 $24.07BFY2027 $2.76BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +12.2%FY2027 +5.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +73.4% +9.3% +9.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCFORINTUHLI
Held by institutions – 91.0% 80.7%
Institutions holding – 1,752 520
Change in shares held, QoQ – +7.2% +3.1%
Institutions buying – 804 237
Institutions selling – 794 200
Buyers to sellers – 1.01 1.19

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CFORINTUHLI
CFOR 1.00 -0.02 0.10
INTU -0.02 1.00 0.21
HLI 0.10 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CFOR, INTU and HLI?

Intuit (INTU) is the largest by market capitalisation: CapForce (CFOR) $85.47M, Intuit (INTU) $98.13B, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) $10.23B.

Which stock is cheaper, CFOR, INTU and HLI?

CapForce (CFOR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (CapForce (CFOR) 1.4x, Intuit (INTU) 21.5x, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) 25.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Intuit (INTU) is cheapest (Intuit (INTU) 15.9x, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) 21.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

CapForce (CFOR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: CapForce (CFOR) +746.7%, Intuit (INTU) +13.9%, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) -0.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

CapForce (CFOR) has the highest net margin (CapForce (CFOR) 81.3%, Intuit (INTU) 21.3%, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) 15.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year CapForce (CFOR) returned the most: CapForce (CFOR) +211.7%, Intuit (INTU) -49.0%, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) -17.6%. Over five years, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) compounded fastest (CapForce (CFOR) -52.9%/yr, Intuit (INTU) -11.2%/yr, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) +4.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) has been the steadiest (CapForce (CFOR) 609.8%, Intuit (INTU) 52.6%, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) 30.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CFOR, INTU and HLI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, CapForce (CFOR) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.