EVR vs HLI vs PCAP Stock Comparison

Evercore, Houlihan Lokey and ProCap Acquisition Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EVR Evercore Inc.
$257.56 -2.0% 1M -20.6% 1Y
Market cap
$10.01B
P/E
13.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.74B
Div. yield
0.01%
Investment Banking Financial Services
5 wins
HLI Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
$131.27 +1.7% 1M -34.0% 1Y
Market cap
$8.81B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Investment Banking Financial Services
PCAP ProCap Acquisition Corp
$10.41 +0.3% 1M +1.1% 1Y
Market cap
$659.58M
P/E
75.6x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Investment Banking Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

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

QuestionEVRHLIPCAPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.01B $8.81B $659.58M EVR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.4x — 75.6x EVR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.9x 19.5x — EVR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +45.7% — — –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.7% — — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 31.3% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.7x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -20.6% -34.0% +1.1% PCAP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.4%/yr +5.6%/yr — EVR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.1% 31.4% 2.7% PCAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 86/100 — 68/100 EVR

Percentile Scorecard

EVRHLIPCAP

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

AxisEVRHLIPCAP
Valuation 92 #9 of 97 – 62 #38 of 97
Growth 84 #12 of 68 – –
Profitability 89 #8 of 67 – 61 #27 of 67
Financial Health 87 #14 of 97 – 83 #17 of 97
Shareholder Returns 77 #10 of 40 67 #14 of 40 –
Overall 86 – 68
  • EVR ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • HLI ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • PCAP ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEVRHLIPCAPSPY
1 month -2.0%+1.7%+0.3% -0.8%
3 months -24.3%-7.0%+0.9% +3.5%
6 months -25.9%-17.8%+1.7% +7.0%
Year to date -24.3%-24.6%+2.8% +12.2%
1 year -20.6%-34.0%+1.1% +13.0%
3 years +103.3%+33.4%— +86.3%
3 years, per year +26.7%+10.1%— +23.1%
5 years +71.2%+31.4%— +68.6%
5 years, per year +11.4%+5.6%— +11.0%
10 years +371.7%+432.5%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +16.8%+18.2%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEVRHLIPCAPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.1%31.4%2.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.2%35.3%3.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.720.680.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.54-1.080.40 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.4%-41.0%-3.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.8%-35.1%-0.4% -1.8%
52-week high $383.12$202.25$10.45 $779.14
52-week low $247.98$123.39$10.13 $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.

MultipleEVRHLIPCAP
P/E now vs peer median 13.4xmedian 29.4x —median 29.4x 75.6xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.9x —median 2.9x —median 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 13.7x —median 13.7x —median 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.1xmedian 16.0x —median 16.0x -993.5xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 2.3x 3.9xmedian 2.3x -62.7xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.49median 0.52 —median 0.52 —median 0.52

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 monthsEVRHLIPCAP
Revenue $4.74B – –
Operating income – – -$611.40K
Net income $809.20M – $8.72M
Free cash flow $1.63B – -$663.93K
EPS (diluted) $18.11 – $0.14
Cash & equivalents $1.26B $1.19B $628.44K
Total debt $2.26B – $93.38K
Shares (diluted) 41.13M 68.43M 63.36M
Enterprise value $160.80M $4.84B $655.78M

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
MetricEVRHLIPCAP
P/E 13.4x – 75.6x
P/FCF 6.1x – -993.5x
P/Operating cash flow 6.0x – -993.5x
P/S 2.1x – –
P/B 4.6x 3.9x -62.7x
P/Tangible book 4.6x 4.3x -62.7x
EV/EBITDA 7.6x – –
EV/EBIT 7.8x – -1,078x
EV/Revenue 1.7x – –
EV/FCF 5.0x – -992.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.8x – -992.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.49 – –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEVRHLIPCAP
Revenue growth (1Y) 45.7% – –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 23.8% – –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) 60.7% – –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.8% – –
EPS growth (1Y) 61.5% – –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 27.5% – –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 106.2% – –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 50.0% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 119.1% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 51.2% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEVRHLIPCAP
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 22.6% – –
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin 21.3% – –
Net margin 15.7% – –
FCF margin 34.3% – –
Operating cash flow margin 35.2% – –
Return on equity 37.9% – –
Return on assets 18.0% – 3.3%
Return on invested capital 31.3% – –
Return on capital employed 32.5% – -0.2%
Asset turnover 1.1x – –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.1x – -0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 16.1% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEVRHLIPCAP
Debt / assets 11.5% – 0.0%
Debt / equity 0.2x – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.7x – –
Debt / FCF 0.3x – 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 53.7% 45.6% 104.0%
Equity / assets 46.3% 54.4% -4.0%
Interest coverage 31.6x – –
Current ratio 2.5x – 28.3x
Quick ratio 2.3x – 23.4x
Cash ratio 1.9x – 23.4x
Altman Z-score 5.46 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEVRHLIPCAP
Dividend yield 1.3% 2.0% –
Net buyback yield 9.5% – –
Shareholder yield 10.9% 2.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 18.5% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 9.2% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.6% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.8% – –

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.

ConsensusEVRHLIPCAP
Forward P/E 13.9xFY2026 19.5xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $18.57FY2026 $6.72FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +27.5%FY2026 -11.1%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +7.6% +24.3% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.39BFY2026 $2.76BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +13.2%FY2026 +5.4%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +15.1% +9.8% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEVRHLIPCAP
Held by institutions 92.0% 80.7% 36.6%
Institutions holding 703 518 61
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +3.1% +2.4%
Institutions buying 362 236 16
Institutions selling 237 200 11
Buyers to sellers 1.53 1.18 1.45

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.

EVRHLIPCAP
EVR 1.00 0.59 0.05
HLI 0.59 1.00 0.10
PCAP 0.05 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EVR, HLI and PCAP?

Evercore (EVR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Evercore (EVR) $10.01B, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) $8.81B, ProCap Acquisition (PCAP) $659.58M.

Which stock is cheaper, EVR, HLI and PCAP?

Evercore (EVR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Evercore (EVR) 13.4x, ProCap Acquisition (PCAP) 75.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Evercore (EVR) is cheapest (Evercore (EVR) 13.9x, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) 19.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year ProCap Acquisition (PCAP) returned the most: Evercore (EVR) -20.6%, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) -34.0%, ProCap Acquisition (PCAP) +1.1%. Over five years, Evercore (EVR) compounded fastest (Evercore (EVR) +11.4%/yr, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) +5.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Evercore (EVR) 0.01%, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) 0.00%, ProCap Acquisition (PCAP) 0.00%. Houlihan Lokey (HLI) and ProCap Acquisition (PCAP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, ProCap Acquisition (PCAP) has been the steadiest (Evercore (EVR) 38.1%, Houlihan Lokey (HLI) 31.4%, ProCap Acquisition (PCAP) 2.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EVR, HLI and PCAP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Evercore (EVR) 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.