Houlihan Lokey (HLI) EBITDA Margin (2014 - 2025)

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 22.41% for Q4 2025, up 96.0% year-over-year from 11.44% in Q4 2024, and down 2.33% on a QoQ basis from 22.95% in Q3 2025.

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) EBITDA Margin (2014 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Houlihan Lokey has reported EBITDA Margin for 12 years, with the latest figure at 22.41% in Q4 2025.

  • EBITDA Margin for Q4 2025 came in at 22.41%, up 96.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 20.47% (down 22.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 20.99%, up 204.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin retreated to 22.41% in Q4 2025, from 22.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 37.75% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 14.88% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 22.35% and a median of 20.69% in 2023 frame the typical range for EBITDA Margin.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBITDA Margin jumped 974 bps; it then plunged 1738 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 28.04% in 2021, then tumbled by 34 bps to 18.44% in 2022, then gained by 2 bps to 18.89% in 2023, then climbed by 14 bps to 21.45% in 2024, then climbed by 4 bps to 22.41% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent EBITDA Margin figures were 22.41% in Q4 2025, 22.95% in Q3 2025, and 14.88% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Morgan Stanley 338.83 Bn 205.30 Bn - 95.89%
2 Goldman Sachs 316.34 Bn -660.01 Bn - 131.07%
3 Schwab Charles 220.55 Bn 135.80 Bn - 108.73%
4 Futu Holdings 121.48 Bn 105.59 Bn 733.58 Mn 149.71%
5 Robinhood Markets 84.07 Bn 66.74 Bn 1.20 Bn 35.93%
6 Iren 68.17 Bn 65.95 Bn 104.86 Mn -161.28%
7 ATIF Holdings 45.42 Bn 45.42 Bn - -
8 Interactive Brokers 39.54 Bn -3.28 Bn - 139.66%
9 LPL Financial Holdings 28.27 Bn 25.57 Bn - 15.00%
10 Houlihan Lokey 6.95 Bn 5.88 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 22.41%
Sep 30, 2025 22.95%
Jun 30, 2025 14.83%
Mar 31, 2025 21.01%
Dec 31, 2024 21.45%
Sep 30, 2024 22.73%
Jun 30, 2024 18.45%
Mar 31, 2024 19.73%
Dec 31, 2023 18.89%
Sep 30, 2023 19.33%
Jun 30, 2023 17.64%
Mar 31, 2023 20.38%
Dec 31, 2022 18.44%
Sep 30, 2022 18.26%
Jun 30, 2022 18.53%
Mar 31, 2022 37.75%
Dec 31, 2021 28.04%
Sep 30, 2021 29.28%
Jun 30, 2021 28.89%
Mar 31, 2021 28.02%