Growth Metrics

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) EBT Margin (2016 - 2025)

Houlihan Lokey has reported EBT Margin over the past 12 years, most recently at 23.66% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBT Margin rose 78.0% year-over-year to 23.66%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 21.83%, down 42.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 22.24%, 184.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q4 2025 was 23.66% at Houlihan Lokey, down from 24.27% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 34.72% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 16.2% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 22.71% and a median of 22.61% in 2024 define the central range for EBT Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: skyrocketed 819bps in 2021 and later plummeted -1666bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, EBT Margin stood at 28.02% in 2021, then plummeted by -35bps to 18.32% in 2022, then increased by 10bps to 20.07% in 2023, then increased by 14bps to 22.87% in 2024, then grew by 3bps to 23.66% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows EBT Margin for HLI at 23.66% in Q4 2025, 24.27% in Q3 2025, and 16.2% in Q2 2025.