Houlihan Lokey HLI
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$130.49 -2.20 (-1.66%)
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Houlihan Lokey (HLI) EBT Margin (2014 - 2025)

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) posted EBT Margin of 23.66% for Q4 2025, down 2.52% on a QoQ basis from 24.27% in Q3 2025, and up 78.0% year-over-year from 13.29% in Q4 2024.

Analysis

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

Houlihan Lokey has reported EBT Margin for 12 years, with the latest figure at 23.66% in Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin rose 78.0% year-over-year to 23.66% in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was 21.83%, a 42.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 22.24%, up 184.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin was 23.66% for Q4 2025 at Houlihan Lokey, down from 24.27% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBT Margin was 34.72% in Q1 2022, with the low at 16.2% in Q2 2025.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 22.71%, with a median of 22.61% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2023: EBT Margin surged 819 bps in 2021, then plunged 1666 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, EBT Margin stood at 28.02% in 2021, then slumped by 35 bps to 18.32% in 2022, then grew by 10 bps to 20.07% in 2023, then gained by 14 bps to 22.87% in 2024, then rose by 3 bps to 23.66% in 2025.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 23.66% (Q4 2025), 24.27% (Q3 2025), and 16.2% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Evercore 10.14 Bn 8.05 Bn 975.67 Mn 14.78%
2 Jefferies Financial 9.74 Bn -5.67 Bn 3.09 Bn 10.12%
3 Houlihan Lokey 9.07 Bn 7.99 Bn - -
4 Cluster Group Holdings 8.00 Bn 8.00 Bn - -
5 PJT Partners 5.75 Bn 5.81 Bn 481.98 Mn 20.99%
6 Moelis 5.25 Bn 5.17 Bn - -
7 Piper Sandler Companies 4.88 Bn 4.77 Bn - 20.24%
8 Lazard 3.95 Bn 2.96 Bn - 1.82%
9 BRBI BR Partners 3.50 Bn 3.38 Bn 16.77 Mn 48.61%
10 Perella Weinberg Partners 1.40 Bn 1.59 Bn - 3.89%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 23.66%
Sep 30, 2025 24.27%
Jun 30, 2025 16.20%
Mar 31, 2025 22.55%
Dec 31, 2024 22.87%
Sep 30, 2024 23.67%
Jun 30, 2024 19.45%
Mar 31, 2024 22.68%
Dec 31, 2023 20.07%
Sep 30, 2023 20.04%
Jun 30, 2023 18.36%
Mar 31, 2023 18.05%
Dec 31, 2022 18.32%
Sep 30, 2022 17.21%
Jun 30, 2022 18.11%
Mar 31, 2022 34.72%
Dec 31, 2021 28.02%
Sep 30, 2021 29.12%
Jun 30, 2021 28.92%
Mar 31, 2021 27.92%