Growth Metrics

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

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) has 12 years of EBT Margin data on record, last reported at 23.66% in 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 reached 23.66% in Q4 2025 per HLI's latest filing, down from 24.27% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 29.12% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 16.2% in Q2 2025.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 21.94%, with a median of 21.31% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: skyrocketed 819bps in 2021, then plummeted -1191bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 28.02% in 2021, then tumbled by -35bps to 18.32% in 2022, then rose by 10bps to 20.07% in 2023, then rose by 14bps to 22.87% in 2024, then increased by 3bps to 23.66% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for EBT Margin were 23.66% in Q4 2025, 24.27% in Q3 2025, and 16.2% in Q2 2025.