Growth Metrics

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

Houlihan Lokey's EBT Margin history spans 12 years, with the latest figure 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 reached 23.66% in Q4 2025 per HLI's latest filing, down from 24.27% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 34.72% in Q1 2022 to a low of 16.2% in Q2 2025.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 22.71%, with a median of 22.61% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: surged 819bps in 2021, then tumbled -1666bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 28.02% in 2021, then crashed by -35bps to 18.32% in 2022, then grew by 10bps to 20.07% in 2023, then grew by 14bps to 22.87% in 2024, then rose by 3bps to 23.66% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HLI's EBT Margin are 23.66% (Q4 2025), 24.27% (Q3 2025), and 16.2% (Q2 2025).