Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2025)

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) posted quarterly Free Cash Flow of $217.0 million for Q4 2025, down 17.05% year-over-year from $261.7 million in Q4 2024, and down 32.8% on a QoQ basis from $323.0 million in Q3 2025.

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Houlihan Lokey has reported Free Cash Flow for 12 years, with the latest figure at $217.0 million in Q4 2025.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 came in at $217.0 million, down 17.05% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $395.0 million (down 51.16% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $808.9 million, up 209.07% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow eased to $217.0 million in Q4 2025, from $323.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $547.0 million in Q4 2021 and troughed at -$282.5 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $127.4 million and a median of $160.8 million in 2021 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Free Cash Flow tumbled 208.76%; it then soared 245.84% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $547.0 million in 2021, then slumped by 85.89% to $77.2 million in 2022, then gained by 10.52% to $85.3 million in 2023, then jumped by 206.7% to $261.7 million in 2024, then retreated by 17.05% to $217.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Free Cash Flow figures were $217.0 million in Q4 2025, $323.0 million in Q3 2025, and -$145.0 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF (Qtr)
1 Morgan Stanley 338.83 Bn 205.30 Bn - -3.57 Bn
2 Goldman Sachs 316.34 Bn -660.01 Bn - 5.60 Bn
3 Schwab Charles 220.55 Bn 135.80 Bn - 7.20 Bn
4 Futu Holdings 121.48 Bn 105.59 Bn 733.58 Mn -
5 Robinhood Markets 84.07 Bn 66.74 Bn 1.20 Bn 708.00 Mn
6 Iren 68.17 Bn 65.95 Bn 104.86 Mn -873.83 Mn
7 ATIF Holdings 45.42 Bn 45.42 Bn - -
8 Interactive Brokers 39.54 Bn -3.28 Bn - 3.59 Bn
9 LPL Financial Holdings 28.27 Bn 25.57 Bn - 202.51 Mn
10 Houlihan Lokey 6.95 Bn 5.88 Bn - -

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 217.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 217.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 322.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 322.81 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -144.82 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -144.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 343.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 343.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 261.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 261.66 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 278.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 278.73 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -75.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -75.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 213.09 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 213.09 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 85.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 85.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 112.55 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 112.55 Mn