Houlihan Lokey HLI
NYSE HLI
$130.49 -2.20 (-1.66%)
At close: Sep 18, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

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

Analysis

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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 17.05% year-over-year to $217.0 million in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was $738.9 million, a 8.97% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $808.9 million, up 209.07% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $217.0 million for Q4 2025 at Houlihan Lokey, down from $323.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Free Cash Flow was $547.0 million in Q4 2021, with the low at -$282.5 million in Q2 2022.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $127.4 million, with a median of $160.8 million recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Free Cash Flow tumbled 208.76% in 2022, then jumped 245.84% in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Free Cash Flow stood at $547.0 million in 2021, then plunged by 85.89% to $77.2 million in 2022, then climbed by 10.52% to $85.3 million in 2023, then soared by 206.7% to $261.7 million in 2024, then slipped by 17.05% to $217.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $217.0 million (Q4 2025), $323.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$145.0 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Evercore 10.14 Bn 8.05 Bn 975.67 Mn 514.79 Mn
2 Jefferies Financial 9.74 Bn -5.67 Bn 3.09 Bn 1.55 Bn
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 226.38 Mn
6 Moelis 5.25 Bn 5.17 Bn - 215.86 Mn
7 Piper Sandler Companies 4.88 Bn 4.77 Bn - 28.46 Mn
8 Lazard 3.95 Bn 2.96 Bn - 199.48 Mn
9 BRBI BR Partners 3.50 Bn 3.38 Bn 16.77 Mn 22.00 Mn
10 Perella Weinberg Partners 1.40 Bn 1.59 Bn - 47.17 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 217.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 322.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -145.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 343.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 261.66 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 278.73 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -75.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 213.09 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 85.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 112.55 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -149.22 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 219.06 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 77.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 71.79 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -282.51 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 63.34 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 546.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 209.11 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -91.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 269.51 Mn