Growth Metrics

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

Houlihan Lokey's Gross Margin history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 97.33% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin changed 0.0% year-over-year to 97.33%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 97.35%, up 22.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 97.12%, 19.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 97.33% in Q4 2025 per HLI's latest filing, roughly flat from 97.78% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 99.2% in Q2 2021 to a low of 93.86% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 96.96%, with a median of 97.09% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: crashed -401bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 406bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 97.99% in 2021, then fell by -2bps to 95.61% in 2022, then rose by 1bps to 96.62% in 2023, then grew by 1bps to 97.34% in 2024, then fell by 0bps to 97.33% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HLI's Gross Margin are 97.33% (Q4 2025), 97.78% (Q3 2025), and 96.51% (Q2 2025).