Growth Metrics

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

Houlihan Lokey has reported Operating Margin over the past 12 years, most recently at 22.41% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 96.0% year-over-year to 22.41%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 20.46%, down 23.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 20.99%, 204.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 22.41% at Houlihan Lokey, down from 22.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 37.75% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 14.83% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 22.35% and a median of 20.69% in 2023 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: skyrocketed 974bps in 2022 and later plummeted -1738bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 28.04% in 2021, then crashed by -34bps to 18.44% in 2022, then grew by 2bps to 18.89% in 2023, then rose by 14bps to 21.45% in 2024, then rose by 4bps to 22.41% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for HLI at 22.41% in Q4 2025, 22.95% in Q3 2025, and 14.83% in Q2 2025.