Growth Metrics

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

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) has 12 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 22.41% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 96.0% year-over-year to 22.41%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 20.43%, down 26.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 20.99%, 204.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 22.41% in Q4 2025 per HLI's latest filing, down from 22.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 29.28% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 14.83% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 21.5%, with a median of 20.63% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: surged 872bps in 2021, then crashed -1102bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 28.04% in 2021, then plummeted by -34bps to 18.44% in 2022, then increased by 2bps to 18.89% in 2023, then grew by 14bps to 21.45% in 2024, then grew by 4bps to 22.41% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 22.41% in Q4 2025, 22.95% in Q3 2025, and 14.83% in Q2 2025.