Growth Metrics

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

Houlihan Lokey's Operating Margin history spans 12 years, with the latest figure 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 reached 22.41% in Q4 2025 per HLI's latest filing, down from 22.95% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 37.75% in Q1 2022 to a low of 14.83% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 22.35%, with a median of 20.69% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: surged 974bps in 2022, then tumbled -1738bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 28.04% in 2021, then tumbled by -34bps to 18.44% in 2022, then rose by 2bps to 18.89% in 2023, then increased by 14bps to 21.45% in 2024, then increased by 4bps to 22.41% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HLI's Operating Margin are 22.41% (Q4 2025), 22.95% (Q3 2025), and 14.83% (Q2 2025).