Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Payout Ratio (2014 - 2025)

Houlihan Lokey has reported Payout Ratio for 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.35 in Q4 2025.

• On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio fell 10.27% year-over-year to 0.35 in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.39, a 14.44% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.41, down 21.96% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio was 0.35 for Q4 2025 at Houlihan Lokey, down from 0.37 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Payout Ratio was 0.68 in Q2 2023, with the low at 0.16 in Q4 2021.
• Average Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.44, with a median of 0.43 recorded in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Payout Ratio sank 44.82% in 2021, then surged 239.74% in 2022.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.16 in 2021, then soared by 239.74% to 0.54 in 2022, then dropped by 7.62% to 0.5 in 2023, then retreated by 22.53% to 0.39 in 2024, then fell by 10.27% to 0.35 in 2025.
• The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.35 (Q4 2025), 0.37 (Q3 2025), and 0.54 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.