Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Price to Earnings (2015 - 2025)
Houlihan Lokey's (HLI) Price to Earnings stood at 27.08 in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025), down 15.0% from 31.86 a year earlier and down 19.7% from the prior quarter.
Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Price to Earnings (2015 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Mar 31, 2025), Houlihan Lokey's Price to Earnings came in at 28.22, down 10.7% from FY2024.
- Across earlier fiscal years, Price to Earnings came in at 31.60 in FY2024 (+44.9%), 21.80 in FY2023 (+67.3%), 13.03 in FY2022 (-6.8%) and 13.99 in FY2021 (-20.6%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Price to Earnings since fiscal Q1 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Earnings rose in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 7.6%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Price to Earnings in the last five years was growth of 116.8% in fiscal Q1 2024, against a decline of 26.0% in fiscal Q2 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 33.73 (Q2 2026), 29.16 (Q1 2026) and 28.22 (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cme | 110.07 Bn | 98.17 Bn | - |
| 2 | Intercontinental Exchange | 91.87 Bn | 85.60 Bn | - |
| 3 | Robinhood Markets | 86.69 Bn | 67.72 Bn | - |
| 4 | Nasdaq | 57.28 Bn | 54.72 Bn | 1.48 Bn |
| 5 | Interactive Brokers | 36.53 Bn | 13.64 Bn | - |
| 6 | Cboe Global Markets | 35.55 Bn | 27.20 Bn | 731.60 Mn |
| 7 | Tradeweb Markets | 25.97 Bn | 17.98 Bn | - |
| 8 | LPL Financial Holdings | 25.14 Bn | 20.46 Bn | - |
| 9 | Circle Internet | 21.57 Bn | 15.45 Bn | 288.85 Mn |
| 10 | Houlihan Lokey | 8.73 Bn | 4.76 Bn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 27.08 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 33.73 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 29.16 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 28.22 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 31.86 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.11 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 28.49 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 31.60 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 29.83 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 27.53 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 25.62 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 21.80 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 21.27 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.91 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.82 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 13.03 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.24 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 14.40 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 15.24 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 13.99 |
Houlihan Lokey Price to Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=HLI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "ticker": "HLI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=HLI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();