Growth Metrics

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Houlihan Lokey's Return on Sales history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.16% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.16%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.17%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.17%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.16% in Q4 2025 per HLI's latest filing, down from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.25% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.12% in Q3 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.17%, with a median of 0.16% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: increased 5bps in 2022, then dropped -12bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.2% in 2021, then decreased by -30bps to 0.14% in 2022, then rose by 0bps to 0.14% in 2023, then rose by 8bps to 0.15% in 2024, then increased by 8bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HLI's Return on Sales are 0.16% (Q4 2025), 0.17% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025).