Houlihan Lokey HLI
NYSE HLI
$130.49 -2.20 (-1.66%)
At close: Sep 18, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Tax Rate (2014 - 2025)

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) posted Tax Rate of 31.3% for Q4 2025, up 3.78% on a QoQ basis from 30.16% in Q3 2025, and down 303.0% year-over-year from 15.42% in Q4 2024.

Analysis

Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Tax Rate (2014 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Houlihan Lokey has reported Tax Rate for 12 years, with the latest figure at 31.3% in Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 303.0% year-over-year to 31.3% in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was 22.44%, a 566.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 24.77%, down 345.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 31.3% for Q4 2025 at Houlihan Lokey, up from 30.16% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Tax Rate was 34.33% in Q4 2024, with the low at 6.65% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 25.64%, with a median of 28.13% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Tax Rate jumped 2561 bps in 2021, then plunged 1360 bps in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 30.0% in 2021, then slipped by 18 bps to 24.59% in 2022, then increased by 26 bps to 30.97% in 2023, then rose by 11 bps to 34.33% in 2024, then slipped by 9 bps to 31.3% in 2025.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 31.3% (Q4 2025), 30.16% (Q3 2025), and 18.86% (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Evercore 10.14 Bn 8.05 Bn 975.67 Mn 27.84%
2 Jefferies Financial 9.74 Bn -5.67 Bn 3.09 Bn 20.79%
3 Houlihan Lokey 9.07 Bn 7.99 Bn - -
4 Cluster Group Holdings 8.00 Bn 8.00 Bn - -
5 PJT Partners 5.75 Bn 5.81 Bn 481.98 Mn 20.38%
6 Moelis 5.25 Bn 5.17 Bn - 26.77%
7 Piper Sandler Companies 4.88 Bn 4.77 Bn - 30.21%
8 Lazard 3.95 Bn 2.96 Bn - 158.38%
9 BRBI BR Partners 3.50 Bn 3.38 Bn 16.77 Mn -15.99%
10 Perella Weinberg Partners 1.40 Bn 1.59 Bn - -4.06%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 31.30%
Sep 30, 2025 30.16%
Mar 31, 2025 18.86%
Dec 31, 2024 34.33%
Sep 30, 2024 31.26%
Jun 30, 2024 10.95%
Mar 31, 2024 31.31%
Dec 31, 2023 30.97%
Sep 30, 2023 28.37%
Jun 30, 2023 19.60%
Mar 31, 2023 25.71%
Dec 31, 2022 24.59%
Sep 30, 2022 27.93%
Jun 30, 2022 6.65%
Mar 31, 2022 28.13%
Dec 31, 2021 30.00%
Sep 30, 2021 27.85%
Jun 30, 2021 20.24%
Mar 31, 2021 28.92%
Dec 31, 2020 25.28%