HLI — Houlihan Lokey Inc

✨ Hidden Gem Founder-Led

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

About Houlihan Lokey Inc

Houlihan Lokey, Inc., an investment banking company, provides merger and acquisition (M&A), capital market, financial restructurings and liability management, and financial and valuation advisory services worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Corporate Finance (CF), Financial Restructuring (FR), and Financial and Valuation Advisory (FVA). Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$151.63
Market Cap$10.53B
Float53.6M
Shares Outstanding54.2M
P/E (Forward)15.22
P/E (TTM)24.41
Price/Sales (TTM)4.02
vs. Analyst Target+13.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin16.26%
Operating Margin (TTM)22.50%
Revenue (TTM)$2.62B
Earnings Growth (YoY)-16.60%
Dividend Rate2.8%
Analyst Target Price$172.50 (9 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2021 $1.53B $313M $554M $423M
2022 $2.27B $438M $861M $661M
2023 $1.81B $254M $697M $435M
2024 $1.91B $280M $737M $428M
2025 $2.39B $400M $920M $598M
2026 $2.62B $426M $2.57B $605M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $605M $97.5M
Sep 2025 $659M $112M
Dec 2025 $717M $117M
Mar 2026 $636M $99.8M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.1%
Institutional Ownership103.5%
Short Float2.7%
% of All Funds Holding6.17%
Number of Funds Holding507

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$149.98Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$173.96Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$174.80Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$137.19Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$171.53Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$173.74Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$145.37Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$144.00 support 1.06x 0 months ago
$159.00 resistance 1.46x 1 months ago
$204.00 resistance 1.31x 6 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (43 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.34% 0.00% 48.84% 7.78% -5.52%
1 Day -0.20% -0.52% 37.21% 6.22% -6.49%
1 Week 0.33% 0.59% 53.49% 8.37% -10.50%
2 Weeks 0.77% 1.51% 60.47% 12.96% -10.36%
1 Month 0.81% 1.28% 57.14% 27.44% -11.19%

Next earnings: July 26, 2026 (60 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan3.4%54.5%11
Feb-0.1%36.4%11
Mar-3.1%27.3%11
Apr2.4%54.5%11
May2.5%70.0%10
Jun0.8%50.0%10
Jul4.2%80.0%10
Aug1.2%60.0%10
Sep1.0%72.7%11
Oct3.4%63.6%11
Nov5.8%81.8%11
Dec-0.2%54.5%11

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.16% 56.9% 506
Tuesday 0.06% 50.4% 557
Wednesday 0.13% 53.4% 554
Thursday 0.09% 54.4% 544
Friday -0.01% 53.3% 544

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 103.5%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.1%

Founder-led management: Irwin Gold (Co-Chairman & Chairman of the Board)

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings11
Net Value-$11.6M
Net Shares Change-5,400
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings8
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
SIEGERT PAUL ERIC CO-CHAIRMAN -$8.0M 1 1 sell
GOLD IRWIN CO-CHAIRMAN -$2.3M 2 2 sell
BEISER SCOTT L CO-CHAIRMAN -$941,378.9 1 1 sell
SCHRIESHEIM ROBERT A -$854,300 1 1 sell
CRAIN CHRISTOPHER M GENERAL COUNSEL -$256,895 3 N/A
Zucker Gillian Beth -$73,204 2 N/A

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-05-21 BEISER SCOTT L CO-CHAIRMAN -$941,378.9 Transaction at $150.26, now +0.9%
2026-02-09 SCHRIESHEIM ROBERT A -$854,300 Transaction at $170.86, now -11.3%
2025-08-28 SIEGERT PAUL ERIC CO-CHAIRMAN -$8.0M Transaction at $199.95, now -24.2%
2025-09-17 GOLD IRWIN CO-CHAIRMAN -$1.4M Transaction at $202.75, now -25.2%
2025-06-30 GOLD IRWIN CO-CHAIRMAN -$914,050 Transaction at $182.81, now -17.1%
2026-04-02 CRAIN CHRISTOPHER M GENERAL COUNSEL -$71,700 Transaction at $143.40, now +5.7%

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