Houlihan Lokey Inc [HLI] stock is trading at $199.25, down -0.74%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HLI shares have gain 0.79% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.51%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Houlihan Lokey Inc [NYSE: HLI] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 13, 2025, when Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also revised its price target to $190 from $201. Previously, Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Overweight on March 11, 2025, and dropped its price target to $179. On December 09, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight and revised its price target to $200 on the stock. Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and suggested a price target of $149 on September 12, 2024. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on July 18, 2022, and downed its price target to $82. In a note dated April 07, 2022, Piper Sandler downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $92 to $76.
Houlihan Lokey Inc [HLI] stock has fluctuated between $137.99 and $201.63 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $179 within the next 12 months. Houlihan Lokey Inc [NYSE: HLI] shares were valued at $199.25 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -10.16% based on the average HLI price forecast.
Analyzing the HLI fundamentals
Houlihan Lokey Inc [NYSE:HLI] reported sales of 2.48B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 17.93%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.2%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.21%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.12, Equity is 0.19 and Total Capital is 0.18. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.2.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 197.46 points at the first support level, and at 195.66 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 201.15, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 203.04.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Houlihan Lokey Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.53. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.53, while the Cash Ratio is 1.0. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.64, the price to book ratio is 6.44 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 33.59.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved SIEGERT PAUL ERIC, CO-CHAIRMAN, that happened on Aug 27 ’25 when 40000.0 shares were sold. Director, PAUL ERIC SIEGERT REVOCABLE TR completed a deal on Aug 27 ’25 to buy 40000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director GILLIAN ZUCKER bought 200.0 shares on Jul 14 ’25.
