A share price of Houlihan Lokey Inc [HLI] is currently trading at $199.29, up 0.46%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The HLI shares have gain 1.22% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.72%, and not 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 October 09, 2025, when Deutsche Bank initiated its Hold rating and assigned the stock a price target of $210. Previously, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on October 03, 2025, and set its price target to $230. On March 13, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $190 on the stock. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Overweight and decreased its price target to $179 on March 11, 2025. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and raised its price target to $200 on December 09, 2024. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Underweight rating for this stock on September 12, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $149.
Houlihan Lokey Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $137.99 and $211.78. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $210 within the next 12 months. Houlihan Lokey Inc [NYSE: HLI] shares were valued at $199.29 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 5.37% based on the average HLI price forecast.
Analyzing the HLI fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Houlihan Lokey Inc [NYSE:HLI] were 2.48B which represents 17.93% growth. 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.2.
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 197.12 points at the first support level, and at 194.94 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 201.46, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 203.62.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Houlihan Lokey Inc [NYSE:HLI] is 1.53. As well, the Quick Ratio is 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 33.60.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved GOLD IRWIN, CO-CHAIRMAN, that happened on Sep 16 ’25 when 6811.0 shares were sold. Officer, IRWIN N GOLD FAMILY TRUST completed a deal on Sep 16 ’25 to buy 6811.0 shares. Meanwhile, GENERAL COUNSEL CRAIN CHRISTOPHER M sold 500.0 shares on Sep 02 ’25.
