Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI): Price and Financial Metrics

HLI POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where HLI ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 97.52% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for HLI is in Quality, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• HLI's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 10.15% of US stocks).

HLI Stock Summary

• For HLI, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by merely 15.24% of US equities we're observing.
• Over the past twelve months, HLI has reported earnings growth of 91.72%, putting it ahead of 78.95% of US stocks in our set.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for Houlihan Lokey Inc comes in at 73.23%, a number that bests 88.28% of the US stocks we're tracking.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to HLI, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are NVEE, III, FNKO, HUBG, and MHH.
• HLI's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Houlihan Lokey Inc's official web site, go to www.hl.com.

HLI Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, HLI's price/sales ratio is 12.5% higher, now standing at 3.6.
• HLI's price/earnings ratio has moved down 1 over the prior 73 months.
• HLI's price/earnings ratio has moved down 1 over the prior 73 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HLI.

HLI Growth Metrics

Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 129.13%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 129.13%.
• Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 67.11%.

Over the past 34 months, HLI's revenue has gone up $1,215,111,000.

The table below shows HLI's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	2,299.496	944.788	471.944
2021-09-30	1,948.574	701.285	416.724
2021-06-30	1,687.038	604.984	352.631
2021-03-31	1,525.452	579.837	312.771
2020-12-31	1,327.442	484.095	272.419
2020-09-30	1,123.081	273.196	202.798

HLI's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• HLI has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 93.44% of graded US stocks.
• HLI's asset turnover comes in at 0.791 -- ranking 24th of 442 Trading stocks.
• PSA, LIVE, and SITC are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with HLI.

The table below shows HLI's key quality metrics over time.