How to buy Houlihan Lokey stock

Houlihan Lokey, Inc is a capital markets business based in the US. Houlihan Lokey shares (HLI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Houlihan Lokey employs 1,491 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.3 billion.

How to buy shares in Houlihan Lokey

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Houlihan Lokey. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: HLI. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Houlihan Lokey reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Houlihan Lokey, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Houlihan Lokey. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Houlihan Lokey share price

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Houlihan Lokey shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-23.

52-week range	USD$42.1824 - USD$73.26
50-day moving average	USD$68.3218
200-day moving average	USD$63.8291
Wall St. target price	USD$75
PE ratio	16.4085
Dividend yield	USD$1.28 (1.95%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$4.015

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Houlihan Lokey financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	25.3%
Gross profit TTM	USD$1.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	14.89%
Return on equity TTM	23.68%
Profit margin	20.54%
Book value	$19.6
Market capitalisation	USD$4.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Houlihan Lokey shares

There are currently 951,175 Houlihan Lokey shares held short by investors – that's known as Houlihan Lokey's "short interest". This figure is 5.7% up from 899,489 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Houlihan Lokey shares can be evaluated.

Houlihan Lokey's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Houlihan Lokey's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Houlihan Lokey shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Houlihan Lokey shares traded daily (recently around 318118.72909699). Houlihan Lokey's SIR currently stands at 2.99. In other words for every 100,000 Houlihan Lokey shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2990 shares are currently held short.

However Houlihan Lokey's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Houlihan Lokey shares, or, against the total number of tradable Houlihan Lokey shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Houlihan Lokey's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Houlihan Lokey shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0184% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Houlihan Lokey shares, roughly 18 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Houlihan Lokey.

Find out more about how you can short Houlihan Lokey stock.

Houlihan Lokey share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Houlihan Lokey's shares have ranged in value from as little as $42.1824 up to $73.26. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Houlihan Lokey's is 0.6713. This would suggest that Houlihan Lokey's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Houlihan Lokey overview

Houlihan Lokey, Inc., an investment banking company, provides merger and acquisition (M&A), capital market, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Corporate Finance, Financial Restructuring, and Financial Advisory Services. The Corporate Finance segment offers general financial advisory services; and advises public and private institutions on buy-side and sell-side transactions, leveraged loans, private mezzanine debt, high-yield debt, initial public offerings, follow-ons, convertibles, equity private placements, private equity, and liability management transactions, as well as financial sponsors on various transactions. It also provides financing solutions and capital-raising advisory services for publicly-held and multinational corporations, financial sponsors, and privately-held companies. The Financial Restructuring segment advises debtors, creditors, and other parties-in-interest related to recapitalization/deleveraging transactions. It also provides a range of advisory services, including structuring, negotiation, and confirmation of plans of reorganization; structuring and analysis of exchange offers; corporate viability assessment; dispute resolution and expert testimony; and procuring debtor-in-possession financing. The Financial Advisory Services segment offers valuations of various assets, such as companies, illiquid debt and equity securities, and intellectual property. It also provides fairness opinions in connection with M&A and other transactions, and solvency opinions in connection with corporate spin-offs and dividend recapitalizations; and other types of financial opinions. In addition, this segment offers dispute resolution consulting services. It serves corporations, financial sponsors, and government agencies. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Houlihan Lokey is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.136% of Houlihan Lokey shares are held by insiders and 100.457% by institutions.

• How many people work for Houlihan Lokey?

  Latest data suggests 1,491 work at Houlihan Lokey.

• When does the fiscal year end for Houlihan Lokey?

  Houlihan Lokey's fiscal year ends in March.

• Where is Houlihan Lokey based?

  Houlihan Lokey's address is: 10250 Constellation Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90067

• What is Houlihan Lokey's ISIN number?

  Houlihan Lokey's international securities identification number is: US4415931009

• What is Houlihan Lokey's CUSIP number?

  Houlihan Lokey's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 441593100