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Company snapshot — Houlihan Lokey Inc

HLI in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Houlihan Lokey is an investment bank built around three advisory lines rather than lending or trading: corporate finance work on mergers, sales and capital raising; financial restructuring advice to debtors and creditors when a company is in distress; and valuation and fairness-opinion work for boards and sponsors. It serves companies, financial sponsors and government bodies worldwide, and is headquartered in Los Angeles.
Where it sits in the stack
Houlihan Lokey carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary tracks there; it belongs instead to the Financial Services sector of Closelook's universe, within Capital Markets, as an advisory business rather than a balance-sheet lender.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored Financial Services names based in the US, including PJT Partners, Brookfield Asset Management and TPG, alongside larger diversified banks such as Sumitomo Mitsui and Mizuho; the market also names Lazard as a comparable advisory-only firm.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score with balance sheet as its strongest module and momentum its weakest; it holds no seat in our index and has not been quoted in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether restructuring mandates pick up as a source of revenue, which would test the read against the weak momentum module the score currently shows.

Houlihan Lokey Inc (HLI) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelook company score reads 49/100 composite (momentum 20, quality 67, valuation 44) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for HLI, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Capital Markets · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Capital Markets · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against HLI on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.96%, quarterly · buybacks 175 m USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What HLI pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.60 USD per share · a 1.96% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +46.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.78 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.70 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-01
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.38 USD (partial) · 2026: 2.00 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-03
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 174 m USD 38% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 175 m USD 1.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.3% in FY2026 201 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 349 m USD · 51% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Financials in US: −2.0% week · −2.9% month · +3.3% quarter · +10.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Houlihan Lokey Inc (HLI)?

Houlihan Lokey Inc trades as HLI on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is HLI in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Houlihan Lokey Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

What is Houlihan Lokey Inc's Closelook composite score?

49 out of 100, with momentum 20, quality 67 and valuation 44 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does HLI trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +0% vs the 50-day and -12% vs the 200-day average, 36.3% below the 52-week high and +18.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Houlihan Lokey Inc do?

Houlihan Lokey is an investment bank built around three advisory lines rather than lending or trading: corporate finance work on mergers, sales and capital raising; financial restructuring advice to debtors and creditors when a company is in distress; and valuation and fairness-opinion work for boards and sponsors. It serves companies, financial sponsors and government bodies worldwide, and is headquartered in Los Angeles. Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored Financial Services names based in the US, including PJT Partners, Brookfield Asset Management and TPG, alongside larger diversified banks such as Sumitomo Mitsui and Mizuho; the market also names Lazard as a comparable advisory-only firm.

Where does Houlihan Lokey Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Houlihan Lokey carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary tracks there; it belongs instead to the Financial Services sector of Closelook's universe, within Capital Markets, as an advisory business rather than a balance-sheet lender. It carries a Closelook score with balance sheet as its strongest module and momentum its weakest; it holds no seat in our index and has not been quoted in the diary's editions.

Does Houlihan Lokey Inc pay a dividend?

Houlihan Lokey Inc has paid 2.60 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.96% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.70 USD on 2026-09-01. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 174 m USD in dividends and bought back 175 m USD of its own shares, 51% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.3% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for HLI, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Capital Markets. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.