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HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC.

HLINYSE

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
Revenue$2.62B$2.39B$1.91B$1.81B$2.27B$1.53B
Operating income$527.0M$502.6M$373.2M$341.7M$612.9M$408.2M
Net income$425.7M$399.7M$280.3M$254.2M$437.8M$312.8M
Total assets$4.31B$3.82B$3.17B$2.97B$2.89B$2.43B
Total liabilities$1.86B$1.64B$1.33B$1.36B$1.44B$1.04B
Equity$2.34B$2.17B$1.84B$1.61B$1.44B$1.38B
EPS (diluted)$6.22$5.82$4.11$3.76$6.41$4.55
Shares out.68.4M68.7M68.2M67.6M68.3M68.7M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2026
Operating margin
20.1%
Net margin
16.3%
Return on equity
18.2%
Return on assets
9.9%
Return on capital (ROCE)
—
Liabilities / assets
43.1%
Debt / equity
0.79×
Book value / share
$34.23
Revenue growth (YoY)
9.5%
Net income growth (YoY)
6.5%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2026
Accruals / assets
−6.5%clean
Piotroski F-Score
4/8mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
93
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 6 good
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20261.8M1.9+25.3%
Apr 30, 20261.5M3.5+18.3%
Apr 15, 20261.2M2.0-8.3%
Mar 31, 20261.4M1.8+4.6%
Mar 13, 20261.3M2.4-13.4%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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