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Houlihan Lokey Inc (HLI) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

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

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 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Financials in US: −1.5% week · −5.5% month · +2.7% quarter · +10.9% 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 → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.68 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How HLI has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.68 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Houlihan Lokey Inc moved 0.68% on average · correlation 0.21 · higher than 69% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.64 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.60% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.89% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

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 Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

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

Company snapshot — Houlihan Lokey Inc

HLI in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet's universe, within Capital Markets, as an advisory business rather than a balance-sheet lender.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet company score reads 49/100 composite (momentum 18, quality 68, valuation 46) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’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.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.01%, 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 2.01% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • 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 1.9% 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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

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 Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is HLI in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Houlihan Lokey Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

What is Houlihan Lokey Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

49 out of 100, with momentum 18, quality 68 and valuation 46 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does HLI trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -2.1% vs the 50-day and -13.6% vs the 200-day average, 37.1% below the 52-week high and +15% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Houlihan Lokey Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Houlihan Lokey Inc had a beta of 0.68 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 69% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.60% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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. Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet's universe, within Capital Markets, as an advisory business rather than a balance-sheet lender. It carries a Closelooknet 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 2.01% on the 2026-09-25 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 Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Capital Markets. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.