HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC. (HLI) stock score and earnings-call analysis

HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC. (HLI) has a MarketKingdoms composite score of 49.1 (C), an C-range rating. It ranks 1761st of 1,866 covered companies, 315th of 330 in Financial (sector average 62.7) and 34th of 38 in Capital Markets. Scores as of 2026-10-26.

Its strongest lenses are Industry opportunity at 78 (Financial average 76) and Stock selection at 61 (Financial average 77). Its weakest lenses are Trend (momentum) at 13 (sector average 49) and Price (valuation) at 27 (sector average 52).

Lens scores

HLI lens scores (0–100) against its sector and industry
LensTypeHLIFinancial averageCapital Markets averagePercentile in sector
Industry opportunityResearch signal78767847th
Stock selectionResearch signal6177755th
KPI momentumResearch signal4275753rd
Catalyst watchResearch signal58696410th
Price (valuation)Fundamental lens27523217th
Expansion (growth)Fundamental lens34516318th
Quality (profitability)Fundamental lens60494766th
Trend (momentum)Fundamental lens13493011th

Latest earnings call

The most recent call analysed was held on 2026-07-29 (fiscal 2027 Q1). MarketKingdoms checks what management promised on each call against what it later delivered.

Valuation and risk

The stock's valuation gap is -5.1%: its price is below the path its market, sector and industry moves explain (undervalued versus the model path). Factor sensitivity: market beta 1.38, sector beta 1.21, industry beta -0.05; the factor model explains 27% of its moves (R²).

Capital Markets peers

CompanyCompositeGradeValuation gap
Marex Group plc (MRX)74.5B+-27.6%
NOMURA HOLDINGS INC (NMR)70.1B+-16.6%
XP Inc. (XP)69.8B+36.3%
Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT)68.9B-18.5%
StoneX Group Inc. (SNEX)68.6B-28.9%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (GS)67.6B-21.9%
SCHWAB CHARLES CORP (SCHW)67.1B-21.5%
Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD)66.3B-38.8%

Near HLI in the overall ranking

HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC. financial statements · Financial sector ranking · Capital Markets industry ranking · All covered companies

How MarketKingdoms scores companies

The composite score (0–100, graded A+ to D-) blends research signals from each earnings call with fundamental lenses from SEC filings and market prices. Research signals: Industry opportunity, Stock selection, KPI momentum and Catalyst watch, read from what management said and whether it delivered. Fundamental lenses: Price (valuation), Expansion (growth), Quality (profitability) and Trend (momentum). Scores are recalculated every night and after every earnings call. The valuation gap compares the actual price path with the path the stock's market, sector and industry moves explain; it is a model comparison, not a fair-value estimate.

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