Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI)

Houlihan Lokey Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 5 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Houlihan Lokey stock have an average target of 157, with a low estimate of 129 and a high estimate of 190. The average target predicts a decrease of -17.88% from the current stock price of 191.18.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$129	$157	$154	$190
Change	-32.52%	-17.88%	-19.45%	-0.62%

* Price targets were last updated on Oct 8, 2024.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Houlihan Lokey stock from 6 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jun '24	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	3	5	5	4	4	4
Sell	0	0	0	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	6	6	6	6	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Brennan Hawken UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $170 → $190	Strong Buy	Maintains	$170 → $190	-0.62%	Oct 8, 2024
Manan Gosalia Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $146 → $163	Hold	Maintains	$146 → $163	-14.74%	Sep 23, 2024
Manan Gosalia Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $148 → $146	Hold	Maintains	$148 → $146	-23.63%	Sep 18, 2024
Michael Brown Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell Initiates $149	Sell	Initiates	$149	-22.06%	Sep 12, 2024
Kenneth Worthington JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $132 → $129	Hold	Maintains	$132 → $129	-32.52%	Jul 31, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.32B

Increased by 21.25%

from 1.91B

Revenue Next Year

2.65B

Increased by 14.17%

from 2.32B

EPS This Year

5.80

Increased by 41.20%

from 4.11

EPS Next Year

6.81

Increased by 17.33%

from 5.80

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Mar 31, 2020	Mar 31, 2021	Mar 31, 2022	Mar 31, 2023	Mar 31, 2024	Mar 31, 2025	Mar 31, 2026	Mar 31, 2027
Revenue	1.16B	1.52B	2.27B	1.81B	1.91B	2.32B	2.65B	2.88B
Revenue Growth	6.93%	31.59%	48.84%	-20.29%	5.80%	21.25%	14.17%	8.72%
EPS	2.80	4.55	6.41	3.76	4.11	5.80	6.81	7.87
EPS Growth	15.70%	62.50%	40.88%	-41.34%	9.31%	41.20%	17.33%	15.55%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	32.94	28.08	24.30
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026
High	2.5B	3.0B	3.3B
Avg	2.3B	2.7B	2.9B
Low	2.2B	2.5B	2.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	28.4%	27.9%	24.9%
Avg	21.2%	14.2%	8.7%
Low	15.9%	7.3%	0.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026
High	6.18	7.24	9.84
Avg	5.80	6.81	7.87
Low	5.55	6.47	7.10

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	50.5%	24.8%	44.5%
Avg	41.2%	17.3%	15.6%
Low	35.0%	11.5%	4.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.