Houlihan Lokey Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) announced on November 12, 2025 that Neil Price has joined as a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group, based in London.

Mr. Price will work with senior U.K. coverage colleagues to expand sponsor client relationships across the U.K. and Europe. He joins from Mayfair Equity Partners, where he was Head of Originations, and previously held senior roles at Lloyds Banking Group.

The Financial Sponsors Group comprises more than 35 professionals, including 24 Managing Directors across eight countries, and manages approximately 1,900 relationships with private equity firms, credit funds, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds.

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) appointed Seran Ahmetrasit as Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Debt Advisory, Europe, based in London on November 10, 2025. She will lead the firm's expansion into European infrastructure debt advisory, working with industry coverage teams to advise financial sponsors and corporates.

Ms. Ahmetrasit joins from Jefferies after prior experience at RBS and has led ratings advisory, structuring, acquisition financing, and refinancing transactions. Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Solutions Group comprises ~170 professionals across 16 offices and advised on around $28 billion across ~120 transactions in the past 12 months (as of June 30, 2025).

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) hired Stephen Pollock as a Managing Director in New York to strengthen its Capital Solutions Group and expand directs and secondaries advisory capabilities within Equity Capital Solutions. Mr. Pollock joins from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods with 20+ years advising financial services and FinTech firms on M&A and public/private capital offerings. The Capital Solutions Group spans 16 offices in seven countries and has raised approximately $28 billion in capital in the past 12 months (as of June 30, 2025).

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) launched the Houlihan Lokey Private Credit DataBank, a proprietary, loan-level dataset and analytics platform for private credit dated to 2017 and updated continuously.

The DataBank captures observations from more than 60,000 loan valuations and records > 200 standardized data fields per loan including terms, covenants, fair value metrics, credit metrics, and borrower financials. It covers borrowers with EBITDA $20M to >$100M, senior and junior debt across industries and geographies.

The platform supports benchmarking, fair value analysis, trend analysis, tailored reports, and a web-based valuation tool with pricing sensitivities; Houlihan Lokey notes its Capital Solutions Group raised ~$28B in the prior 12 months (as of June 30, 2025).

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) announced on November 3, 2025 that Marco Voci has joined as a Managing Director in the global Consumer Group, based in London.

Mr. Voci joins from J.P. Morgan after a 12-year tenure and will focus on active lifestyle, branded consumer products, and luxury goods across EMEA, working with senior deal teams. The firm noted its Consumer Group comprises >130 professionals and was ranked No. 2 global M&A advisor for consumer in 2024 with 62 deals by LSEG.

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) hired Sherman Guillema as a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group, based in Dallas, effective October 31, 2025.

Guillema joins from Lincoln International, bringing coverage experience of financial sponsors and lenders across the U.S. The hire is intended to strengthen the firm’s coverage of private equity and alternative credit in the Southern United States. Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Sponsors Group comprises more than 35 professionals, including 23 managing directors in eight countries, and manages approximately 1,900 relationships across private equity firms, credit funds, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds.

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) reported Q2 fiscal 2026 revenues of $659 million and net income of $111.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. Diluted EPS was $1.63 and adjusted diluted EPS was $1.84. The Board declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.60 per share payable December 15, 2025 (record date December 1, 2025). Corporate Finance revenues rose 21% to $438.7 million, Financial Restructuring rose 2% to $133.8 million, and Financial & Valuation Advisory rose 10% to $87.0 million. Cash and investments totaled $1.11 billion as of September 30, 2025.

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) announced on October 27, 2025 that Jason Cohen joined as a Managing Director in the Capital Solutions Group in New York. Mr. Cohen brings more than 20 years of life sciences and pharmaceutical coverage and execution experience, including 18 years at Capital One's Healthcare Banking and Lending unit where he served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Life Sciences Coverage.

The hire expands the firm's healthcare capital solutions bench alongside Brent Shepherd and Neha Shah. Houlihan Lokey's Capital Solutions Group totals >b>170 professionals across 16 offices and raised or advised on around $28 billion across ~120 transactions in the past 12 months (as of June 30, 2025).

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) will release its fiscal 2026 second quarter results on Thursday, October 30, 2025 after market close. A conference call with CEO Scott Adelson and CFO Lindsey Alley will be held the same day at 5:00 p.m. ET to review results and answer analyst and investor questions.

Access options include telephone (domestic toll-free 1-844-825-9789, international 1-412-317-5180, Conference ID 10203876), a Call me™ link activated 15 minutes before the call (Passcode 6911229), and an audio webcast via the company's Investor Relations site. Telephonic replay and archived webcast will be available through November 6, 2025.