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Houlihan Lokey Inc has a consensus price target of $191 based on the ratings of 13 analysts. The high is $230 issued by BMO Capital on October 3, 2025. The low is $93 issued by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on May 10, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Morgan Stanley, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on January 8, 2026, January 6, 2026, and December 17, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $220.33 between Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Morgan Stanley, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, there's an implied 16.03% upside for Houlihan Lokey Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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| 01/08/2026 | Buy Now | 14.8% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $228 → $218 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/06/2026 | Buy Now | 13.22% | Morgan Stanley | $216 → $215 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 12/17/2025 | Buy Now | 20.06% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $230 → $228 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/11/2025 | Buy Now | 1.63% | UBS | → $193 | Assumes | → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/13/2025 | Buy Now | 19.01% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $232 → $226 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/09/2025 | Buy Now | 10.58% | Deutsche Bank | → $210 | Initiates | → Hold | Get Alert |
| 10/03/2025 | Buy Now | 21.12% | BMO Capital | → $230 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/08/2025 | Buy Now | 12.16% | Morgan Stanley | $192 → $213 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/14/2025 | Buy Now | 22.17% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $185 → $232 | Upgrade | Market Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/11/2025 | Buy Now | 10.06% | Wells Fargo | $185 → $209 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 06/23/2025 | Buy Now | 1.11% | Morgan Stanley | $159 → $192 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/12/2025 | Buy Now | -2.58% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $183 → $185 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 05/08/2025 | Buy Now | -2.58% | Wells Fargo | $170 → $185 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/08/2025 | Buy Now | -10.48% | Wells Fargo | $179 → $170 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/07/2025 | Buy Now | -17.85% | Morgan Stanley | $190 → $156 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 03/13/2025 | Buy Now | 0.05% | Morgan Stanley | $201 → $190 | Upgrade | Underweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 03/11/2025 | Buy Now | -5.74% | Wells Fargo | $180 → $179 | Upgrade | Underweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/29/2025 | Buy Now | 5.85% | Morgan Stanley | $200 → $201 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 01/29/2025 | Buy Now | — | JMP Securities | — | Reiterates | Market Perform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/29/2025 | Buy Now | 1.11% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $170 → $192 | Reiterates | Market Perform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/29/2025 | Buy Now | -5.21% | Wells Fargo | $178 → $180 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 01/29/2025 | Buy Now | 21.12% | UBS | $229 → $230 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/29/2025 | Buy Now | -11.01% | JP Morgan | $172 → $169 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/14/2025 | Buy Now | -6.27% | Wells Fargo | $180 → $178 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 01/13/2025 | Buy Now | -10.48% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $172 → $170 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 12/20/2024 | Buy Now | -9.43% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $171 → $172 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 12/12/2024 | Buy Now | -5.21% | Wells Fargo | $157 → $180 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 12/09/2024 | Buy Now | 5.32% | Morgan Stanley | $171 → $200 | Downgrade | Equal-Weight → Underweight | Get Alert |
| 10/08/2024 | Buy Now | 0.05% | UBS | $170 → $190 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/23/2024 | Buy Now | -14.17% | Morgan Stanley | $146 → $163 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/18/2024 | Buy Now | -23.12% | Morgan Stanley | $148 → $146 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/12/2024 | Buy Now | -21.54% | Wells Fargo | → $149 | Initiates | → Underweight | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | -32.07% | JP Morgan | $132 → $129 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | -10.48% | UBS | $157 → $170 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | -18.9% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $139 → $154 | Reiterates | Market Perform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | -22.06% | Morgan Stanley | $131 → $148 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/12/2024 | Buy Now | -26.8% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $132 → $139 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/09/2024 | Buy Now | -17.32% | UBS | $145 → $157 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/14/2024 | Buy Now | -23.64% | UBS | $157 → $145 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/09/2024 | Buy Now | — | JMP Securities | — | Reiterates | → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 02/05/2024 | Buy Now | -23.64% | UBS | $142 → $145 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/02/2024 | Buy Now | -25.22% | UBS | $136 → $142 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/29/2024 | Buy Now | -33.12% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | → $127 | Reinstates | → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/09/2024 | Buy Now | -28.38% | UBS | $124 → $136 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/03/2023 | Buy Now | -34.7% | UBS | $118 → $124 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/12/2023 | Buy Now | -46.81% | Morgan Stanley | $81 → $101 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 05/10/2023 | Buy Now | -51.03% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $94 → $93 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 05/10/2023 | Buy Now | -57.35% | Morgan Stanley | $78 → $81 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
The latest price target for Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) was reported by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on January 8, 2026. The analyst firm set a price target for $218.00 expecting HLI to rise to within 12 months (a possible 14.80% upside). 23 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) was provided by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, and Houlihan Lokey maintained their outperform rating.
The last upgrade for Houlihan Lokey Inc happened on July 14, 2025 when Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target to $232. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods previously had a market perform for Houlihan Lokey Inc.
The last downgrade for Houlihan Lokey Inc happened on December 9, 2024 when Morgan Stanley changed their price target from $171 to $200 for Houlihan Lokey Inc.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Houlihan Lokey, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Houlihan Lokey was filed on January 8, 2026 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around January 8, 2027.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Houlihan Lokey (HLI) rating was a maintained with a price target of $228.00 to $218.00. The current price Houlihan Lokey (HLI) is trading at is $189.90, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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