Houlihan Lokey vs BRC
HLI and RILY side by side, both in services allied with the exchange of securities. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HLI and RILY compare
Houlihan Lokey is the larger company, worth 59 times as much as BRC ($9.6B against $163M).
On earnings, BRC is cheaper: it trades at 0.3× trailing earnings, against 23.1× for Houlihan Lokey.
BRC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (49.9% versus −0.39% for Houlihan Lokey).
BRC keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 35.9% compared with 15.8% at Houlihan Lokey.
Houlihan Lokey pays a dividend yielding 1.9%; BRC does not pay one.
Houlihan Lokey scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 11 for BRC), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HLI | RILY |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $9.6B | $163M |
| Share price | $138.00 | $4.06 |
| Change, 1 year | −30.4% | −21.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 18.5% | −95.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 1.28 |
| Employees | 2,600 | 1,380 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.1× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/S | 3.8× | 0.1× (better) |
| P/B | 4.2× | 1.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.9× | 0.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 24.0× | – |
| PEG | 1.27 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.2% | – |
| Fair value | $123.78 | $55.48 |
| Margin of safety | −11.5% | 92.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.39% | 49.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.4% (better) | 3.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −5.4% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −3.9% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 6.5% (better) | 5.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 88.0% |
| Operating margin | 20.3% | 27.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 15.8% | 35.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 15.7% | – |
| Return on equity | 17.7% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 27.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 4.1× |
| Altman Z-score | 5.40 (better) | 0.79 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | – |
| Payout ratio | 46.4% | – |
| Buyback yield | 2.5% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.3% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 80.7% | 43.1% |
| Held by insiders | 49.4% | 23.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.6M (better) | −$2.6M |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.8% | – |
Go deeper
- HLI stock overview
- HLI income statement
- HLI valuation and score
- RILY stock overview
- RILY income statement
- RILY valuation and score
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