Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Competitors

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) and Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is HOOD or HLI more profitable?

Robinhood Markets has a net margin of 21.80% compared to Houlihan Lokey's net margin of 15.77%. Houlihan Lokey's return on equity of 19.29% beat Robinhood Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Robinhood Markets	21.80%	7.52%	1.29%
Houlihan Lokey	15.77%	19.29%	11.61%

Which has more volatility and risk, HOOD or HLI?

Robinhood Markets has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HOOD or HLI?

Houlihan Lokey has higher revenue and earnings than Robinhood Markets. Houlihan Lokey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robinhood Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Robinhood Markets	$1.87B	22.82	-$541M	$0.59	81.61
Houlihan Lokey	$1.91B	6.58	$280.30M	$4.89	37.06

Do analysts recommend HOOD or HLI?

Robinhood Markets currently has a consensus target price of $43.07, indicating a potential downside of 10.56%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus target price of $173.40, indicating a potential downside of 4.31%. Given Houlihan Lokey's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Houlihan Lokey is more favorable than Robinhood Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Robinhood Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Houlihan Lokey	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HOOD or HLI?

93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HOOD or HLI?

Houlihan Lokey received 218 more outperform votes than Robinhood Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave Houlihan Lokey an outperform vote while only 34.26% of users gave Robinhood Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Robinhood Markets	Outperform Votes 74 34.26%	Underperform Votes 142 65.74%
Houlihan Lokey	Outperform Votes 292 60.83%	Underperform Votes 188 39.17%

Does the media favor HOOD or HLI?

In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 39 more articles in the media than Houlihan Lokey. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 13 mentions for Houlihan Lokey. Robinhood Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Houlihan Lokey's score of 0.37 indicating that Robinhood Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Robinhood Markets	21 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Houlihan Lokey	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Robinhood Markets and Houlihan Lokey tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.