Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HOOD or HLI?

Houlihan Lokey received 211 more outperform votes than Robinhood Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.53% of users gave Houlihan Lokey an outperform vote while only 36.97% of users gave Robinhood Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Robinhood Markets	Outperform Votes 88 36.97%	Underperform Votes 150 63.03%
Houlihan Lokey	Outperform Votes 299 60.53%	Underperform Votes 195 39.47%

Is HOOD or HLI more profitable?

Robinhood Markets has a net margin of 47.81% compared to Houlihan Lokey's net margin of 16.00%. Houlihan Lokey's return on equity of 20.04% beat Robinhood Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Robinhood Markets	47.81%	13.53%	2.52%
Houlihan Lokey	16.00%	20.04%	12.06%

Which has more volatility and risk, HOOD or HLI?

Robinhood Markets has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HOOD or HLI?

In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 26 more articles in the media than Houlihan Lokey. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 22 mentions for Houlihan Lokey. Robinhood Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Houlihan Lokey's score of 0.66 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	27 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Houlihan Lokey	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer HOOD or HLI?

Robinhood Markets presently has a consensus price target of $55.06, indicating a potential upside of 32.20%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $183.40, indicating a potential upside of 18.42%. Given Robinhood Markets' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Robinhood Markets is more favorable than Houlihan Lokey.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Robinhood Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Houlihan Lokey	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better valuation and earnings, HOOD or HLI?

Robinhood Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Houlihan Lokey. Robinhood Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Houlihan Lokey, 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	$2.95B	12.50	$1.41B	$1.57	26.53
Houlihan Lokey	$2.24B	4.84	$280.30M	$5.24	29.56

Summary

Robinhood Markets beats Houlihan Lokey on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.