Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $153.91 -1.17 (-0.75%) Closing price 04/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$153.98 +0.06 (+0.04%) As of 08:02 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Houlihan Lokey Short Interest DataHoulihan Lokey (HLI) has a short interest of 942,200 shares, representing 1.76% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 16.38% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.1, indicating that it would take 2.1 days of the average trading volume of 350,296 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest942,200 sharesPrevious Short Interest809,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+16.38%Dollar Volume Sold Short$151.94 millionShort Interest Ratio2.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Outstanding Shares70,145,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.76%Today's Trading Volume344,065 sharesAverage Trading Volume350,296 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average98% Short Selling Houlihan Lokey? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Houlihan Lokey and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartHLI Short Interest Over TimeHLI Days to Cover Over TimeHLI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Houlihan Lokey Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/31/2025942,200 shares $151.94 million +16.4%1.8%2.1 $161.27 3/15/2025809,600 shares $128.74 million +6.0%1.5%2 $159.02 2/28/2025764,000 shares $132.49 million +28.9%1.4%1.9 $173.42 2/15/2025592,700 shares $105.66 million -8.2%1.1%1.6 $178.27 1/31/2025645,600 shares $117.45 million +5.7%N/A1.8 $181.92 1/15/2025610,800 shares $106.94 million -25.5%N/A1.7 $175.09 12/31/2024819,900 shares $142.38 million +18.4%N/A2.5 $173.66 12/15/2024692,800 shares $122.99 million +19.3%N/A2.1 $177.53 11/30/2024580,800 shares $109.82 million +1.3%N/A1.9 $189.09 11/15/2024573,500 shares $105.55 million -9.5%N/A1.9 $184.05 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HLI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Houlihan Lokey and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/31/2024633,700 shares $109.41 million -23.2%N/A2.2 $172.66 10/15/2024825,200 shares $140.23 million -1.1%N/A2.8 $169.94 9/30/2024834,500 shares $131.83 million -3.4%N/A2.8 $157.98 9/15/2024864,200 shares $133.16 million +0.6%N/A2.9 $154.08 8/31/2024859,400 shares $134.60 million -5.2%N/A2.9 $156.62 8/15/2024906,900 shares $137.09 million +21.1%N/A2.9 $151.16 7/31/2024748,700 shares $112.48 million -31.9%N/A2.2 $150.24 7/15/20241,100,000 shares $158.53 million +11.8%N/A3.3 $144.12 6/30/2024983,600 shares $132.65 million +27.7%N/A3 $134.86 6/15/2024770,300 shares $99.18 million -25.9%N/A2.3 $128.76 5/31/20241,040,000 shares $140.85 million -18.8%N/A3.1 $135.43 5/15/20241,280,000 shares $174.25 million +8.5%N/A3.9 $136.13 4/30/20241,180,000 shares $150.44 million -12.6%N/A3.6 $127.49 4/15/20241,350,000 shares $167.26 million +3.1%N/A4 $123.90 3/31/20241,310,000 shares $167.93 million -2.2%N/A3.9 $128.19 3/15/20241,340,000 shares $166.60 million -27.6%N/A3.9 $124.33 2/29/20241,850,000 shares $238.02 million +13.5%N/A3.7 $128.66 2/15/20241,630,000 shares $213.63 million -6.9%N/A3.2 $131.06 1/31/20241,750,000 shares $209.55 million -24.6%N/A3.5 $119.74 1/15/20242,320,000 shares $265.57 million +50.7%N/A4.6 $114.47 12/31/20231,540,000 shares $184.66 million +81.7%N/A3.1 $119.91 12/15/2023847,400 shares $103.47 million +32.8%N/A1.7 $122.10 11/30/2023638,000 shares $68.69 million -14.7%N/A1.8 $107.67 11/15/2023748,000 shares $78.32 million -13.1%N/A2.4 $104.71 10/31/2023860,700 shares $86.51 million -21.0%N/A2.8 $100.51 10/15/20231,090,000 shares $117.19 million +7.9%N/A3.5 $107.51 9/30/20231,010,000 shares $108.19 million +5.0%2.0%3.2 $107.12 9/15/2023962,200 shares $105.32 million +7.8%1.9%2.3 $109.46 8/31/2023892,400 shares $94.04 million +28.9%1.7%2 $105.38 8/15/2023692,500 shares $69.79 million -11.5%1.4%1.5 $100.78Gold Hits New Highs as Global Markets Spiral (Ad)When Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. By the time he left, it had soared to $1,839. Now… as new tariffs take effect, gold is breaking records again. You've hopefully already seen this in action… but gold is surpassing $3,000 per ounce for the first time EVER.Go Here to Learn What's Happening and How to Prepare >> 7/31/2023782,800 shares $78.17 million -6.4%1.5%1.6 $99.86 7/15/2023836,200 shares $85.06 million -0.8%1.7%1.7 $101.72 6/30/2023842,800 shares $82.83 million -46.7%1.7%1.7 $98.28 6/15/20231,580,000 shares $149.71 million -9.2%3.1%2.8 $94.75 5/31/20231,740,000 shares $151.88 million -10.3%3.4%3.7 $87.29 5/15/20231,940,000 shares $172.74 million +6.0%3.9%4.2 $89.04 4/30/20231,830,000 shares $167.23 million +17.3%3.7%4 $91.38 4/15/20231,560,000 shares $140.98 million +5.4%3.1%3.6 $90.37 3/31/20231,480,000 shares $129.49 million +38.3%3.0%3.5 $87.49 3/15/20231,070,000 shares $96.34 million +23.8%2.2%3 $90.04 2/28/2023864,200 shares $82.70 million -11.7%1.7%2.5 $95.70 2/15/2023978,700 shares $94.71 million +16.2%2.0%2.9 $96.77 1/31/2023842,400 shares $83.46 million -1.9%1.7%2.6 $99.07 1/15/2023858,900 shares $84.09 million +2.6%1.7%2.6 $97.91 12/30/2022837,100 shares $72.96 million +0.2%1.7%2.6 $87.16 12/15/2022835,200 shares $76.30 million +1.7%1.7%2.5 $91.36 11/30/2022821,400 shares $80.78 million -18.7%1.7%2.6 $98.35 11/15/20221,010,000 shares $102.60 million -21.7%2.0%3.4 $101.58 10/31/20221,290,000 shares $115.22 million -17.3%2.6%4.6 $89.32 10/15/20221,560,000 shares $124.18 million No Change3.2%5.9 $79.60 9/30/20221,560,000 shares $117.59 million +17.3%3.2%6.1 $75.38 9/15/20221,330,000 shares $106.69 million +4.7%2.7%5.2 $80.22 8/31/20221,270,000 shares $99.70 million -5.9%2.6%5.1 $78.50 8/15/20221,350,000 shares $119.97 million -0.7%2.7%5.1 $88.87 7/31/20221,360,000 shares $115.00 million -2.9%2.8%4.5 $84.56 7/15/20221,400,000 shares $109.07 million +1.5%2.8%4.4 $77.91 6/30/20221,380,000 shares $108.92 million -6.1%2.8%3.9 $78.93 6/15/20221,470,000 shares $116.76 million No Change3.0%3.9 $79.43 5/31/20221,470,000 shares $126.33 million -0.7%3.0%3.6 $85.94 5/15/20221,480,000 shares $125.30 million -0.7%2.9%3.3 $84.66 4/30/20221,490,000 shares $124.10 million -19.9%3.0%3.3 $83.29 4/15/20221,860,000 shares $152.82 million -11.4%3.7%4.1 $82.16 3/31/20222,100,000 shares $184.38 million +4.5%4.2%4.4 $87.80 3/15/20222,010,000 shares $196.20 million +0.5%4.0%4.4 $97.61 2/28/20222,000,000 shares $205.72 million +14.9%4.0%4.5 $102.86 2/15/20221,740,000 shares $193.75 million +18.4%3.4%4 $111.35 1/31/20221,470,000 shares $156.23 million +9.7%2.9%3.7 $106.28 1/15/20221,340,000 shares $154.05 million +8.9%2.6%3.3 $114.96 12/31/20211,230,000 shares $127.33 million -5.4%2.4%3.4 $103.52 12/15/20211,300,000 shares $132.00 million +26.2%2.6%3.8 $101.54 11/30/20211,030,000 shares $111.80 million -1.9%2.0%3.2 $108.54 11/15/20211,050,000 shares $122.05 million -30.9%2.1%3.5 $116.24 10/29/20211,520,000 shares $170.36 million -8.4%3.0%5.2 $112.08 10/15/20211,660,000 shares $168.16 million +3.1%3.3%6 $101.30 9/30/20211,610,000 shares $148.28 million -14.8%3.2%5.6 $92.10 9/15/20211,890,000 shares $172.12 million -9.6%3.7%6.5 $91.07 8/31/20212,090,000 shares $188.52 million -7.5%4.1%6.9 $90.20 8/13/20212,260,000 shares $201.03 million -6.6%4.5%7 $88.95 7/30/20212,420,000 shares $215.62 million -10.0%4.8%6.7 $89.10 7/15/20212,690,000 shares $215.90 million -3.6%5.2%7.7 $80.26Gold Hits New Highs as Global Markets Spiral (Ad)When Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. By the time he left, it had soared to $1,839. Now… as new tariffs take effect, gold is breaking records again. You've hopefully already seen this in action… but gold is surpassing $3,000 per ounce for the first time EVER.Go Here to Learn What's Happening and How to Prepare >> 6/30/20212,790,000 shares $228.19 million +23.5%5.4%7.9 $81.79 6/15/20212,260,000 shares $179.20 million +6.6%4.4%6.6 $79.29 5/28/20212,120,000 shares $158.77 million +2.9%N/A6.1 $74.89 5/14/20212,060,000 shares $148.88 million +2.5%N/A5.5 $72.27 4/30/20212,010,000 shares $137.58 million -5.6%N/A5.3 $68.45 4/15/20212,130,000 shares $140.75 million +15.1%N/A5.4 $66.08 3/31/20211,850,000 shares $124.43 million -7.5%N/A4.7 $67.26 3/15/20212,000,000 shares $136.54 million +83.5%N/A5 $68.27 2/26/20211,090,000 shares $69.84 million +22.9%N/A2.8 $64.07 2/12/2021886,800 shares $59.28 million -6.8%N/A2.4 $66.85 1/29/2021951,200 shares $64.42 million -6.8%N/A2.8 $67.72 1/15/20211,020,000 shares $72.59 million +13.4%N/A3.2 $71.17 12/31/2020899,500 shares $59.78 million -7.8%N/A2.8 $66.46 12/15/2020975,500 shares $66.52 million +31.7%N/A3 $68.19 11/30/2020740,600 shares $48.14 million -8.3%N/A2.2 $65.00 11/15/2020807,600 shares $52.53 million -10.4%N/A2.4 $65.04 10/30/2020901,300 shares $56.85 million -20.2%N/A2.6 $63.08 10/15/20201,130,000 shares $72.04 million No ChangeN/A2.9 $63.75 9/30/20201,130,000 shares $66.73 million +23.7%N/A2.8 $59.05 9/15/2020913,800 shares $53.50 million -3.7%N/A2.1 $58.55 8/31/2020948,700 shares $55.59 million -9.7%N/A2.2 $58.60 8/14/20201,050,000 shares $60.22 million -27.1%N/A2.3 $57.35 7/31/20201,440,000 shares $78.91 million +44.7%N/A2.7 $54.80 7/15/2020995,000 shares $54.53 million +10.7%N/A2.1 $54.80 6/30/2020898,500 shares $49.99 million +36.8%N/A1.9 $55.64 6/15/2020656,900 shares $37.61 million -26.3%N/A1.3 $57.26 5/29/2020891,100 shares $53.89 million -41.0%N/A1.6 $60.48 5/15/20201,510,000 shares $93.67 million +24.8%N/A2.6 $62.03 4/30/20201,210,000 shares $71.50 million +8.0%N/A2.5 $59.09 HLI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Houlihan Lokey's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Houlihan Lokey shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, investors have sold 942,200 shares of HLI short. 1.76% of Houlihan Lokey's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Houlihan Lokey's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Houlihan Lokey? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. HLI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Houlihan Lokey's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Houlihan Lokey? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Houlihan Lokey: Citadel Advisors LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., and Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Houlihan Lokey? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 1.76% of Houlihan Lokey's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Houlihan Lokey's short interest increasing or decreasing? Houlihan Lokey saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 942,200 shares, an increase of 16.4% from the previous total of 809,600 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Houlihan Lokey's short interest compare to its competitors? 1.76% of Houlihan Lokey's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "trading" compare to Houlihan Lokey: Ares Management Co. (3.02%), VICI Properties Inc. (2.90%), Robinhood Markets, Inc. (3.40%), Texas Pacific Land Co. (6.19%), Blue Owl Capital Inc. (5.97%), TPG Inc. (7.71%), Nomura Holdings, Inc. (0.03%), The Carlyle Group Inc. (4.43%), Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (1.86%), Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (2.12%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.93 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.31 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.42 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.26 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.79 billion), TC Energy Co. ($3.43 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.91 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Houlihan Lokey stock? Short selling HLI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Houlihan Lokey as its price is falling. HLI shares are trading down $1.17 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Houlihan Lokey? A short squeeze for Houlihan Lokey occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of HLI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Houlihan Lokey's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including HLI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2025. 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