Houlihan Lokey Inc. (HLI) Dividend Safety Gauge & 10-Year DRIP Compounder

$139.34 +1.43% NYSE • Public Delayed / 60s Snapshot

Houlihan Lokey Inc. (HLI) earns a Roarable Rating of B (Buy) with 72/100 RQD Confidence. High-quality cash engine (41% profit margin, 22% return on capital) with steady institutional support. Even if the broader market gets choppy, the company’s underlying cash engine and big-money support put the odds in buyers’ favor.

ROARABLE B • BUY Cap $9.74B
INTERACTIVE SCENARIO DECK:
🛡️ Portfolio Crash X-Ray
RQD QUANT TACHOMETERBUY • B
025507510072
2-of-3 JEV AI Jury Bullish
Cash
SEC
Whale
5-PILLAR SNOWFLAKE RADARRw C · Rk A-
Cash (17)Whales (10)SEC (16)Macro (17)CEO (12)
Each axis scored 0–20
12M PRICE TARGET CONE+6.3% Base Target
$205 Bull$148 Base$114 Bear
🔴 SUNDAY NIGHT PREP • 7:00 PM ET
WHALE OPTIONS TUG-OF-WAR:56% Call Buyers ($2.5M)
44% PutsMax Pain: $137.00
CASH DIVIDEND + BUYBACK YIELD
3.59% Total Yield
1.79% Cash ($2.49/yr) + 1.8% Buybacks
PAYOUT SAFETY SPEEDOMETER
88/100 • FORTRESS PAYOUT
FREE CASH FLOW PAYOUT RATIO
16.6% of FCF
8 consecutive years of payout growth
INTERACTIVE DRIP & SHAREHOLDER-YIELD COMPOUNDER (8.8% EST. ANNUAL)

$10,000 Compounded Over 10 Years → $23,243

Est. Year-10 Shareholder Yield: $834/yr
$10.9K
Yr 1
$11.8K
Yr 2
$12.9K
Yr 3
$14.0K
Yr 4
$15.2K
Yr 5
$16.6K
Yr 6
$18.0K
Yr 7
$19.6K
Yr 8
$21.4K
Yr 9
$23.2K
Yr 10
🔴 SUNDAY NIGHT PREP • 7:00 PM ETHosted Live by Perry Belcher + Senior Cash-Flow & Income Strategist

Cash-Fortress Compounders: Collecting Safe Yield & Upside in HLI & Top A-Rated Leaders

  • ✓12-month Bull/Base/Bear fair-value walkthrough on HLI and its top sector rival
  • ✓The Top 5 Roarable A-Rated cash compounders with heavy executive & 13F accumulation
  • ✓Includes free daily Morning Market Weather & signal upgrade/downgrade dispatch
RQD INSIDER CLUB UPGRADE$49/YEAR
Want Plain-English AI Custom Indicators, Daily Pro Trader Video Clips & SMS Crash Alerts?
HLI // CANDLESTICK & AUTO-TRENDLINE WORKSTATION6M: -10.82%▲ ASCENDING CHANNEL
2026-10-30O $137.8H $138.2L $136.2C $138.0VOL 797.0K
RES: $150.9SUP: $125.1SMA50: $131.2SMA200: $144.6
$183.1$164.0$145.0$126.0$106.9RES $150.9SUP $125.1$138.02026-04-302026-06-152026-07-312026-09-162026-10-30
PRIMARY-SOURCE FORENSICS, SECOND-ORDER LINKS & AI ANALYST DESK

HLI Dilution Monitor, Expectations Hurdle, Butterfly Connections & Policy Exposure

Share Count & Dilution Monitor (#25)

Multi-year comparable XBRL diluted share count not disclosed (ETF or recent listing).

Reverse-DCF Expectations Hurdle (#30)
16.8%/yr Implied 5Y Growth

vs. +9.5% actual YoY revenue growth (assuming 9.25% cost of equity & 16.5x terminal multiple).

Ellis Vennor Setup Ledger (#33)

No active Ellis Vennor swing setup published on HLI today. View full Setup Ledger →

🦋 Documented & Second-Order Butterfly Connections Open Graph →

No direct multi-tier Butterfly edges indexed yet for HLI. Explore sector supply chains on /butterfly.

AI Analyst Theses, Washington Policy & Company Video
🎬 No recent verified company-specific video clip queued for HLI today (we never pad ticker pages with unrelated generic clips). Browse Macro Video Desk →

HLI Investor FAQ & Complete 8-Part Research Index

100% OPEN ACCESS • SEC EDGAR × CBOE × FRED

Does HLI pay a dividend and is it safe?

Houlihan Lokey Inc. (HLI) offers a 1.79% cash dividend yield ($2.49 annualized) and 3.59% total shareholder yield including buybacks. Roarable rates its payout coverage as FORTRESS PAYOUT.