HOULIHAN LOKEY INC HLI
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 441593100
American multinational investment bank and financial services company
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($13.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $120.88. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($8.7m notional), 3 hold puts ($1.0m).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 322 |
| Q4 2022 | 334 |
| Q1 2023 | 329 |
| Q2 2023 | 331 |
| Q3 2023 | 338 |
| Q4 2023 | 393 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 158 | 154 |
| Q1 2023 | 181 | 138 |
| Q2 2023 | 145 | 169 |
| Q3 2023 | 177 | 140 |
| Q4 2023 | 195 | 156 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $4.5m | $638.7k | 0.14 |
| Q2 2023 | $4.5m | $540.7k | 0.12 |
| Q3 2023 | $7.1m | $2.6m | 0.37 |
| Q4 2023 | $8.7m | $1.0m | 0.12 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +2.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +699.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +636.3k |
| Capital International Investors | Added | +286.7k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +284.1k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +228.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Added | +208.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO | Added | +194.9k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Added | +192.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Added | +147.0k |
Biggest sellers
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -776.9k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -502.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -205.5k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Reduced | -169.6k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC | Reduced | -148.9k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Reduced | -143.8k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -117.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | -108.2k |
| Man Group plc | Sold out | -95.2k |
| West Coast Financial LLC | Reduced | -85.7k |
Biggest calls
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $3.4m28.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $2.2m18.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.1m17.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $851.0k7.1k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $203.8k1.7k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $959.3k8.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $48.0k400 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| HL VOTING TRUST 13D · may seek influence filed 2025-08-28 | 22.9% |
| Adelson Scott Joseph 13D · may seek influence filed 2026-01-02 | 22.5% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-17 | 8.9% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC (4.9%, 2026-05-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2022 | 1 | $12.0k | 1 | $316.7k | — |
| Q2 2022 | 1 | $14.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.5m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.5m | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $100.7k | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 4 | $3.5m | $107.2k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-27 | GOLD IRWIN EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, director | Sold | $1.2m10.0k shares |
| 2023-12-19 | CRAIN CHRISTOPHER M GENERAL COUNSEL | Sold | $180.2k1.5k shares |
| 2023-12-01 | CRAIN CHRISTOPHER M GENERAL COUNSEL | Sold plan | $107.2k1.0k shares |
| 2023-11-30 | ALLEY J LINDSEY Chief Financial Officer | Sold | $1.1m10.0k shares |
| 2023-11-03 | BEISER SCOTT L CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, director | Sold | $960.9k9.1k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.3m $636.6m | Added +2.3m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.1m $608.5m | Added +143.6k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 1.93% of their portfolio | 3.2m $387.3m | Added +106.9k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 2.8m $334.0m | Added +25.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.2m $266.3m | Reduced -502.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.8m $214.8m | Added +284.1k |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. 2.28% of their portfolio | 1.7m $205.6m | Added +46.4k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $181.3m | Added +636.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $170.6m | Added +699.5k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.3m $161.5m | Reduced -9.6k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ 0.41% of their portfolio | 1.3m $155.7m | Reduced -967 |
| FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT INC /WI/ 1.34% of their portfolio | 1.2m $143.4m | Added +39.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $138.8m | Added +59.5k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.1m $131.2m | Reduced -85.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.0m $124.0m | Reduced -9.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $122.2m | Added +2.7k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.26% of their portfolio | 993.8k $119.2m | Added +45.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 848.8k $101.8m | Added +49.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 834.8k $100.1m | Reduced -776.9k |
| Van Berkom & Associates Inc. 2.78% of their portfolio | 797.9k $95.7m | Reduced -69.2k |
| Capital International Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 792.1k $95.0m | Added +286.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.13% of their portfolio | 693.2k $83.1m | Added +194.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 640.6k $76.8m | Added +147.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 632.5k $75.8m | Reduced -32.3k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 585.6k $70.2m | Added +25.3k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 545.2k $65.4m | Reduced -2.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 539.1k $64.6m | Added +208.9k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.54% of their portfolio | 486.0k $58.3m | Reduced -148.9k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 480.8k $57.6m | Added +10.6k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 472.2k $56.6m | Added +9.5k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 430.2k $51.6m | Added +15.0k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.07% of their portfolio | 429.2k $51.7m | Added +1.9k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 408.5k $49.0m | Added +41.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 359.6k $43.1m | Reduced -14.4k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 355.4k $42.6m | Reduced -17.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 315.9k $37.9m | Reduced -169.6k |
| WOODLEY FARRA MANION PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT INC 2.15% of their portfolio | 299.7k $35.9m | Added +2.4k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 291.0k $34.9m | Added +6.0k |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.80% of their portfolio | 281.7k $33.8m | Reduced -1.1k |
| ARGENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.97% of their portfolio | 248.4k $29.8m | Added +18.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 238.3k $28.6m | Added +228.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 218.7k $26.2m | Added +102.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 216.2k $25.9m | Added +192.7k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.23% of their portfolio | 208.6k $25.0m | Reduced -57.5k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 185.4k $22.2m | Reduced -143.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 179.3k $21.5m | Added +84.9k |
| EVENTIDE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.34% of their portfolio | 175.3k $21.0m | Added +25.6k |
| FLPUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO 0.49% of their portfolio | 172.6k $20.7m | Added +3.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 168.9k $20.3m | Added +8.9k |
| BARLOW WEALTH PARTNERS, LLC 2.88% of their portfolio | 168.8k $20.2m | First filing |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 0.09% of their portfolio | 165.8k $19.9m | Added +44.6k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 164.2k $19.7m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 162.7k $19.5m | Added +43.4k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 161.9k $19.4m | Reduced -33.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 160.5k $19.2m | Reduced -14.1k |
| Montanaro Asset Management Ltd 3.27% of their portfolio | 144.8k $17.4m | Added +3.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 137.6k $16.5m | Added +17.5k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 0.87% of their portfolio | 136.8k $16.4m | Unchanged |
| GHP Investment Advisors, Inc. 0.87% of their portfolio | 134.1k $16.1m | Added +488 |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 132.1k $15.8m | Added +1.7k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 131.5k $15.8m | Added +66.7k |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 127.3k $67.9m | Reduced -1.7k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 122.9k $14.7m | Added +401 |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 118.5k $14.2m | Added +12.4k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.02% of their portfolio | 117.2k $14.0m | Reduced -11.5k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 114.7k $13.7m | Reduced -2.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 111.1k $13.3m | Added +26.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.6k $12.7m | Added +12.8k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 103.6k $12.4m | First filing |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 101.2k $12.1m | Reduced -10.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 96.2k $11.5m | Reduced -2.3k |
| Pier Capital, LLC 1.64% of their portfolio | 95.5k $11.4m | Reduced -936 |
| Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, LLC 0.72% of their portfolio | 85.1k $10.2m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 80.2k $9.6m | Reduced -2.9k |
| FIL Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.3k $9.5m | Reduced -43.2k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.04% of their portfolio | 77.9k $9.3m | Reduced -923 |
| Franklin, Parlapiano, Turner & Welch, LLC 2.63% of their portfolio | 76.4k $9.2m | Reduced -4.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.6k $8.7m | Added +47.4k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 69.7k $8.4m | Added +69.3k |
| Bell Asset Management Ltd 1.24% of their portfolio | 67.7k $8.1m | Added +9 |
| Woodson Capital Management, LP 1.84% of their portfolio | 66.0k $7.9m | New |
| MUTUAL OF AMERICA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 65.9k $7.9m | Added +30.4k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.4k $7.8m | Added +1.8k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.2k $7.8m | Added +1.9k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.03% of their portfolio | 64.6k $7.8m | New |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.7k $7.6m | Reduced -22.3k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 60.3k $7.2m | Reduced -508 |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 59.3k $7.1m | Added +613 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.2k $7.1m | Added +14.5k |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp 0.06% of their portfolio | 57.0k $6.8m | Added +27.0k |
| WHITTIER TRUST CO 0.11% of their portfolio | 55.9k $6.7m | Added +1.3k |
| STRS OHIO 0.03% of their portfolio | 55.7k $6.7m | Added +5.7k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 54.2k $6.5m | Added +7.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.2k $6.5m | Reduced -2.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.5k $6.3m | Added +35.3k |
| WALLED LAKE PLANNING & WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.68% of their portfolio | 48.1k $5.8m | Reduced -189 |
| FineMark National Bank & Trust 0.23% of their portfolio | 47.8k $5.7m | Reduced -537 |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 46.3k $5.6m | New |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.05% of their portfolio | 44.6k $5.3m | New |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.7k $5.2m | Added +34.4k |