Evercore vs Houlihan Lokey
Evercore reported revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.5 times Houlihan Lokey's $2.6 billion in fiscal 2026. Evercore's revenue grew 29.5% in its latest year, and Houlihan Lokey's grew 9.6%. Free cash flow was $1.2 billion at Evercore and $682 million at Houlihan Lokey. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 31 and March 31), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Evercore | Houlihan Lokey | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2026, Mar 31, 2026 |
| Revenue | $3.9B | $2.6B |
| Revenue growth | 29.5% | 9.6% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 11.2% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | — | 20.1% |
| Net margin | 15.3% | 16.3% |
| Free cash flow | $1.2B | $682M |
| Free cash flow margin | 30.5% | 26.1% |
| Return on capital | — | — |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −2.9x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $144M | $349M |
| Change in diluted share count | 1.2% | −0.3% |
| Last close | $257.40 | $131.21 |
| P/E at the last close | 14.5× | 22.0× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $580,860, sold $5.1 million | bought $500,570, sold $2.1 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 of 8 | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Evercore and Houlihan Lokey pages.