HLI - Latest News

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI), operates in Financial Services / Financial - Capital Markets, trades on NYSE.

Market capitalization stands near $9.57B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 21.59. Beta to the broader market is 0.95.

The article list below shows the most recent HLI headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent HLI Headlines

Houlihan Lokey to Acquire Intrepid Financial Partners

gurufocus.com - Jun 30, 2026

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

Houlihan Lokey to Acquire Intrepid Financial Partners

businesswire.com - Jun 30, 2026

HOUSTON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Houlihan Lokey has agreed to acquire Intrepid Financial Partners, LLC, an independent investment bank focused on

Morningstar Indexes & Houlihan Lokey to Launch Daily Valued Index Suite for the Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) Market.

businesswire.com - Jun 24, 2026

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment insights and market data, today announced a

Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of June 7

seekingalpha.com - Jun 5, 2026

A weekly summary of dividend activity for Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers. Companies which changed their dividends.

Houlihan Lokey Expands GP-Led Secondaries Capabilities into Real Estate With Senior Hire in Capital Solutions Group

businesswire.com - Jun 4, 2026

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bodo Krug von Nidda has joined Houlihan Lokey in New York as a Managing Director in Capital Solutions. He will focus on re

How News Affects HLI Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track HLI's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked HLI news questions

What is the latest HLI news headline?

The most recent HLI headline (Jun 30, 2026) is "Houlihan Lokey to Acquire Intrepid Financial Partners". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the HLI news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What HLI news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual HLI options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.