Houlihan Lokey Stock Options

HLI Stock  USD 162.27  0.56  0.34%   
Houlihan Lokey's latest option contracts expiring on June 20th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.35 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.45 over 38 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on June 20th 2025.

Open Interest Against June 20th 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Houlihan Lokey's distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Houlihan Lokey's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Houlihan Lokey's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

Houlihan Lokey Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-06-20 Option Contracts

Houlihan Lokey's max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Houlihan Lokey

Analyzing Houlihan Lokey's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Houlihan Lokey regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Houlihan Lokey's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Houlihan Lokey's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Houlihan Lokey's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

Houlihan Lokey In The Money Call Balance

When Houlihan Lokey's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Houlihan Lokey stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Houlihan Lokey's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Houlihan Lokey are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.

Houlihan Current Options Market Mood

Houlihan Lokey's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Houlihan Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Unfortunately, most Houlihan Lokey's options investors are not very successful. Houlihan Lokey's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current Houlihan contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Houlihan Lokey will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0219% per day over the life of the 2025-06-20 option contract. With Houlihan Lokey trading at USD 162.27, that is roughly USD 0.0355. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Houlihan Lokey's daily price movement you should consider buying Houlihan Lokey options at the current volatility level of 0.35%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Houlihan Lokey options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Houlihan calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Houlihan Lokey stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Houlihan Lokey Option Chain

When Houlihan Lokey's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Houlihan Lokey stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Houlihan Lokey's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Houlihan. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Houlihan. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Houlihan Lokey against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
HLI250620C002600000260.00.0 - 2.42.4Out
Call
HLI250620C00250000142250.00.0 - 0.951.3Out
Call
HLI250620C002400001240.00.0 - 2.51.85Out
Call
HLI250620C002300006230.00.0 - 2.550.75Out
Call
HLI250620C002200004220.00.0 - 2.653.7Out
Call
HLI250620C002100003210.00.0 - 2.82.25Out
Call
HLI250620C0020000026200.00.55 - 1.51.4Out
Call
HLI250620C001950005195.00.0 - 3.31.2Out
Call
HLI250620C0019000033190.00.0 - 3.71.3Out
Call
HLI250620C001850004185.00.1 - 4.34.2Out
Call
HLI250620C0018000013180.00.85 - 5.22.1Out
Call
HLI250620C0017500026175.02.3 - 6.53.6Out
Call
HLI250620C0017000035170.03.9 - 8.44.9Out
Call
HLI250620C001650001165.06.2 - 10.510.0Out
Call
HLI250620C001600001160.08.9 - 13.27.4In
Call
HLI250620C001550002155.012.2 - 16.712.2In
Call
HLI250620C0013000021130.033.3 - 37.030.5In
 Put
HLI250620P00090000190.00.0 - 2.150.35Out
 Put
HLI250620P001100001110.00.0 - 2.31.15Out
 Put
HLI250620P001250001125.00.0 - 2.951.1Out
 Put
HLI250620P0013500020135.00.0 - 3.92.05Out
 Put
HLI250620P0014500094145.00.6 - 5.43.2Out
 Put
HLI250620P001500001150.01.7 - 6.23.0Out
 Put
HLI250620P001550002155.03.1 - 7.58.0Out
 Put
HLI250620P001650003165.07.1 - 11.56.15In
 Put
HLI250620P0017000016170.09.9 - 14.413.6In
 Put
HLI250620P001750004175.012.9 - 17.57.9In
 Put
HLI250620P001800002180.017.0 - 21.59.7In
 Put
HLI250620P001850000185.021.1 - 25.321.1In
 Put
HLI250620P001900000190.025.6 - 29.825.6In
 Put
HLI250620P001950000195.030.3 - 34.530.3In
 Put
HLI250620P002000000200.035.2 - 39.335.2In
 Put
HLI250620P002100000210.045.1 - 49.345.1In
 Put
HLI250620P002200000220.055.1 - 59.355.1In
 Put
HLI250620P002300000230.065.1 - 69.365.1In
 Put
HLI250620P002400000240.075.1 - 79.375.1In
 Put
HLI250620P002500000250.085.1 - 89.385.1In
 Put
HLI250620P002600000260.095.1 - 99.395.1In

Houlihan Lokey Market Cap Over Time

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Houlihan Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

1.19 Billion

As of now, Houlihan Lokey's Total Stockholder Equity is increasing as compared to previous years.

Houlihan Lokey Corporate Directors

Robert SchriesheimIndependent Director NomineeProfile
Hideto NishitaniDirectorProfile
Paul ZuberIndependent DirectorProfile
James ScallanManaging DirectorProfile
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.337
Dividend Share
2.26
Earnings Share
5.26
Revenue Per Share
34.342
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.241
The market value of Houlihan Lokey is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Houlihan that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Houlihan Lokey's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Houlihan Lokey's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Houlihan Lokey's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Houlihan Lokey's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
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