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Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
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HLI in the last 90 days
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI) had 2 congress transactions by 1 member and 1 insider purchase worth $500,570 by 1 insider in filings from the last 90 days.
FINRA’s latest report (settlement 15 SEPT 2026) shows 2,588,193 shares held short, 3.1 days to cover, up 1.9% from the report before.
- Congress: 2 purchases and 0 sales reported, amounts in the bands the law requires.
- Insiders: open-market purchases only (Form 4 code P); a purchase filed by related owners counts once.
- Delay: each filing below shows how many days passed between the trade and its publication. None of this is real-time.
Latest filing on file: 10 SEPT 2026 · FINRA settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · public filings, reported as filed
What the filings show
What the filings show · last 90 days
3 of 4 sources
-7Balanced
The disclosed money is split, on what has actually been filed. Four sources agree on the picture.
- Short interest
- Short interest rose 45.5% — 1,778,379 to 2,588,193 shares between 15 JUL 2026 and 15 SEPT 2026. See the filings →
- -100
- Insider purchases
- 1 insider disclosed buying $500,570 across 1 filing.
- +46
This summarises filings that have already been published — it is not a forecast, a rating of the company, or advice. Every figure above is listed in full further down this page, with the document it came from.
FINRA short interest
Settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · shares held short
2,588,193shares held short
Days to cover
3.09
Avg daily volume
836,683
Since last report
+1.95%
As of 15 September 2026, 2,588,193 Houlihan Lokey, Inc. shares were held short — the total across every reporting firm, not one fund's position. That is 49,529 shares more than the previous report, a 1.95% increase. At the average daily volume of 836,683 shares, that position represents 3.09 days of trading — what the filing calls days to cover.
This is the most recent figure that exists, and it is 17 days old. FINRA collects short interest twice a month, on a settlement date, and publishes it about eight business days later. So nobody has a live short-interest number for HLI — not us, and not anyone quoting one. We print the settlement date on the figure so you always know which day you are looking at.
Across the 12 reports we hold, the position has risen from 1,353,427 shares on 31 March 2026 to 2,588,193 today, a change of 91.2%. The highest reading in that window was 2,588,193 shares on 15 September 2026.
| Settlement | Shares short | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|
| 15 SEPT 2026 | 2,588,193 | 3.09 |
| 31 AUG 2026 | 2,538,664 | 4.01 |
| 14 AUG 2026 | 2,320,023 | 2.42 |
| 31 JUL 2026 | 2,190,756 | 2.16 |
| 15 JUL 2026 | 1,778,379 | 1.68 |
| 30 JUN 2026 | 1,826,753 | 2.36 |
| 15 JUN 2026 | 1,660,706 | 2.69 |
| 29 MAY 2026 | 1,801,230 | 2.55 |
| 15 MAY 2026 | 1,838,597 | 1.93 |
| 30 APR 2026 | 1,467,585 | 3.49 |
| 15 APR 2026 | 1,240,910 | 2.00 |
| 31 MAR 2026 | 1,353,427 | 1.84 |
- What is HLI's short interest?
- 2,588,193 shares, as of the 15 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.
- What percentage of the float is short?
- We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.
- How current is this?
- It is 17 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.
- What does days to cover mean?
- It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 3.09. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.
- Where does this come from?
- FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.
Disclosed insider buying on file
$500,570across 1 purchase
Open-market purchases only — the amount is a fact, not a verdict.
On file here
Short positions0
Insider purchases1
Congress transactions5
Latest change10 SEPT 2026
Insider purchases on file
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
ALLEY J LINDSEYChief Financial Officer
BOUGHTCLASS A COMMON STOCK
$500,570
4,020 sh @ $124.52
03 AUG 2026 → filed 05 AUG 2026
Filed 2 days after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001302215-26-000069 →
Congress transactions on file
5 disclosed · newest first · every row links to its filing
| Who | Amount as filed | Traded | Filed | Lag | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hon. Gilbert Cisneros | BOUGHT | $1,001 – $15,000 | 07 AUG 2026 | 10 SEPT 2026 | 34 days |
| Hon. Gilbert Cisneros | BOUGHT | $1,001 – $15,000 | 16 JUL 2026 | 04 SEPT 2026 | 50 days — the law says 45 |
| Hon. Gilbert Cisneros | BOUGHT | $1,001 – $15,000 | 03 MAR 2026 | 07 APR 2026 | 35 days |
| Hon. Kelly Louise Morrison | SOLD | $1,001 – $15,000 | 04 JUN 2025 | 18 JUN 2025 | 14 days |
| Hon. Josh Gottheimer | SOLD | $1,001 – $15,000 · partial | 09 APR 2025 | 14 MAY 2025 | 35 days |