Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) Director Ekta Singh-Bushell Sells 443 Shares

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director Ekta Singh-Bushell sold 443 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $118.44, for a total transaction of $52,468.92. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 13,646 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,616,232.24. This represents a 3.14% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Ekta Singh-Bushell also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, April 2nd, Ekta Singh-Bushell sold 126 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.93, for a total transaction of $15,993.18.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:HURN traded down $6.45 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $103.78. The stock had a trading volume of 45,107 shares, compared to its average volume of 282,086. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 52 week low of $102.67 and a 52 week high of $186.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.71 and a beta of 0.15. The company has a quick ratio of 2.22, a current ratio of 2.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.10. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $129.07 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $152.32.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The business services provider reported $1.73 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.15. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 5.94% and a return on equity of 29.41%. The company had revenue of $451.77 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $437.12 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.68 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Huron Consulting Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.350-9.150 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 8.72 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 641,714 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $81,811,000 after purchasing an additional 12,528 shares in the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 13.6% in the 1st quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 667,887 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $85,149,000 after purchasing an additional 80,132 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 67.4% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 2,273 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $290,000 after purchasing an additional 915 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the 1st quarter valued at $122,000. Finally, Torray Investment Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 19.7% in the 1st quarter. Torray Investment Partners LLC now owns 15,578 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,986,000 after purchasing an additional 2,562 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on HURN. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $160.00 target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $205.50.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) is a global professional services firm that advises organizations across a range of industries on strategy, operations and technology. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Chicago, the company helps clients address complex business challenges such as performance improvement, digital transformation and organizational change. Huron’s consultants work alongside executive leadership teams to develop and implement tailored solutions that drive growth, increase efficiency and manage risk.

Huron’s service offerings encompass business and financial advisory, healthcare performance improvement, life sciences consulting, higher education and research lifecycle support, as well as legal and regulatory consulting.