Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) Receives “Outperform” Rating from William Blair

William Blair restated their outperform rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) in a research report report published on Wednesday morning,RTT News reports. William Blair also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group’s Q1 2025 earnings at $1.17 EPS, Q2 2025 earnings at $1.83 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.10 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.99 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.09 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.34 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.34 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.24 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.00 EPS.

HURN has been the subject of several other research reports. Benchmark boosted their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $165.00 price target (up from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday. Barrington Research lifted their price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $137.00 to $142.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Wedbush assumed coverage on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Monday, February 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $151.75.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

HURN opened at $152.46 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $126.92 and a 200-day moving average of $117.81. The company has a market capitalization of $2.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.14 and a beta of 0.59. Huron Consulting Group has a 1-year low of $84.26 and a 1-year high of $153.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 1.61.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.38. The company had revenue of $399.31 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $380.62 million. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 21.51%. Equities analysts expect that Huron Consulting Group will post 6.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Huron Consulting Group

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 12,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.00, for a total transaction of $1,875,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 12,172 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,825,800. The trade was a 50.66 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.03, for a total transaction of $252,060.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 48,534 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,116,740.02. The trade was a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 21,084 shares of company stock valued at $2,942,539 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of HURN. Creative Planning lifted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 10.5% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 2,588 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $281,000 after acquiring an additional 246 shares during the period. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 58,259 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $6,333,000 after acquiring an additional 1,398 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 380,024 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $41,308,000 after acquiring an additional 17,146 shares during the period. Olympiad Research LP acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $299,000. Finally, Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 7.0% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,373 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $149,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the period. 93.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group Inc, a professional services firm, provides consultancy services in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. The Healthcare segment provides financial and operational performance improvement consulting services; digital offerings, spanning technology and analytic-related services; software products; organizational transformation services; revenue cycle managed and outsourcing services; financial and capital advisory consulting services; and strategy and innovation consulting services to national and regional health systems, academic and community health systems, federal health system, public, children’s and critical access hospitals, physician practices and medical groups, payors, and long-term care or post-acute providers.