Q3 Earnings Estimate for HURN Issued By Wedbush

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Investment analysts at Wedbush issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a research note issued on Wednesday, February 26th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.89 per share for the quarter. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group’s current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.39 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.26 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.01 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.73 EPS.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.52 by $0.38. The firm had revenue of $399.31 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $380.62 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 21.51% and a net margin of 5.80%.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Benchmark lifted their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday. Barrington Research increased their price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $142.00 to $167.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $165.00 price objective (up previously from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday. Finally, StockNews.com raised Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, Huron Consulting Group currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $151.75.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

Shares of HURN opened at $149.58 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 1.61. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $126.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $117.59. Huron Consulting Group has a fifty-two week low of $84.26 and a fifty-two week high of $153.77.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in HURN. Jennison Associates LLC grew its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 601,335 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $74,722,000 after buying an additional 27,329 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 543,236 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $67,503,000 after acquiring an additional 4,946 shares during the period. Sunriver Management LLC raised its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 10.7% in the 4th quarter. Sunriver Management LLC now owns 486,597 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $60,465,000 after acquiring an additional 46,968 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 16.4% during the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 460,650 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $57,240,000 after purchasing an additional 64,862 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 445,694 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $48,447,000 after purchasing an additional 8,972 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Huron Consulting Group

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total transaction of $127,968.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 26,756 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,285,904.36. This trade represents a 3.75 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.03, for a total transaction of $252,060.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 48,534 shares in the company, valued at $6,116,740.02. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 8,584 shares of company stock valued at $1,067,539. Corporate insiders own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

Huron Consulting Group Company Profile

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.