Barrington Research Weighs in on HURN Q1 Earnings

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURNFree Report) – Equities researchers at Barrington Research issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 27th. Barrington Research analyst K. Steinke forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $1.14 for the quarter. Barrington Research currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $167.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group’s current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.82 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.95 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.10 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.00 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.03 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday. Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price objective (up previously from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday. Wedbush initiated coverage on Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, Benchmark lifted their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $151.75.

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Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

Shares of Huron Consulting Group stock opened at $152.46 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $2.70 billion, a PE ratio of 33.14 and a beta of 0.59. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $127.53 and a 200-day simple moving average of $118.15. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. Huron Consulting Group has a 12 month low of $84.26 and a 12 month high of $153.77.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURNGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.38. The business 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%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total value of $127,968.02. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 26,756 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,285,904.36. The trade was a 3.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, 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, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.70, for a total value of $247,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 52,825 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,534,452.50. This represents a 3.65 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 21,084 shares of company stock valued at $2,942,539 over the last quarter. Insiders own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Quest Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 131.9% in the third quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 13,814 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,502,000 after buying an additional 7,858 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 29.1% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 538,290 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $58,512,000 after purchasing an additional 121,371 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 61.3% in the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 11,972 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,488,000 after purchasing an additional 4,550 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 20.5% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 395,788 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $42,306,000 after purchasing an additional 67,239 shares during the period. Finally, Atom Investors LP bought a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the third quarter worth about $1,159,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Huron Consulting Group Company Profile

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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.

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