William Blair Issues Optimistic Estimate for HURN Earnings

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Research analysts at William Blair boosted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now expects that the business services provider will earn $2.10 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.04. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group’s current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.34 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.24 EPS.

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

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on HURN. Benchmark raised their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Barrington Research boosted their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $142.00 to $167.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $165.00 target price (up from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Wedbush initiated coverage on Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $151.75.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ HURN opened at $152.46 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $127.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $118.15. Huron Consulting Group has a 12 month low of $84.26 and a 12 month high of $153.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.14 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.61.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $33,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% during the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 569 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $71,000 after purchasing an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 7.0% during the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,373 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $149,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. Cibc World Markets Corp purchased a new stake in Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter worth approximately $204,000. Finally, Xponance Inc. purchased a new stake in Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter worth approximately $204,000. 93.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $124.65, for a total transaction of $62,325.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 56,688 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,066,159.20. This trade represents a 0.87 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of Huron Consulting Group 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 sale, the director now owns 26,756 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,285,904.36. This represents a 3.75 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 21,084 shares of company stock valued at $2,942,539 over the last three months. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.