William Blair Issues Positive Forecast for HURN Earnings

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Analysts at William Blair upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a report released on Wednesday, February 26th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.17 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.14. 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 Q2 2025 earnings at $1.83 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.99 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.09 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.34 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.00 EPS.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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. 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 research firms have also recently commented on HURN. Truist Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $165.00 price objective (up from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday. Wedbush initiated coverage on Huron Consulting Group in a report on Monday, February 3rd. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. StockNews.com raised Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Barrington Research upped their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $137.00 to $142.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Benchmark lifted their price target 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. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $145.50.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

Huron Consulting Group stock opened at $148.18 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $126.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $117.59. The stock has a market cap of $2.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.21 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. Huron Consulting Group has a 1-year low of $84.26 and a 1-year high of $153.77.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total value of $127,968.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 26,756 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,285,904.36. The trade was a 3.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.03, for a total transaction of $252,060.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 48,534 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,116,740.02. This trade represents a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 8,584 shares of company stock valued at $1,067,539. Corporate insiders own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of HURN. Dakota Wealth Management boosted its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Dakota Wealth Management now owns 2,250 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $280,000 after purchasing an additional 87 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in Huron Consulting Group by 7.0% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,373 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $149,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 5.5% in the 4th quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 1,838 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $228,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. Andina Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Andina Capital Management LLC now owns 3,296 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $410,000 after buying an additional 107 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Martingale Asset Management L P increased its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 0.5% during the third quarter. Martingale Asset Management L P now owns 20,479 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,226,000 after buying an additional 110 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.90% 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.