Insider Selling: Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director Sells $130,406.30 in Stock

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.15, for a total transaction of $130,406.30. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 24,672 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,087,700.80. The trade was a 4.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

H Eugene Lockhart also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 2nd, H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total transaction of $127,968.02.

Huron Consulting Group Trading Down 1.0 %

Shares of HURN opened at $125.30 on Friday. 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 Inc. has a 12 month low of $84.26 and a 12 month high of $133.96. The stock has a market cap of $2.22 billion, a PE ratio of 27.24 and a beta of 0.59. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $124.42 and its two-hundred day moving average is $115.49.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of HURN. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 121.8% during the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,014 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $694,000 after purchasing an additional 3,851 shares in the last quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB grew its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 11.8% during the 3rd quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 3,800 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $413,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning increased its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 10.5% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 2,588 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $281,000 after buying an additional 246 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 42.6% in the 3rd quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 8,452 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $919,000 after buying an additional 2,524 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its position in Huron Consulting Group by 5.4% in the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 143,714 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $15,622,000 after buying an additional 7,407 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently weighed in on HURN. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $140.00 target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Wedbush assumed coverage on Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. StockNews.com upgraded Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Barrington Research raised 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. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $133.00.

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.