Q1 Earnings Forecast for HURN Issued By Wedbush

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Stock analysts at Wedbush issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives expects that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $1.19 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 Q2 2025 earnings at $1.79 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.03 EPS.

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

Several other brokerages have also weighed in on HURN. Barrington Research lifted their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $142.00 to $167.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. William Blair reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday. Benchmark increased their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 target price (up previously from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Huron Consulting Group has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $151.75.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

Shares of HURN stock opened at $152.46 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $2.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.14 and a beta of 0.59. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $126.92 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $117.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 1.61. Huron Consulting Group has a 52 week low of $84.26 and a 52 week high of $153.77.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Creative Planning increased its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 10.5% in the third 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. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 58,259 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $6,333,000 after acquiring an additional 1,398 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 4.7% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 380,024 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $41,308,000 after acquiring an additional 17,146 shares during the period. Olympiad Research LP bought a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the third quarter valued at about $299,000. Finally, Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 7.0% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,373 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $149,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. 93.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Huron Consulting Group

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were 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 directly owns 56,688 shares in the company, valued at $7,066,159.20. This represents a 0.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 12,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.00, for a total value of $1,875,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 12,172 shares in the company, valued at $1,825,800. This trade represents a 50.66 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 21,084 shares of company stock valued at $2,942,539. 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.