Q1 EPS Forecast for Huron Consulting Group Lifted by Analyst

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Equities research analysts at William Blair raised their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report released on Wednesday, February 26th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.17 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast 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 released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.38. The business had revenue of $399.31 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.62 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 21.51% and a net margin of 5.80%.

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

Huron Consulting Group Trading Up 1.9 %

Shares of Huron Consulting Group stock opened at $152.46 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $2.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.14 and a beta of 0.59. 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. The business’s 50 day moving average is $126.92 and its 200-day moving average is $117.81.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its stake 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 acquiring an additional 122 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. raised its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Xponance Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter valued at $204,000. Finally, Cibc World Markets Corp bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter valued at $204,000. Institutional investors own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Huron Consulting Group

In related news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 directly owns 56,688 shares of the company’s stock, 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 is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.70, for a total value of $247,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 52,825 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,534,452.50. This represents a 3.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 21,084 shares of company stock worth $2,942,539 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

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.