What is William Blair’s Estimate for HURN FY2025 Earnings?

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Research analysts at William Blair lifted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a report released on Wednesday, April 30th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now forecasts that the business services provider will earn $7.50 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $7.09. 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 $1.32 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.11 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.40 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.33 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.15 EPS.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.16 by $0.52. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 21.51% and a net margin of 5.80%. The company had revenue of $404.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $389.27 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.23 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Wedbush boosted their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. Barrington Research reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $167.00 price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Thursday, March 27th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $165.00 price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Huron Consulting Group has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $169.25.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

NASDAQ HURN opened at $147.36 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.03 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $143.09 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $129.64. Huron Consulting Group has a 1 year low of $84.87 and a 1 year high of $153.85.

Insider Transactions at Huron Consulting Group

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.15, for a total transaction of $130,406.30. Following the transaction, the director now owns 24,672 shares in the company, valued at $3,087,700.80. This trade represents a 4.05 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO C. Mark Hussey sold 27,672 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.91, for a total transaction of $4,037,621.52. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 81,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,835,927.38. The trade was a 25.44 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 78,781 shares of company stock worth $11,484,452. Company insiders own 2.15% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Bailard Inc. acquired a new stake in Huron Consulting Group during the first quarter worth approximately $230,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 13.2% during the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 8,711 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,250,000 after purchasing an additional 1,019 shares in the last quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. bought a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the first quarter worth $1,178,000. CWM LLC raised its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 55.9% in the first quarter. CWM LLC now owns 407 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $58,000 after purchasing an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Xponance Inc. lifted its position in Huron Consulting Group by 18.3% during the first quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 1,942 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $279,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares during the period. 93.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.