John Mccartney Sells 300 Shares of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Stock

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director John Mccartney sold 300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.16, for a total transaction of $29,748.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 57,688 shares in the company, valued at $5,720,342.08. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

John Mccartney also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, June 11th, John Mccartney sold 1,259 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.38, for a total value of $120,083.42.
• On Monday, June 3rd, John Mccartney sold 300 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $89.00, for a total value of $26,700.00.
• On Wednesday, May 1st, John Mccartney sold 300 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.06, for a total value of $27,018.00.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

Huron Consulting Group stock opened at $97.69 on Friday. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 1 year low of $77.99 and a 1 year high of $113.31. The company’s 50-day moving average is $91.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $96.98. The company has a current ratio of 2.40, a quick ratio of 2.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.13. The company has a market cap of $1.76 billion, a PE ratio of 28.15 and a beta of 0.61.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 30th. The business services provider reported $1.23 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.35. The business had revenue of $355.96 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $348.80 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 19.21% and a net margin of 4.67%. The firm’s revenue was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.87 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 5.83 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. ProShare Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 6.0% during the first quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 3,342 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $323,000 after purchasing an additional 188 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL raised its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 10,512 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,016,000 after buying an additional 218 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc. bought a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Covestor Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 26,500.0% in the first quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 266 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 265 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. increased its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 9,927 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,020,000 after acquiring an additional 396 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on HURN. Truist Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $140.00 price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Thursday, May 16th. Barrington Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $133.00 target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Tuesday, May 28th. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $140.00 price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Monday. Finally, Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $110.00 price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Thursday, May 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $130.75.

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.