Reviewing Aeries Technology (NASDAQ:AERT) & Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN)

Aeries Technology (NASDAQ:AERT) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Aeries Technology and Huron Consulting Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aeries Technology	0	0	0	0	N/A
Huron Consulting Group	0	0	4	0	3.00

Huron Consulting Group has a consensus price target of $131.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.18%. Given Huron Consulting Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than Aeries Technology.

Risk & Volatility

Aeries Technology has a beta of -0.52, indicating that its share price is 152% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aeries Technology and Huron Consulting Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aeries Technology	N/A	N/A	-$1.53 million	N/A	N/A
Huron Consulting Group	$1.46 billion	1.36	$62.48 million	$3.47	31.86

Huron Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aeries Technology.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

99.2% of Aeries Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Aeries Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Aeries Technology and Huron Consulting Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aeries Technology	N/A	N/A	-18.17%
Huron Consulting Group	5.46%	20.44%	8.16%

Summary

Huron Consulting Group beats Aeries Technology on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aeries Technology

Aeries Technology, Inc. operates as a professional services and consulting partner in the United States and internationally. The company offers management consultancy services for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, including software solutions, product management, IT infrastructure, information and cyber security, ERP and CRM platform management, business process management, and digital transformation services. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Orem, Utah.

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. The Education segment provides digital solutions, spanning technology, and analytic-related services; Huron Research product suite, a software suite designed to facilitate and enhance research administration service delivery and compliance; research-focused consulting and managed services; strategy and operations consulting services for public and private colleges and universities, research institutes, and other education-related organizations. The Commercial segment delivers digital services and software products, and financial advisory services to financial, energy and utilities, professional and business services, life science, consumer products, and industrials and manufacturing industries, as well as public sector and nonprofit organizations. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.