Q1 EPS Estimate for Huron Consulting Group Lifted by Analyst

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – William Blair increased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report issued 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 announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 company had revenue of $399.31 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.62 million.

HURN has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Wedbush assumed coverage on Huron Consulting Group in a report on Monday, February 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. StockNews.com raised Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price target (up previously from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday. Barrington Research boosted their price target on Huron Consulting Group from $142.00 to $167.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, 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 note on Wednesday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $151.75.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

Shares of HURN opened at $149.58 on Thursday. Huron Consulting Group has a twelve month low of $84.26 and a twelve month high of $153.77. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $126.33 and its two-hundred day moving average is $117.59. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.65 billion, a PE ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.70, for a total transaction of $247,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 52,825 shares in the company, valued at $6,534,452.50. The trade was a 3.65 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total value of $127,968.02. Following the transaction, the director now owns 26,756 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,285,904.36. This represents a 3.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 8,584 shares of company stock worth $1,067,539 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of HURN. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter valued at $33,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC raised its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% in the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 569 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $71,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. 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 during the last quarter. Cibc World Markets Corp acquired a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter valued at $204,000. Finally, Xponance Inc. acquired a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter valued at $204,000. 93.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.