Huron Consulting Group (HURN) to Release Earnings on Tuesday

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) is expected to post its quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Tuesday, February 25th. Analysts expect Huron Consulting Group to post earnings of $1.52 per share and revenue of $380.62 million for the quarter. Individual that wish to listen to the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ HURN opened at $123.74 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.61. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $125.58 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $116.96. Huron Consulting Group has a one year low of $84.26 and a one year high of $133.96. The firm has a market cap of $2.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.90 and a beta of 0.59.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total transaction of $127,968.02. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 26,756 shares in the company, valued at $3,285,904.36. This represents a 3.75 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.03, for a total value of $252,060.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 48,534 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,116,740.02. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 8,584 shares of company stock worth $1,067,539. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have commented on the company. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $140.00 price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Barrington Research upped their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $137.00 to $142.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. StockNews.com raised Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Wedbush assumed coverage on Huron Consulting Group in a report on Monday, February 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Huron Consulting Group currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $133.00.

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.