Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 6.800-7.600 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 7.160. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.6 billion-$1.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.6 billion.

Huron Consulting Group Trading Down 2.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:HURN traded down $4.03 during trading on Monday, hitting $137.47. The company had a trading volume of 114,719 shares, compared to its average volume of 143,307. 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 company has a fifty day simple moving average of $141.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $127.80. The stock has a market cap of $2.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.88 and a beta of 0.37. Huron Consulting Group has a one year low of $84.26 and a one year high of $153.85.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 business had revenue of $399.31 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.62 million. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Huron Consulting Group will post 6.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on the company. Wedbush raised their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Truist Financial increased their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and set a $165.00 price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. William Blair restated an "outperform" rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. Finally, Barrington Research reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $167.00 price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Thursday, March 27th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $169.25.

Insider Transactions at Huron Consulting Group

In related news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.15, for a total transaction of $130,406.30. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 24,672 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,087,700.80. The trade was a 4.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.13, for a total value of $75,565.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 55,688 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,416,127.44. The trade was a 0.89 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 78,781 shares of company stock valued at $11,484,452 in the last three months. 2.15% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.