William Blair Has Negative Forecast for HURN Q2 Earnings

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair decreased their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 30th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $1.93 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.94. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group's current full-year earnings is $6.11 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.89 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on HURN. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $140.00 price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday. Barrington Research reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $137.00 price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Monday, September 9th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $131.75.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Down 0.6 %

NASDAQ:HURN traded down $0.66 on Friday, hitting $115.07. The stock had a trading volume of 148,231 shares, compared to its average volume of 125,155. Huron Consulting Group has a 1 year low of $84.26 and a 1 year high of $118.10. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $107.48 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $100.67. The stock has a market cap of $2.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.02 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 1.93 and a current ratio of 1.61.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.11. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 21.51%. The firm had revenue of $370.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $377.63 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.39 EPS. The business's revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Huron Consulting Group

In other Huron Consulting Group news, CEO C. Mark Hussey sold 4,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.13, for a total transaction of $412,520.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 81,081 shares of the company's stock, valued at $8,361,883.53. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. In other Huron Consulting Group news, CEO C. Mark Hussey sold 4,000 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.13, for a total transaction of $412,520.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 81,081 shares of the company's stock, valued at $8,361,883.53. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.61, for a total transaction of $106,919.62. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 30,924 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,173,111.64. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 10,348 shares of company stock valued at $1,081,897 over the last three months. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Boston Partners lifted its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 36.6% in the 1st quarter. Boston Partners now owns 922,254 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $88,994,000 after acquiring an additional 247,218 shares during the last quarter. F M Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the 2nd quarter valued at about $10,202,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Huron Consulting Group during the 2nd quarter valued at about $9,533,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its position in Huron Consulting Group by 240.8% during the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 136,307 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $13,426,000 after acquiring an additional 96,308 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kennedy Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the 1st quarter worth approximately $5,614,000. 93.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.