Q3 EPS Estimate for Huron Consulting Group Lifted by Analyst

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair boosted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now anticipates that the business services provider will earn $2.10 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $2.04. William Blair currently 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 Q1 2026 earnings at $1.34 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.24 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on HURN. Benchmark increased their target price on Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Wedbush assumed coverage on Huron Consulting Group in a report on Monday, February 3rd. They issued an "outperform" rating on the stock. Truist Financial restated a "buy" rating and issued a $165.00 price objective (up previously from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, Barrington Research upped their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $142.00 to $167.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $151.75.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Down 2.6 %

NASDAQ:HURN traded down $4.04 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $148.42. The company's stock had a trading volume of 272,422 shares, compared to its average volume of 136,536. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.27 and a beta of 0.59. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $127.53 and a 200-day moving average of $118.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. Huron Consulting Group has a 52-week low of $84.26 and a 52-week high of $153.85.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.38. The firm had revenue of $399.31 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.62 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 21.51% and a net margin of 5.80%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in HURN. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its position in Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% in the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 569 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $71,000 after purchasing an additional 122 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in Huron Consulting Group by 7.0% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,373 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $149,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares during the period. Cibc World Markets Corp acquired a new stake in Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $204,000. Finally, Xponance Inc. acquired a new stake in Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $204,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Huron Consulting Group

In other news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.65, for a total transaction of $62,325.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 56,688 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,066,159.20. This represents a 0.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.70, for a total transaction of $247,400.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 52,825 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,534,452.50. This trade represents a 3.65 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 20,042 shares of company stock worth $2,814,571 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 2.02% of the company's stock.

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.