Barrington Research Comments on HURN Q1 Earnings

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN - Free Report) - Analysts at Barrington Research issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, February 27th. Barrington Research analyst K. Steinke expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.14 per share for the quarter. Barrington Research has a "Outperform" rating and a $167.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group's current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group's Q2 2025 earnings at $1.82 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.95 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.10 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.00 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.03 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on HURN. William Blair restated an "outperform" rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Benchmark upped their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Wedbush assumed coverage on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. They set an "outperform" rating for the company. Finally, Truist Financial reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $165.00 target price (up from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Six 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 an average target price of $151.75.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

Shares of Huron Consulting Group stock traded down $4.04 on Friday, reaching $148.42. The stock had a trading volume of 272,422 shares, compared to its average volume of 136,536. The business's 50-day moving average price is $127.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $118.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 1.61. Huron Consulting Group has a fifty-two week low of $84.26 and a fifty-two week high of $153.85. The stock has a market cap of $2.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.27 and a beta of 0.59.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.52 by $0.38. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 21.51%. The business had revenue of $399.31 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $380.62 million.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter worth about $33,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% during the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 569 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $71,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 7.0% during the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,373 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $149,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. Cibc World Markets Corp bought a new stake in Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter worth about $204,000. Finally, Xponance Inc. acquired a new position in Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter valued at about $204,000. Institutional investors own 93.90% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.69, for a total value of $247,380.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 50,534 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,250,550.46. This represents a 3.81 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was 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 directly owns 56,688 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,066,159.20. The trade was a 0.87 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 20,042 shares of company stock worth $2,814,571. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.