Huron Consulting Group (HURN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The Education segment provides digital solutions, spanning technology, and analytic-related services; Huron Research product suite, a software suite designed to facilitate and enhance research administration service delivery and compliance; research-focused consulting and managed services; strategy and operations consulting services for public and private colleges and universities, research institutes, and other education-related organizations. The Commercial segment delivers digital services and software products, and financial advisory services to financial, energy and utilities, professional and business services, life science, consumer products, and industrials and manufacturing industries, as well as public sector and nonprofit organizations. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $118.33 to $123.20
• 50-Day Range: $103.48 to $129.83
• 52-Week Range: $84.26 to $131.06
• Volume: 197,438 shs
• Average Volume: 119,992 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.16 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.51
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $133.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Huron Consulting Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Huron Consulting Group scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 41st out of 330 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Huron Consulting Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Huron Consulting Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.28%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Huron Consulting Group are expected to grow by 13.28% in the coming year, from $6.10 to $6.91 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Huron Consulting Group is 26.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 115.29.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Huron Consulting Group is 26.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 27.81.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Huron Consulting Group has a P/B Ratio of 4.29. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.90% of the float of Huron Consulting Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Huron Consulting Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Huron Consulting Group has recently decreased by 2.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Huron Consulting Group does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Huron Consulting Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.17

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.90% of the float of Huron Consulting Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Huron Consulting Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Huron Consulting Group has recently decreased by 2.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.19

News Sentiment

Huron Consulting Group has a news sentiment score of 1.19. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Huron Consulting Group this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for HURN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Huron Consulting Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Huron Consulting Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $865,710.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.02% of the stock of Huron Consulting Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

93.90% of the stock of Huron Consulting Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

HURN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have HURN shares performed this year?

Huron Consulting Group's stock was trading at $102.80 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, HURN stock has increased by 18.6% and is now trading at $121.95.
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How were Huron Consulting Group's earnings last quarter?

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The business services provider reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.11. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Does Huron Consulting Group have any subsidiaries?

Huron Consulting Group subsidiaries include these companies: ADI Strategies, Innosight, HSM Consulting, MyRounding, Rittman Mead, Studer Group, AdamsGrayson, and others.

Who are Huron Consulting Group's major shareholders?

Huron Consulting Group's top institutional shareholders include Jennison Associates LLC (3.24%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.03%), UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC (2.76%) and State Street Corp (2.51%). Insiders that own company stock include C Mark Hussey, John Mccartney, James H Roth, John D Kelly, Debra Zumwalt, Hugh E Sawyer III, Ernest W Jr Torain, Ekta Singh-Bushell and Kyle Featherstone.
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How do I buy shares of Huron Consulting Group?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Huron Consulting Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Huron Consulting Group investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), Arista Networks (ANET) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/29/2024
• Today: 12/20/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Management consulting services
• Sub-Industry: Research & Consulting Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:HURN
• CUSIP: 44746210
• CIK: 1289848
• Web: www.huronconsultinggroup.com
• Phone: (312) 583-8700
• Fax: 650-404-5901
• Employees: 6,480
• Year Founded: 2002

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $133.00
• High Stock Price Target: $142.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $110.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $4.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.51
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.99
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $62.48 million
• Net Margins: 5.80%
• Pretax Margin: 7.40%
• Return on Equity: 21.51%
• Return on Assets: 8.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.82
• Current Ratio: 1.61
• Quick Ratio: 1.61

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.47 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.47
• Cash Flow: $6.46 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.87
• Book Value: $28.42 per share
• Price / Book: 4.29

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 17,741,000
• Free Float: 17,383,000
• Market Cap: $2.16 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.60