Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Receives $205.50 Consensus PT from Brokerages

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the five ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $205.50.

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the company. Wedbush started coverage on Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $160.00 price target on the stock. Weiss Ratings downgraded Huron Consulting Group from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Barrington Research lifted their price target on Huron Consulting Group from $190.00 to $207.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.68, for a total value of $63,840.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 40,817 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,211,514.56. This trade represents a 1.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,296 shares of company stock valued at $185,796 in the last 90 days. 2.07% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Fifth Third Bancorp acquired a new stake in Huron Consulting Group in the 1st quarter valued at $122,000. Torray Investment Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 19.7% during the 1st quarter. Torray Investment Partners LLC now owns 15,578 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,986,000 after buying an additional 2,562 shares during the last quarter. Isthmus Partners LLC acquired a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the first quarter worth $1,516,000. Moran Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 25.3% in the 1st quarter. Moran Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,457 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $823,000 after buying an additional 1,303 shares during the period. Finally, Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd bought a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,264,000. 93.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Up 0.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:HURN opened at $131.29 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $2.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.44 and a beta of 0.15. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $130.66 and its 200-day simple moving average is $153.52. The company has a quick ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. Huron Consulting Group has a fifty-two week low of $116.12 and a fifty-two week high of $186.77.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The business services provider reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.94 by $0.23. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 28.20% and a net margin of 6.18%.The firm had revenue of $441.96 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $433.57 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.90 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Huron Consulting Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.350-9.150 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Huron Consulting Group will post 8.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Huron Consulting Group Company Profile

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) is a global professional services firm that advises organizations across a range of industries on strategy, operations and technology. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Chicago, the company helps clients address complex business challenges such as performance improvement, digital transformation and organizational change. Huron’s consultants work alongside executive leadership teams to develop and implement tailored solutions that drive growth, increase efficiency and manage risk.

Huron’s service offerings encompass business and financial advisory, healthcare performance improvement, life sciences consulting, higher education and research lifecycle support, as well as legal and regulatory consulting.