Contrasting Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) & Nukkleus (NASDAQ:NUKK)

Nukkleus (NASDAQ:NUKK) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings and dividends.

Volatility and Risk

Nukkleus has a beta of -0.32, indicating that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.5% of Nukkleus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. 69.8% of Nukkleus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Nukkleus and Huron Consulting Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nukkleus	0	0	0	0	N/A
Huron Consulting Group	0	0	3	0	3.00

Huron Consulting Group has a consensus price target of $129.33, suggesting a potential upside of 40.09%. Given Huron Consulting Group’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than Nukkleus.

Profitability

This table compares Nukkleus and Huron Consulting Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nukkleus	N/A	N/A	-4.47%
Huron Consulting Group	4.47%	17.77%	7.64%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Nukkleus and Huron Consulting Group’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nukkleus	N/A	N/A	-$970,000.00	N/A	N/A
Huron Consulting Group	$1.40 billion	1.22	$62.48 million	$3.20	28.85

Huron Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than Nukkleus.

Summary

Huron Consulting Group beats Nukkleus on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nukkleus

Nukkleus Inc., a financial technology company, focuses on providing software and technology solutions for retail foreign exchange trading industry worldwide. The company primarily offers software, technology, customer sales and marketing, and risk management technology hardware and software solutions. It also offers payment services from one fiat currency to another or to digital assets. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Nukkleus Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Global Elite Holdings Ltd.

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. 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.