2,911 Shares in Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Bought by Aquatic Capital Management LLC

Aquatic Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 2,911 shares of the business services provider's stock, valued at approximately $362,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter worth about $33,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its stake 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 buying an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. Xponance Inc. acquired a new stake in Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter worth $204,000. Cibc World Markets Corp bought a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the fourth quarter worth about $204,000. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter worth about $209,000. 93.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Huron Consulting Group

In related news, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.03, for a total value of $252,060.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 48,534 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,116,740.02. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.13, for a total value of $75,565.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 55,688 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,416,127.44. This trade represents a 0.89 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 78,239 shares of company stock valued at $11,420,861 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 2.15% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have weighed in on the company. StockNews.com downgraded Huron Consulting Group from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday. Barrington Research increased their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $167.00 to $173.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. William Blair reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. Finally, Wedbush boosted their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $170.75.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ HURN traded up $0.95 during trading on Monday, hitting $148.31. The company had a trading volume of 265,914 shares, compared to its average volume of 148,282. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 52 week low of $84.87 and a 52 week high of $153.85. The business's 50-day moving average is $143.10 and its 200 day moving average is $130.24. The company has a market cap of $2.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.24 and a beta of 0.37. 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 (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.52. The business had revenue of $404.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $389.27 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 21.51% and a net margin of 5.80%. Huron Consulting Group's revenue was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.23 earnings per share. Equities research analysts predict that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 6.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Huron Consulting Group Profile

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.