Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) Price Target Raised to $176.00

Key Points

• Barrington Research increased Huron Consulting Group's price target from $173.00 to $176.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.05% from its current stock price.
• Despite the upgraded forecast, Wall Street Zen lowered its rating for Huron Consulting Group from "buy" to "hold," resulting in a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" among analysts.
• Huron Consulting Group reported a quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $1.89, surpassing estimates by $0.10, with revenue growth of 8.3% year-over-year.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) had its price target increased by Barrington Research from $173.00 to $176.00 in a note issued to investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has an "outperform" rating on the business services provider's stock. Barrington Research's price objective would suggest a potential upside of 34.16% from the company's current price. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.90 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.03 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.51 EPS.

Separately, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Huron Consulting Group presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $171.50.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Down 1.4%

HURN traded down $1.81 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $131.19. 313,060 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 206,170. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 1.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.27 billion, a PE ratio of 22.90 and a beta of 0.26. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $134.86 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $138.56. Huron Consulting Group has a 1 year low of $102.50 and a 1 year high of $155.00.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The business services provider reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.79 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $402.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $402.67 million. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 6.60% and a return on equity of 25.52%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.68 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Huron Consulting Group will post 6.1 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,040 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.74, for a total transaction of $142,209.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 8,162 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,116,071.88. This trade represents a 11.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $128.98, for a total value of $257,960.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 43,304 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,585,349.92. The trade was a 4.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 4,708 shares of company stock worth $633,121. Insiders own 2.15% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 53.4% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 3,843 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $478,000 after purchasing an additional 1,338 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 29.6% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 101,041 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $12,555,000 after acquiring an additional 23,059 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 60.5% during the 4th quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 31,468 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $3,910,000 after acquiring an additional 11,860 shares during the period. ExodusPoint Capital Management LP grew its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 20.9% during the 4th quarter. ExodusPoint Capital Management LP now owns 12,512 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,555,000 after acquiring an additional 2,160 shares during the period. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 62.9% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 10,205 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,268,000 after acquiring an additional 3,940 shares during the period. 93.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Huron Consulting Group Company 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.