Barrington Research Raises Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) Price Target to $173.00

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) had its price objective upped by stock analysts at Barrington Research from $167.00 to $173.00 in a report issued on Monday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has an "outperform" rating on the business services provider's stock. Barrington Research's price target would suggest a potential upside of 14.98% from the company's current price. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group's Q2 2025 earnings at $1.83 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.08 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.54 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.11 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also commented on HURN. Wedbush boosted their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and set a $165.00 price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. William Blair reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Huron Consulting Group from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $170.75.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

Shares of Huron Consulting Group stock traded down $1.80 on Monday, reaching $150.46. The stock had a trading volume of 185,879 shares, compared to its average volume of 148,673. The business's 50 day moving average is $143.19 and its two-hundred day moving average is $131.10. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. Huron Consulting Group has a 1 year low of $84.87 and a 1 year high of $154.83. The company has a market cap of $2.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.71 and a beta of 0.23.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly 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 firm had revenue of $404.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $389.27 million. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 21.51%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.23 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Huron Consulting Group will post 6.1 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Huron Consulting Group

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.13, for a total transaction of $75,565.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 55,688 shares in the company, valued at $8,416,127.44. This represents a 0.89 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 12,500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $150.00, for a total value of $1,875,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 12,172 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,825,800. This represents a 50.66 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 76,239 shares of company stock valued at $11,168,801. Insiders own 2.15% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Huron Consulting Group during the 1st quarter valued at $35,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. CWM LLC raised its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 55.9% during the first quarter. CWM LLC now owns 407 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $58,000 after acquiring an additional 146 shares during the last quarter. Vestcor Inc purchased a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the first quarter worth about $60,000. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% in the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 569 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $71,000 after purchasing an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.90% of the company's stock.

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.