AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc Buys Shares of 11,900 Huron Consulting Group Inc. $HURN

Key Points

• AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc bought a new stake of 11,900 Huron shares in Q4 valued at about $2.05 million, and institutional investors now own roughly 93.9% of the company.
• Huron beat Q4 estimates with $2.17 EPS (vs. $1.94 expected) and $441.96M revenue, and set FY2026 guidance of $8.35–$9.15 EPS while analysts forecast about 8.71 EPS for the year.
• Analyst sentiment is mixed — a couple of downgrades to Hold from Wall Street Zen and Weiss, but new/outperform ratings and higher targets from Wedbush and Barrington leave a consensus of “Moderate Buy” with an average target of $205.50.

AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc bought a new stake in Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 11,900 shares of the business services provider's stock, valued at approximately $2,054,000. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc owned approximately 0.07% of Huron Consulting Group as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. SG Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 131.8% during the third quarter. SG Capital Management LLC now owns 250,489 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $36,764,000 after buying an additional 142,448 shares in the last quarter. BloombergSen Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 56.2% in the 3rd quarter. BloombergSen Inc. now owns 365,167 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $53,596,000 after purchasing an additional 131,365 shares during the period. Boston Partners increased its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 17.0% in the 3rd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 888,045 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $130,803,000 after purchasing an additional 129,073 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans purchased a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the third quarter worth approximately $11,633,000. Finally, Sunriver Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 19.5% during the third quarter. Sunriver Management LLC now owns 451,985 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $66,338,000 after purchasing an additional 73,774 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

HURN has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating in a research report on Friday. Wedbush started coverage on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $160.00 target price for the company. Finally, Barrington Research boosted their price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $190.00 to $207.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, January 5th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $205.50.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

NASDAQ HURN opened at $126.51 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.10 billion, a PE ratio of 21.63 and a beta of 0.19. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 12-month low of $116.12 and a 12-month high of $186.77. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $130.75 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $154.11.

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

Insider Transactions at Huron Consulting Group

In related news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.68, for a total transaction of $63,840.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 40,817 shares in the company, valued at $5,211,514.56. The trade was a 1.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 1,296 shares of company stock worth $185,796 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 2.07% of the company's stock.

Huron Consulting Group 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.

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