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Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC Buys 42,918 Shares of Huron Consulting Group Inc. $HURN

Written by MarketBeat
September 4, 2025
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Key Points

  • Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC significantly increased its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 226.9%, acquiring 42,918 additional shares to own 61,830 shares total, valued at approximately $8.87 million.
  • Huron Consulting Group recently achieved earnings per share of $1.89, surpassing analyst expectations, and reported a net margin of 6.60% with a year-over-year revenue growth of 8.3%.
  • Analysts have mixed ratings on Huron Consulting Group, with a consensus of "Buy" and a raised target price of $176.00 from Barrington Research after a previous downgrade to "hold" by Wall Street Zen.
  • MarketBeat previews the top five stocks to own by October 1st.

Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC increased its stake in Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN - Free Report) by 226.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 61,830 shares of the business services provider's stock after acquiring an additional 42,918 shares during the quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC owned 0.36% of Huron Consulting Group worth $8,869,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of HURN. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,039 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $502,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% during the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 569 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $71,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC increased its position 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 worth $58,000 after acquiring an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 15.6% during the first quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,094 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $157,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Aigen Investment Management LP increased its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 10.5% during the first quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP now owns 1,879 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $270,000 after acquiring an additional 178 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on HURN. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 9th. Barrington Research boosted their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $173.00 to $176.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $171.50.

Read Our Latest Stock Report on HURN

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

NASDAQ HURN opened at $136.96 on Tuesday. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 1 year low of $102.58 and a 1 year high of $155.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.99 and a quick ratio of 1.99. The firm has a market cap of $2.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.90 and a beta of 0.32. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $134.01 and a 200-day moving average price of $139.45.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The business services provider reported $1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.79 by $0.10. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 6.60% and a return on equity of 25.52%. The firm had revenue of $402.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $402.67 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.68 EPS. The business's revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Huron Consulting Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at 7.300-7.70 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 6.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Huron Consulting Group

In related news, insider Kyle Featherstone sold 375 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $135.73, for a total transaction of $50,898.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 1,311 shares in the company, valued at approximately $177,942.03. This represents a 22.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $129.11, for a total transaction of $64,555.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 51,317 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,625,537.87. The trade was a 0.96% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 4,711 shares of company stock worth $624,066 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 2.15% of the company's stock.

About Huron Consulting Group

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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.

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