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Teacher Retirement System of Texas Acquires 7,788 Shares of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN)

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Teacher Retirement System of Texas grew its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN - Free Report) by 32.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 31,781 shares of the business services provider's stock after buying an additional 7,788 shares during the quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas owned approximately 0.18% of Huron Consulting Group worth $4,559,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in HURN. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 205,376 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $25,520,000 after purchasing an additional 3,783 shares in the last quarter. Keybank National Association OH lifted its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 4,120 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $512,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares in the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp acquired a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the fourth quarter worth approximately $407,000. Aigen Investment Management LP bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the fourth quarter worth $211,000. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the fourth quarter valued at $1,301,000. 93.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on HURN. Wedbush lifted their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $165.00 price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. Barrington Research boosted their price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $167.00 to $173.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, May 5th. William Blair reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Huron Consulting Group from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Huron Consulting Group presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $170.75.

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Insider Activity at Huron Consulting Group

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director Joy Brown sold 668 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $149.74, for a total value of $100,026.32. Following the sale, the director owned 8,896 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,332,087.04. The trade was a 6.98% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,040 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the director directly owned 8,162 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,116,071.88. This represents a 11.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 2,708 shares of company stock valued at $377,421. 2.15% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Huron Consulting Group Trading Down 2.0%

NASDAQ HURN traded down $2.66 on Friday, reaching $132.50. The company had a trading volume of 194,554 shares, compared to its average volume of 155,735. The stock's 50 day moving average is $142.38 and its 200-day moving average is $137.46. The stock has a market cap of $2.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.87 and a beta of 0.28. The company has a quick ratio of 2.08, a current ratio of 2.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.14. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 52 week low of $97.40 and a 52 week high of $155.00.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.52. The company had revenue of $404.14 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $389.27 million. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 7.88% and a return on equity of 24.68%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.23 earnings per share. Equities analysts predict that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 6.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Huron Consulting Group Profile

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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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