Wedbush Expects Reduced Earnings for Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, April 30th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now expects that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $1.77 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.79. Wedbush currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $165.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group's current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.86 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.27 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.22 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.23 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.51 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on HURN. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $165.00 target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. Truist Financial upped their target price on Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. William Blair reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. Finally, Barrington Research reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $167.00 price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Thursday, March 27th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Huron Consulting Group presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $169.25.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

NASDAQ:HURN opened at $140.92 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.63 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $142.65 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $129.37. Huron Consulting Group has a 52 week low of $84.26 and a 52 week high of $153.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.52. The business had revenue of $404.14 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $389.27 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 21.51% and a net margin of 5.80%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 11.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.23 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HURN. Jennison Associates LLC raised its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 4.8% in the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 601,335 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $74,722,000 after buying an additional 27,329 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 543,236 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $67,503,000 after purchasing an additional 4,946 shares during the last quarter. Sunriver Management LLC boosted its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 10.7% in the 4th quarter. Sunriver Management LLC now owns 486,597 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $60,465,000 after buying an additional 46,968 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 16.4% during the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 460,650 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $57,240,000 after acquiring an additional 64,862 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 4.7% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 380,024 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $41,308,000 after acquiring an additional 17,146 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.15, for a total value of $130,406.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 24,672 shares in the company, valued at $3,087,700.80. This trade represents a 4.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.03, for a total transaction of $252,060.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 48,534 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,116,740.02. This trade represents a 3.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 78,781 shares of company stock worth $11,484,452. 2.15% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.

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