William Blair Issues Negative Estimate for HURN Earnings

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a report released on Wednesday, April 30th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $2.05 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.10. William Blair has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group's current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.94 EPS.

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 earnings per share (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 firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.23 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and set a $165.00 target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. Wedbush increased their price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. Barrington Research upped their price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $167.00 to $173.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of 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 company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $170.75.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

Shares of Huron Consulting Group stock traded up $1.76 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $151.03. The company had a trading volume of 54,438 shares, compared to its average volume of 148,200. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $143.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $130.37. The company has a market capitalization of $2.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.90 and a beta of 0.23. Huron Consulting Group has a 1-year low of $84.87 and a 1-year high of $153.85. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of HURN. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its holdings in 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 acquiring an additional 27,329 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 543,236 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $67,503,000 after buying an additional 4,946 shares in the last quarter. Sunriver Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 10.7% during the fourth quarter. Sunriver Management LLC now owns 486,597 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $60,465,000 after purchasing an additional 46,968 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 16.4% in the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 460,650 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $57,240,000 after buying an additional 64,862 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 380,024 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $41,308,000 after purchasing an additional 17,146 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 12,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $150.00, for a total transaction of $1,875,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 12,172 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,825,800. The trade was a 50.66 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.63, for a total transaction of $66,815.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 51,621 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,898,114.23. The trade was a 0.96 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 76,239 shares of company stock valued at $11,168,801. 2.15% of the stock is owned by company 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.