NASDAQ:HURN - Huron Consulting Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Huron Consulting Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HURN."

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The business services provider reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.13. The business services provider earned $219.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $211.59 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 10.40% and a net margin of 3.25%. Huron Consulting Group's revenue for the quarter was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.64 EPS. View Huron Consulting Group's Earnings History.

Huron Consulting Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Huron Consulting Group.

4 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Huron Consulting Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Huron Consulting Group's stock price to reach $72.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huron Consulting Group.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huron Consulting Group in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Huron Consulting Group.

Media coverage about HURN stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huron Consulting Group earned a news impact score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Huron Consulting Group.

Huron Consulting Group saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 121,700 shares, a drop of 15.3% from the December 15th total of 143,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 89,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Huron Consulting Group's Current Options Chain.

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Huron Consulting Group's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alpha Windward LLC (0.03%) and Huntington National Bank (0.01%). Company insiders that own Huron Consulting Group stock include C Mark Hussey, Diane E Ratekin, George Massaro, H Eugene Lockhart, James D Edwards, James H Roth and John Mccartney. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Huron Consulting Group.

HURN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Huntington National Bank and Alpha Windward LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huron Consulting Group.

Shares of HURN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HURN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.04.

Huron Consulting Group has a market capitalization of $1.58 billion and generates $878 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $13.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.08 on an earnings per share basis. Huron Consulting Group employs 3,269 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Huron Consulting Group.

The official website for Huron Consulting Group is http://www.huronconsultinggroup.com/.

Huron Consulting Group's mailing address is 550 WEST VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO IL, 60607. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 312-583-8700 or via email at [email protected]