Wedbush Equities Analysts Lower Earnings Estimates for HURN

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Research analysts at Wedbush cut their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, April 30th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.77 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.79. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $165.00 price objective 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.

Several other research analysts have also issued reports on HURN. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. StockNews.com cut shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. Finally, Barrington Research reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $167.00 target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Thursday, March 27th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $169.25.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

Huron Consulting Group stock opened at $147.36 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $143.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is $129.64. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The stock has a market cap of $2.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.03 and a beta of 0.37. Huron Consulting Group has a 12-month low of $84.87 and a 12-month high of $153.85.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.52. The firm had revenue of $404.14 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $389.27 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 21.51% and a net margin of 5.80%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.23 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the fourth quarter worth $33,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Huron Consulting Group during the 1st quarter worth about $35,000. CWM LLC raised its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 55.9% in the 1st quarter. CWM LLC now owns 407 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $58,000 after purchasing an additional 146 shares during the period. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% in the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 569 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $71,000 after purchasing an additional 122 shares in the last quarter. Finally, USA Financial Formulas bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the first quarter valued at about $114,000. Institutional investors own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.15, for a total transaction of $130,406.30. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 24,672 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,087,700.80. The trade was a 4.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO C. Mark Hussey sold 27,672 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.91, for a total value of $4,037,621.52. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 81,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,835,927.38. This trade represents a 25.44 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 78,781 shares of company stock valued at $11,484,452 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 2.15% of the company’s stock.

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.