Wedbush Has Bullish Estimate for HURN FY2025 Earnings

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Analysts at Wedbush boosted their FY2025 earnings estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, October 29th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now expects that the business services provider will earn $7.61 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $7.54. 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 2026 earnings at $2.18 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.49 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.67 EPS.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 28th. The business services provider reported $2.10 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.86 by $0.24. The business had revenue of $432.36 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $418.13 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 27.06% and a net margin of 6.54%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.68 EPS. Huron Consulting Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at 7.600-7.700 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on HURN. Benchmark increased their price target on Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 9th. Finally, Barrington Research raised their target price on Huron Consulting Group from $173.00 to $176.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $175.25.

Huron Consulting Group Trading Down 2.5%

Shares of HURN stock opened at $165.40 on Thursday. Huron Consulting Group has a 12 month low of $112.94 and a 12 month high of $174.26. The company has a quick ratio of 1.99, a current ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18. The business’s 50 day moving average is $145.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $140.94. The company has a market cap of $2.86 billion, a PE ratio of 27.71 and a beta of 0.29.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. KBC Group NV acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the 1st quarter valued at about $128,000. Cannon Global Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Huron Consulting Group during the first quarter valued at approximately $201,000. Teacher Retirement System of Texas boosted its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 32.5% during the first quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 31,781 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,559,000 after purchasing an additional 7,788 shares in the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 15.6% in the 1st quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,094 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $157,000 after buying an additional 148 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Xponance Inc. boosted its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 18.3% in the 1st quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 1,942 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $279,000 after buying an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Huron Consulting Group

In related news, COO James Ronald Dail sold 578 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.00, for a total transaction of $89,590.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 39,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,046,240. This trade represents a 1.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Kyle Featherstone sold 375 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $135.73, for a total value of $50,898.75. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 1,311 shares in the company, valued at $177,942.03. The trade was a 22.24% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 9,988 shares of company stock valued at $1,407,135 in the last ninety days. 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.