William Blair Analysts Decrease Earnings Estimates for HURN

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Stock analysts at William Blair lowered their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report issued on Wednesday, October 29th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now forecasts that the business services provider will earn $1.93 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.00. 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 Q1 2026 earnings at $1.43 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Benchmark upped 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 note on Monday, October 27th. Barrington Research upped their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $173.00 to $176.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Huron Consulting Group has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $175.25.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ:HURN opened at $164.44 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.85 billion, a PE ratio of 27.54 and a beta of 0.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 1.44. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $146.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $141.08. Huron Consulting Group has a 52 week low of $112.94 and a 52 week high of $174.26.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Huron Consulting Group

In other news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.68, for a total transaction of $72,840.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 50,317 shares in the company, valued at $7,330,180.56. This represents a 0.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Kyle Featherstone sold 375 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $135.73, for a total transaction of $50,898.75. Following the transaction, the insider owned 1,311 shares in the company, valued at approximately $177,942.03. This trade represents a 22.24% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 17,979 shares of company stock worth $2,762,076. Company insiders own 2.15% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC grew its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 149.7% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 1,199,574 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $172,079,000 after buying an additional 719,199 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 27.5% in the 2nd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 610,908 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $84,024,000 after buying an additional 131,620 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC grew its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 17.4% in the 2nd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 581,397 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $79,965,000 after buying an additional 86,069 shares during the last quarter. Sunriver Management LLC grew its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 10.6% in the 2nd quarter. Sunriver Management LLC now owns 378,211 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $52,019,000 after buying an additional 36,303 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BloombergSen Inc. grew its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 56.2% in the 3rd quarter. BloombergSen Inc. now owns 365,167 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $53,596,000 after buying an additional 131,365 shares during the last quarter. 93.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Huron Consulting Group

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.