HURN FY2025 EPS Forecast Boosted by Barrington Research

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Stock analysts at Barrington Research boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report released on Thursday, October 30th. Barrington Research analyst K. Steinke now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $7.57 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $7.50. Barrington Research currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $176.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group’s current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share.

HURN has been the topic of several other reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Benchmark lifted 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 report on Monday, October 27th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $175.25.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

Shares of Huron Consulting Group stock opened at $164.44 on Monday. 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’s 50-day simple moving average is $146.04 and its 200-day simple moving average is $141.07. Huron Consulting Group has a twelve month low of $112.94 and a twelve month high of $174.26. The firm has a market cap of $2.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.54 and a beta of 0.29.

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

Insider Activity

In other Huron Consulting Group news, insider Kyle Featherstone sold 375 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $135.73, for a total value of $50,898.75. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 1,311 shares in the company, valued at $177,942.03. The trade was a 22.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, COO James Ronald Dail sold 7,824 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $169.53, for a total transaction of $1,326,402.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer owned 31,184 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,286,623.52. This trade represents a 20.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 17,979 shares of company stock valued at $2,762,076 in the last ninety days. 2.15% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 149.7% in the first 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 worth $172,079,000 after acquiring an additional 719,199 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 27.5% during the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 610,908 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $84,024,000 after buying an additional 131,620 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC grew its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 17.4% during the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 581,397 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $79,965,000 after purchasing an additional 86,069 shares during the period. Sunriver Management LLC grew its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 10.6% during the second quarter. Sunriver Management LLC now owns 378,211 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $52,019,000 after purchasing an additional 36,303 shares during the period. Finally, BloombergSen Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 56.2% in the third 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 period. 93.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.