American Century Companies Inc. Raises Stock Holdings in Huron Consulting Group Inc. $HURN

American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) by 16.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 226,110 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 31,695 shares during the quarter. American Century Companies Inc. owned 1.31% of Huron Consulting Group worth $33,186,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of HURN. California State Teachers Retirement System grew its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 0.5% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 16,396 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,255,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 68.1% during the 3rd quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 195 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the period. Clearstead Advisors LLC raised its position in Huron Consulting Group by 86.2% during the 3rd quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 203 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 94 shares in the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC lifted its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 6.9% in the second quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 1,686 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $232,000 after acquiring an additional 109 shares during the period. Finally, Keeler Thomas Management LLC lifted its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 1.7% in the third quarter. Keeler Thomas Management LLC now owns 8,250 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,211,000 after acquiring an additional 136 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Huron Consulting Group

In related news, Director Debra Zumwalt sold 170 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.89, for a total value of $29,051.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 26,469 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,523,287.41. This represents a 0.64% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Ekta Singh-Bushell sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.55, for a total transaction of $178,550.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 14,341 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,560,585.55. This represents a 6.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 1,796 shares of company stock valued at $313,518 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 2.15% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have issued reports on HURN shares. Barrington Research increased their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $190.00 to $207.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, January 5th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $180.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. Benchmark boosted their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 24th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, Huron Consulting Group has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $215.50.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Down 0.3%

HURN stock opened at $144.83 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a current ratio of 1.17. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a one year low of $116.12 and a one year high of $186.77. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $160.06 and its 200 day moving average is $157.39. The firm has a market cap of $2.45 billion, a PE ratio of 24.76 and a beta of 0.12.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The business services provider reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.94 by $0.23. The company had revenue of $441.96 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $433.57 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 28.20% and a net margin of 6.18%.Huron Consulting Group’s quarterly revenue was up 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.90 EPS. Huron Consulting Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.350-9.150 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 6.1 EPS for the current year.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) is a global professional services firm that advises organizations across a range of industries on strategy, operations and technology. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Chicago, the company helps clients address complex business challenges such as performance improvement, digital transformation and organizational change. Huron’s consultants work alongside executive leadership teams to develop and implement tailored solutions that drive growth, increase efficiency and manage risk.

Huron’s service offerings encompass business and financial advisory, healthcare performance improvement, life sciences consulting, higher education and research lifecycle support, as well as legal and regulatory consulting.