H Eugene Lockhart Sells 1,042 Shares of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Stock

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $108.27, for a total value of $112,817.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 28,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,122,506.80. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link.

H Eugene Lockhart also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, September 3rd, H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $109.48, for a total transaction of $114,078.16.
• On Thursday, August 8th, H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.61, for a total transaction of $106,919.62.

Huron Consulting Group Trading Up 1.8 %

NASDAQ:HURN opened at $106.86 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $1.92 billion, a PE ratio of 30.80 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a current ratio of 1.93, a quick ratio of 1.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $107.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $99.05. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 12 month low of $84.26 and a 12 month high of $115.65.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.48 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $371.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $374.33 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 20.44% and a net margin of 5.46%. Huron Consulting Group’s revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.38 earnings per share. Research analysts forecast that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 5.95 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on HURN. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $137.00 price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Monday, September 9th. StockNews.com upgraded Huron Consulting Group from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 3rd. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $140.00 price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, July 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $131.75.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in Huron Consulting Group by 39.5% in the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 2,555 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $263,000 after acquiring an additional 724 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 4.2% in the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 9,927 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,020,000 after purchasing an additional 396 shares in the last quarter. CenterBook Partners LP raised its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 15.9% in the 4th quarter. CenterBook Partners LP now owns 10,805 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,111,000 after purchasing an additional 1,485 shares during the period. Quadrature Capital Ltd lifted its position in Huron Consulting Group by 23.0% during the fourth quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd now owns 12,011 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,235,000 after purchasing an additional 2,246 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Diversified Trust Co grew its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 21.7% during the first quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 5,072 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $490,000 after purchasing an additional 903 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

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.