Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.38 EPS

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The business services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.38, Zacks reports. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 21.51%. Huron Consulting Group updated its FY 2025 guidance to 6.800-7.600 EPS.

Huron Consulting Group Trading Up 0.0 %

HURN traded up $0.03 on Tuesday, reaching $125.33. 396,891 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 110,694. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The company has a market cap of $2.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.25 and a beta of 0.59. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $125.65 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $117.22. Huron Consulting Group has a one year low of $84.26 and a one year high of $133.96.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently issued reports on HURN shares. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and set a $140.00 target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Wedbush initiated coverage on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Barrington Research boosted their target price on Huron Consulting Group from $137.00 to $142.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $133.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.03, for a total transaction of $252,060.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 48,534 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,116,740.02. This represents a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total value of $127,968.02. Following the transaction, the director now owns 26,756 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,285,904.36. This represents a 3.75 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 8,584 shares of company stock worth $1,067,539 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 2.02% of the company’s stock.

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.