Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director Sells $130,406.30 in Stock

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.15, for a total transaction of $130,406.30. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 24,672 shares in the company, valued at $3,087,700.80. This represents a 4.05 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

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

• On Monday, December 2nd, H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total transaction of $127,968.02.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of HURN opened at $126.57 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.52 and a beta of 0.59. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 12-month low of $84.26 and a 12-month high of $133.96. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $124.42 and a 200-day moving average price of $115.49.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in HURN. Bank of Montreal Can boosted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 121.8% during the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,014 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $694,000 after purchasing an additional 3,851 shares during the period. Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 11.8% in the third quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 3,800 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $413,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the period. Creative Planning lifted its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 10.5% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 2,588 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $281,000 after acquiring an additional 246 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 42.6% in the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 8,452 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $919,000 after acquiring an additional 2,524 shares during the period. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 5.4% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 143,714 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $15,622,000 after acquiring an additional 7,407 shares during the period. 93.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently weighed in on HURN. Barrington Research boosted their price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $137.00 to $142.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Wedbush began coverage on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Monday. 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 research report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $140.00 price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, Huron Consulting Group presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $133.00.

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.