Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) Stock Rating Upgraded by Wall Street Zen

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Saturday.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on HURN. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $160.00 target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Huron Consulting Group from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Barrington Research reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, June 17th. Finally, Truist Financial cut their price target on Huron Consulting Group to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, June 9th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Huron Consulting Group has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $184.25.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

HURN opened at $97.16 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.58 and a beta of 0.12. The company has a fifty day moving average of $107.96 and a 200 day moving average of $135.88. Huron Consulting Group has a fifty-two week low of $84.88 and a fifty-two week high of $186.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.10, a quick ratio of 2.22 and a current ratio of 2.22.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The business services provider reported $1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $451.77 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $437.12 million. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 5.94% and a return on equity of 29.41%. Huron Consulting Group’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.68 EPS. Huron Consulting Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.350-9.150 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Huron Consulting Group will post 8.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Ekta Singh-Bushell sold 443 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $118.44, for a total value of $52,468.92. Following the sale, the director directly owned 13,646 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,616,232.24. This represents a 3.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Joy Brown sold 1,821 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.01, for a total value of $191,223.21. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 8,575 shares in the company, valued at approximately $900,460.75. The trade was a 17.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 2,862 shares of company stock valued at $314,519. 2.07% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Fiduciary Management Inc. WI purchased a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the fourth quarter valued at $90,661,000. UBS Group AG increased its stake in Huron Consulting Group by 271.0% in the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 422,719 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $73,092,000 after buying an additional 308,770 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 51.8% during the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 476,863 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $82,454,000 after buying an additional 162,706 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners lifted its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 17.0% during the 3rd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 888,045 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $130,803,000 after buying an additional 129,073 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital International Investors boosted its position in Huron Consulting Group by 964.2% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 98,443 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $17,022,000 after buying an additional 89,193 shares during the period. 93.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.