What is Barrington Research’s Estimate for HURN Q1 Earnings?

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Investment analysts at Barrington Research issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 27th. Barrington Research analyst K. Steinke anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $1.14 for the quarter. Barrington Research has a “Outperform” rating and a $167.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group’s current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.82 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.95 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.10 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.00 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.03 EPS.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.52 by $0.38. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 21.51% and a net margin of 5.80%. The company had revenue of $399.31 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $380.62 million.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on HURN. Benchmark raised their target price on Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Wedbush started coverage on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. StockNews.com raised shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $165.00 price target (up from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $151.75.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

HURN stock opened at $149.58 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $126.33 and a 200 day moving average of $117.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.61. The company has a market cap of $2.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 0.59. Huron Consulting Group has a 1 year low of $84.26 and a 1 year high of $153.77.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $124.65, for a total transaction of $62,325.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 56,688 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,066,159.20. This represents a 0.87 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available 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 stock was sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total value of $127,968.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 26,756 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,285,904.36. This trade represents a 3.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 8,584 shares of company stock valued at $1,067,539 in the last 90 days. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter worth approximately $33,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% during the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 569 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $71,000 after buying an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in Huron Consulting Group by 7.0% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,373 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $149,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the period. Cibc World Markets Corp purchased a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter worth $204,000. Finally, Xponance Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter valued at $204,000. Institutional investors own 93.90% 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.