Wedbush Issues Negative Estimate for HURN Earnings

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Investment analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a report released on Wednesday, April 30th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.95 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.39. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $165.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group’s current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.30 EPS.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.52. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 21.51% and a net margin of 5.80%. The business had revenue of $404.14 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $389.27 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.23 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 11.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on HURN. StockNews.com cut Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Barrington Research boosted their target price on Huron Consulting Group from $167.00 to $173.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday. William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $165.00 target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Huron Consulting Group currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $170.75.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Up 0.6 %

NASDAQ HURN opened at $149.27 on Monday. Huron Consulting Group has a 12 month low of $84.87 and a 12 month high of $153.85. The company has a market capitalization of $2.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.45 and a beta of 0.23. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $143.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is $130.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.61.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. CWM LLC grew its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 55.9% in the 1st quarter. CWM LLC now owns 407 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $58,000 after buying an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% in the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 569 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $71,000 after buying an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. Finally, USA Financial Formulas acquired a new stake in Huron Consulting Group in the first quarter valued at approximately $114,000. 93.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Huron Consulting Group

In other news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.63, for a total value of $66,815.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 51,621 shares in the company, valued at $6,898,114.23. This represents a 0.96 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO C. Mark Hussey sold 27,672 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.91, for a total transaction of $4,037,621.52. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 81,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,835,927.38. This trade represents a 25.44 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 76,239 shares of company stock valued at $11,168,801. Company insiders own 2.15% 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.