What is William Blair’s Estimate for HURN Q4 Earnings?

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Stock analysts at William Blair reduced their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note issued on Wednesday, October 29th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.93 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.00. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group’s current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.43 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on HURN. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Barrington Research upped their price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $173.00 to $176.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, Benchmark increased their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $175.25.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ:HURN opened at $164.44 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 1.44. The company has a market cap of $2.85 billion, a PE ratio of 27.54 and a beta of 0.29. Huron Consulting Group has a 52 week low of $112.94 and a 52 week high of $174.26. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $146.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $141.08.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 28th. The business services provider reported $2.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.86 by $0.24. The firm had revenue of $432.36 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $418.13 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 27.06% and a net margin of 6.54%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.68 EPS. Huron Consulting Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at 7.600-7.700 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC grew its position in Huron Consulting Group by 149.7% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 1,199,574 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $172,079,000 after purchasing an additional 719,199 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its position in Huron Consulting Group by 27.5% in the 2nd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 610,908 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $84,024,000 after purchasing an additional 131,620 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC grew its position in Huron Consulting Group by 17.4% in the 2nd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 581,397 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $79,965,000 after purchasing an additional 86,069 shares during the last quarter. Sunriver Management LLC grew its position in Huron Consulting Group by 10.6% in the 2nd quarter. Sunriver Management LLC now owns 378,211 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $52,019,000 after purchasing an additional 36,303 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BloombergSen Inc. grew its position in Huron Consulting Group by 56.2% in the 3rd quarter. BloombergSen Inc. now owns 365,167 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $53,596,000 after purchasing an additional 131,365 shares during the last quarter. 93.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Huron Consulting Group

In related news, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.68, for a total value of $72,840.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 50,317 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,330,180.56. This trade represents a 0.98% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $128.98, for a total transaction of $257,960.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 43,304 shares in the company, valued at $5,585,349.92. The trade was a 4.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 17,979 shares of company stock worth $2,762,076 over the last quarter. 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.