Huron Consulting Group Inc. $HURN Shares Bought by Blair William & Co. IL

Blair William & Co. IL lifted its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) by 2.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 53,530 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 1,280 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL owned approximately 0.31% of Huron Consulting Group worth $7,363,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in Huron Consulting Group in the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the 1st quarter worth about $35,000. CWM LLC increased its position in Huron Consulting Group by 55.9% during the first quarter. CWM LLC now owns 407 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $58,000 after buying an additional 146 shares during the period. Vestcor Inc purchased a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $60,000. Finally, BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S purchased a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $72,000. 93.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on HURN. Wall Street Zen cut Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Barrington Research increased their price target on Huron Consulting Group from $173.00 to $176.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Huron Consulting Group presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $171.50.

Insider Transactions at Huron Consulting Group

In other news, COO James Ronald Dail sold 1,421 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $150.00, for a total transaction of $213,150.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 39,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,941,200. This trade represents a 3.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.68, for a total value of $72,840.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 50,317 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,330,180.56. This represents a 0.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 9,888 shares of company stock valued at $1,378,690. Company insiders own 2.15% of the company’s stock.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

Shares of HURN opened at $145.01 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.31 and a beta of 0.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 1.99. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a one year low of $102.94 and a one year high of $155.00. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $139.69 and its 200-day moving average is $139.84.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The business services provider reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.79 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $402.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $402.67 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 25.52% and a net margin of 6.60%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.68 earnings per share. Huron Consulting Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at 7.300-7.70 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 6.1 EPS for the current year.

About Huron Consulting Group

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.