William Blair Has Optimistic Outlook of HURN Q3 Earnings

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Investment analysts at William Blair upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report released on Wednesday, February 26th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $2.10 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.04. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. 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 $1.34 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.24 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 target price (up from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday. Benchmark boosted their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Wedbush began coverage on Huron Consulting Group in a research report 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 report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Barrington Research raised their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $142.00 to $167.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, Huron Consulting Group currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $151.75.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

NASDAQ HURN opened at $149.58 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $126.33 and its two-hundred day moving average is $117.59. Huron Consulting Group has a 52-week low of $84.26 and a 52-week high of $153.77. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $2.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 0.59.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 analyst estimates of $380.62 million.

Insider Buying and Selling at Huron Consulting Group

In related news, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.70, for a total transaction of $247,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 52,825 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,534,452.50. This trade represents a 3.65 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the director now directly owns 56,688 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,066,159.20. The trade was a 0.87 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 8,584 shares of company stock valued at $1,067,539. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in HURN. Dakota Wealth Management lifted its position in Huron Consulting Group by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. Dakota Wealth Management now owns 2,250 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $280,000 after buying an additional 87 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of 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 last quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 1,838 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $228,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Andina Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Andina Capital Management LLC now owns 3,296 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $410,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Martingale Asset Management L P raised its position in Huron Consulting Group by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Martingale Asset Management L P now owns 20,479 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,226,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

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.