What is Wedbush’s Forecast for HURN Q1 Earnings?

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Stock analysts at Wedbush issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note issued on Wednesday, February 26th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives expects that the business services provider will earn $1.19 per share for the quarter. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating 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 Q2 2025 earnings at $1.79 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.03 EPS.

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

A number of other brokerages have also commented on HURN. Benchmark lifted their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Barrington Research increased their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $137.00 to $142.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 target price (up previously from $140.00) on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday. Finally, William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $145.50.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Up 18.2 %

NASDAQ:HURN opened at $148.18 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $126.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $117.59. The company has a market cap of $2.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.21 and a beta of 0.59. 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 quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 1.61.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its stake 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 valued at $71,000 after buying an additional 122 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings 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 valued at $149,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the period. Cibc World Markets Corp bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the fourth quarter worth $204,000. Finally, Xponance Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the fourth quarter worth $204,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Huron Consulting Group news, Director James H. Roth sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.70, for a total value of $247,400.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 52,825 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,534,452.50. This trade represents a 3.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.65, for a total transaction of $62,325.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 56,688 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,066,159.20. This trade represents a 0.87 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 8,584 shares of company stock valued at $1,067,539 in the last 90 days. 2.02% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.