Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director John Mccartney Sells 500 Shares

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.13, for a total transaction of $75,565.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 55,688 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,416,127.44. The trade was a 0.89 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

John Mccartney also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, January 2nd, John Mccartney sold 500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.65, for a total transaction of $62,325.00.

Huron Consulting Group Trading Up 0.2 %

NASDAQ HURN opened at $147.88 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 1.61. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a one year low of $84.26 and a one year high of $153.85. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $128.59 and its 200 day moving average price is $118.95. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.15 and a beta of 0.59.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The business services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.38. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 21.51%. The company had revenue of $399.31 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $380.62 million. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 6.1 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% during 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 in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 7.0% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,373 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $149,000 after buying an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Xponance Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the fourth quarter worth approximately $204,000. Finally, Cibc World Markets Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group during the fourth quarter worth approximately $204,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

HURN has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Wedbush initiated coverage on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Monday, February 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Benchmark increased their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $140.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, Barrington Research increased 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, February 27th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $155.50.

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.