Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) Director Debra Zumwalt Sells 598 Shares

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director Debra Zumwalt sold 598 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $118.44, for a total value of $70,827.12. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 27,201 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,221,686.44. This represents a 2.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Debra Zumwalt also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, April 2nd, Debra Zumwalt sold 170 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.93, for a total value of $21,578.10.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Down 6.1%

Huron Consulting Group stock opened at $103.47 on Thursday. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 1-year low of $101.49 and a 1-year high of $186.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.10, a current ratio of 2.22 and a quick ratio of 2.22. The stock has a market cap of $1.68 billion, a PE ratio of 17.66 and a beta of 0.15. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $128.25 and its two-hundred day moving average is $151.97.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The business services provider reported $1.73 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.15. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 29.41% and a net margin of 5.94%.The business had revenue of $451.77 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $437.12 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.68 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Huron Consulting Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.350-9.150 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 8.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HURN. Fiduciary Management Inc. WI acquired a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $90,661,000. UBS Group AG increased its position in Huron Consulting Group by 271.0% in the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 422,719 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $73,092,000 after acquiring an additional 308,770 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its position in Huron Consulting Group by 51.8% in the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 476,863 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $82,454,000 after acquiring an additional 162,706 shares during the period. SG Capital Management LLC increased its position in Huron Consulting Group by 131.8% in the 3rd quarter. SG Capital Management LLC now owns 250,489 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $36,764,000 after acquiring an additional 142,448 shares during the period. Finally, BloombergSen Inc. increased 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 valued at $53,596,000 after acquiring an additional 131,365 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have recently commented on HURN. Weiss Ratings cut Huron Consulting Group from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen cut Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $160.00 target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $205.50.

Huron Consulting Group Company Profile

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) is a global professional services firm that advises organizations across a range of industries on strategy, operations and technology. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Chicago, the company helps clients address complex business challenges such as performance improvement, digital transformation and organizational change. Huron’s consultants work alongside executive leadership teams to develop and implement tailored solutions that drive growth, increase efficiency and manage risk.

Huron’s service offerings encompass business and financial advisory, healthcare performance improvement, life sciences consulting, higher education and research lifecycle support, as well as legal and regulatory consulting.