John Mccartney Sells 500 Shares of Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) Stock

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $164.20, for a total value of $82,100.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 42,817 shares in the company, valued at $7,030,551.40. This trade represents a 1.15% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

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

• On Wednesday, November 19th, John Mccartney sold 6,500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.44, for a total value of $1,049,360.00.
• On Monday, November 3rd, John Mccartney sold 500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.24, for a total transaction of $82,120.00.
• On Wednesday, October 1st, John Mccartney sold 500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.68, for a total transaction of $72,840.00.

Huron Consulting Group Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:HURN opened at $170.52 on Friday. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 12 month low of $118.25 and a 12 month high of $174.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.56 and a beta of 0.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 1.44. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $157.86 and its 200 day moving average price is $144.63.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The business services provider reported $2.10 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.86 by $0.24. The business had revenue of $441.28 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $418.13 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 27.06% and a net margin of 6.54%.The business’s revenue was up 16.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.68 earnings per share. Huron Consulting Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at 7.600-7.700 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 6.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 0.5% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 16,396 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,255,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares during the period. Richardson Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 68.1% in the 3rd quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 195 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 86.2% in the third quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 203 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 94 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC boosted its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 6.9% during the second quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 1,686 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $232,000 after buying an additional 109 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Keeler Thomas Management LLC grew its position in Huron Consulting Group by 1.7% during the third quarter. Keeler Thomas Management LLC now owns 8,250 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,211,000 after buying an additional 136 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HURN has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Truist Financial lifted their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $180.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. Benchmark raised their price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 27th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 1st. Finally, Barrington Research increased their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $173.00 to $176.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Huron Consulting Group has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $190.25.

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.