Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director James H. Roth Sells 6,804 Shares

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director James H. Roth sold 6,804 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.00, for a total value of $646,380.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 62,825 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,968,375. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ HURN opened at $96.32 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $101.31 and its 200 day moving average is $102.17. The stock has a market cap of $1.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.10 and a beta of 0.59. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 1-year low of $70.66 and a 1-year high of $113.31. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 27th. The business services provider reported $1.29 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.17. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 4.47% and a return on equity of 17.77%. The firm had revenue of $339.23 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $341.71 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.12 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Huron Consulting Group Inc. will post 5.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. StockNews.com lowered Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 28th. Barrington Research lifted their target price on shares of Huron Consulting Group from $128.00 to $133.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 6th.

Institutional Trading of Huron Consulting Group

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 6.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,053,491 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $213,892,000 after acquiring an additional 128,274 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 57.1% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,621,725 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $74,291,000 after acquiring an additional 589,297 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 6.1% in the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,621,460 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $74,279,000 after acquiring an additional 92,846 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. increased its position in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 1.5% in the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 1,407,911 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $113,154,000 after acquiring an additional 20,642 shares during the period. Finally, Aristotle Capital Boston LLC raised its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 2.2% during the second quarter. Aristotle Capital Boston LLC now owns 941,584 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $79,950,000 after acquiring an additional 20,095 shares during the last quarter. 93.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.