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

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.67, for a total value of $71,335.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 52,121 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,436,103.07. This represents a 0.95 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

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

• On Monday, March 3rd, John Mccartney sold 500 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.13, for a total transaction of $75,565.00.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Down 6.6 %

HURN opened at $137.76 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $137.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $124.92. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 52 week low of $84.26 and a 52 week high of $153.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The stock has a market cap of $2.44 billion, a PE ratio of 29.95 and a beta of 0.53.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $399.31 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.62 million. Huron Consulting Group had a return on equity of 21.51% and a net margin of 5.80%. As a group, research analysts expect 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

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in HURN. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter worth $33,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 27.3% in the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 569 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $71,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. Cibc World Markets Corp purchased a new stake in Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter valued at about $204,000. Xponance Inc. bought a new position in Huron Consulting Group during the 4th quarter worth approximately $204,000. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC purchased a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter worth approximately $209,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

HURN has been the subject of several analyst reports. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Wedbush lifted their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Huron Consulting Group from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Barrington Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $167.00 price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Thursday, March 27th. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price objective on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $169.25.

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.