Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for HURN in the last 90 days.
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Huron Consulting (HURN) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$173.23+6.18 (+3.7%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeHuron Consulting shares rose this week after the company reported quarterly results that surpassed analyst expectations, with $2.46 EPS and $475.04 million in revenue, a 15.7% year-over-year increase. A rating action also surfaced, with one firm downgrading Huron Consulting stock to Hold, alongside a director's routine stock sale of $13,755 under a pre-arranged trading plan.
HURN closed at $173.23, up 3.7%, sitting above both its 50-day ($156.71) and 200-day ($137.78) moving averages, with the 50-day above the 200-day. The GekkoIndex reads 48.5, placing the stock in the Neutral zone, down 4.2 points over the last five sessions. The current price sits 34.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $265.29.
Huron Consulting's next earnings report is scheduled for 3 November 2026, after the close, 22 days away and inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. The prior quarter saw a 46.2% reaction after an EPS beat, part of a streak of 8 beats in 8 quarters, with average absolute reactions of 13.5%. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged +9.9% across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Consensus among 4 firms stands at Buy with a target of $190.75, implying 10.1% upside. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the recent windows.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Huron Consulting price vs fair value
Close $173.23200-day averageGekko Fair Value $265.29
Huron Consulting quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.76B
- P/E ratio
- 24.9
- Forward P/E
- 15.5
- EPS, TTM
- $6.64
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.77B
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.09
- Volume
- 327,140 avg 266,385
- 1-year return
- +17.4%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.5%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5%
- 50-day average
- $156.71
- 200-day average
- $137.78
- Next earnings
- Nov 3 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 15.91M
Huron Consulting swing-trade checklist
Huron Consulting scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $173.23 is above the 50-day ($156.71) and 200-day ($137.78) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
48.5, Neutral
Reading 48.5 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
34.7% below
Price is 34.7% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 22 days
Reports on Nov 3, 2026, 22 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+9.9% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +9.9% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
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Huron Consulting stock chart and price history
Huron Consulting closed at $173.23 on Oct 12, 2026, +17.4% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $84.88 to $186.78.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +15.5%
- 3 months
- +57.9%
- 6 months
- +36.2%
- 1 year
- +17.4%
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About Huron Consulting
Huron Consulting works with organizations across the United States and abroad, offering a broad range of professional services built around three areas: healthcare, education, and commercial industries. It has built a reputation for guiding clients through financial and operational improvements, as well as delivering technology-driven work in areas like health record systems, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship tools, data management, and applications of artificial intelligence and automation, supported by its own suite of software products.
Beyond this, the company helps clients with organizational change efforts, manages revenue cycle functions on an outsourced basis, and advises on financial and capital matters. It also supports strategy and innovation planning, offers research-focused consulting paired with its Huron Research software suite aimed at easing research administration and compliance, and provides guidance on regulatory and risk matters. Its client base includes healthcare systems, educational institutions, financial services firms, manufacturers, energy and utility providers, government bodies, and other commercial organizations.
Huron Consulting traces its incorporation to 2002 and keeps its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The company's stock trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol HURN.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Commercial services
- Industry
- Miscellaneous commercial services
- Website
- huronconsultinggroup.com
Huron Consulting GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Huron Consulting’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 48.5, in the Neutral zone, down 4.2 points over five sessions.
48.5Neutral
Down 4.2 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 28 | +2.2% | +4.1% | ||
| Accumulation | 199 | −0.1% | +1.0% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 394 | +0.9% | +2.6% | ||
| Distribution | 55 | −0.6% | −0.8% | ||
| Selling | 6 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average HURN share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Huron Consulting stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Huron Consulting trades 34.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $265.29, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Huron Consulting shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$265.29
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
34.7% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 5.6% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Huron Consulting insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Huron Consulting, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in HURN were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Huron Consulting has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $53.52M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.94%
- Trailing four quarters
- $239.0M
From company filings.
Huron Consulting earnings: next date and track record
Huron Consulting reports on Nov 3, 2026, after the close (22 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 3, 2026
Expected after the close, 22 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.47
- Revenue estimate
- $481.4M
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±13.5%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 28, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Huron Consulting Group reported record Q2 2026 revenues before reimbursable expenses (RBR), up 16% year-over-year, driven by organic growth across all three segments. Healthcare segment RBR grew 17% (12% organic). Digital bookings surged 20%+ in H1 2026, with 60%+ tied to AI initiatives. Client bookings accelerated in Q2 across all segments, supported by strong backlog and pipeline momentum.
- Guidance
- Management raised full-year RBR and earnings guidance based on strong H1 performance and robust backlog/pipeline. Continued margin expansion expected alongside revenue growth, building on a track record of consistent improvement since 2021.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $2.46 est $2.17 | $465.6M est $449.0M | +46.2% |
| May 5, 2026 | $1.73 est $1.58 | $443.7M est $437.1M | −9.1% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $2.17 est $1.94 | $432.3M est $433.6M | +4.8% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $2.10 est $1.88 | $441.3M est $418.1M | +10.4% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.89 est $1.79 | $402.5M est $411.9M | −7.5% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $1.68 est $1.16 | $404.1M est $389.3M | −0.3% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $1.90 est $1.52 | $399.3M est $380.6M | +18.3% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $1.68 est $1.57 | $378.1M est $380.4M | +11.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Huron Consulting stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Huron Consulting is $190.75, +10.1% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$190.75consensus 12-month target, +10.1% from the last close
Now $173.23Avg $190.75
Low $160High $207
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | Truist Financial | — | — |
| Sep 14 | Truist Financial | — | — |
| Jul 29 | Wedbush | $160 | −7.6% |
| Jul 29 | Truist Financial | $175 | +1.0% |
| Jul 29 | William Blair | — | — |
+2.6%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+9.9%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.5%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Huron Consulting seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Huron Consulting averaged +9.9% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +0.8% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +0.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +5.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +9.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +7.4% | 5 of 5 |
For scale, HURN’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5%.
Huron Consulting market cap and key statistics
Huron Consulting’s market cap is $2.76B, with a P/E ratio of 24.9 and revenue of $1.77B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.76B
- P/E ratio
- 24.9
- Forward P/E
- 15.5
- EPS, TTM
- $6.64
- Gekko Fair Value
- $265.29
Trading
- Volume
- 327,140
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 266,385
- 52-week high
- $186.78
- 52-week low
- $84.88
- Shares outstanding
- 15.91M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.77B
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Return on equity
- 26.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +75.2%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.09
- Typical daily move
- ±3.5%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5%
Huron Consulting stock news this week
Coverage of Huron Consulting this week reads positive: 6 positive, 4 neutral and 2 negative headlines.
- Huron Consulting Group Inc. $HURN Shares Newly Purchased by Diversified Management Inc.MarketBeat, Oct 9
- Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) Shares Up 6.3% - Here's WhyMarketBeat, Oct 8
- Huron Consulting Group Inc. $HURN Stock Bought by Congress Asset Management Co.MarketBeat, Oct 7
- Huron consulting director Debra Zumwalt sells $13,755 in stockInvesting.com, Oct 7
- Zacks downgrades Huron Consulting stock to HoldAD HOC NEWS, Oct 7
- An automatic trading-plan sale leaves Huron Consulting (HURN) director Zumwalt holding 27,037 shares.Stock Titan, Oct 6
Huron Consulting peers
Huron Consulting’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| SHOPShopify | Distribution | 25.9% above |
| CTASCintas | Neutral | 14.1% above |
| PYPLPayPal | Neutral | 0.8% below |
| XYZBlock | Neutral | 7.5% above |
| CPAYCorpay | Neutral | 17.5% below |
| FISVFiserv | Accumulation | 39.7% below |
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Huron Consulting stock FAQ
What is Huron Consulting’s market cap?
Huron Consulting’s market cap is $2.76B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $173.23, with 15.91M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 24.9.
What is the Huron Consulting stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Huron Consulting is $190.75, +10.1% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 4 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Huron Consulting stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Huron Consulting is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $173.23 is 34.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $265.29. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Huron Consulting report earnings next?
Huron Consulting is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026, after the market closes (22 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.47 per share on revenue of $481.4M. Huron Consulting beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 13.5% on average across the report.
What is Huron Consulting’s 52-week high and low?
Huron Consulting’s 52-week high is $186.78 and its 52-week low is $84.88; it closed at $173.23 on Oct 12, 2026, +17.4% over the past year.
Is Huron Consulting stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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