Stocks · Industrials · Consulting Services
Huron Consulting Group Inc. HURN
$160.10 -1.26% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.58B
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +11.6%).
- The diluted share count fell 7.8% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Net debt is 3.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 28%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 40%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 22%
- Gross marginTop 45%
- Operating marginTop 32%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Interest coverTop 43%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 22%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 41%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 46%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 49%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 47%
- 6-month returnTop 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 11%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 35%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 4%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 17%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 49%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 13.9% | 16.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -12.1% | 16.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 32.2% | 30.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 11.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 11.5% | 8.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 16.3% | 13.9% | ↑ | Top 28% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 16.6% | -12.1% | ↑ | Top 40% |
| Gross margin | 30.5% | 32.2% | ↓ | Top 45% |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 10.8% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 6.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.9% | 11.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.2% | — | Top 22% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 14.5% | — | Top 20% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.54×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.57×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 9.14%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.14%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -7.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +11.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $176.00
- Target vs current price
- +9.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +13.4% | +4.2% | +28.7% | +39.6% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +9.5% | +0.1% | -12.2% | -19.3% | +24.0% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | +11.9% | -0.6% | +13.6% | +1.7% | -15.0% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +11.7% | -0.8% | +7.8% | +4.9% | +11.5% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +5.6% | +0.1% | -2.3% | +4.8% | +16.1% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +44.8% | +0.5% | +9.6% | +13.6% | -2.1% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +25.0% | +0.0% | +18.5% | +14.0% | +21.3% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +7.0% | +0.8% | +13.5% | +20.6% | +21.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $2.46 | $2.17 | +13.4% | $465.6M |
| May 5, 2026 | $1.73 | $1.58 | +9.5% | $443.7M |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $2.17 | $1.94 | +11.9% | $432.3M |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $2.10 | $1.88 | +11.7% | $441.3M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.89 | $1.79 | +5.6% | $402.5M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $1.68 | $1.16 | +44.8% | $404.1M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $1.90 | $1.52 | +25.0% | $399.3M |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $1.68 | $1.57 | +7.0% | $378.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 24.0× | 22.6× | 62th | Top 27% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.6× | — | — | Top 41% |
| EV / Sales | 1.89× | — | — | Top 46% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.24% | — | — | Top 22% |
| Earnings yield | 4.17% | — | — | Top 27% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.9× – 46.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +8.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +16.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -21.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 60
- Days above the 200-day average
- 48
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +15.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +15.9%
- RSI (14)
- 54.9
- Relative volume
- 0.85×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 80.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 97th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.59
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.18
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -51.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | -51.4% | 113 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -29.2% | 266 days | 101 days (Jun 23, 2022) |
| Dec 1, 2023 | May 22, 2024 | -21.5% | 118 days | 36 days (Jul 16, 2024) |
| May 27, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | -20.6% | 46 days | 60 days (Oct 27, 2025) |
| May 1, 2023 | May 4, 2023 | -16.7% | 3 days | 33 days (Jun 22, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.58B
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $6.68
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.81B
- 52-week range
- $84.88 – $186.78
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $905.6M | $1.13B | $1.36B | $1.49B | $1.70B |
| Gross profit | $268.9M | $346.6M | $419.4M | $476.0M | $508.8M |
| Operating income | $52.8M | $99.8M | $125.3M | $168.8M | $199.3M |
| Net income | $63.0M | $75.6M | $62.5M | $116.6M | $105.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.89 | $3.64 | $3.19 | $6.27 | $5.84 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $370.0M | $388.4M | $395.7M | $402.5M | $441.3M | $442.0M | $451.8M | $475.0M |
| Net income | $27.1M | $34.0M | $24.5M | $19.4M | $30.4M | $30.7M | $23.2M | $31.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.47 | $1.84 | $1.33 | $1.09 | $1.71 | $1.72 | $1.34 | $1.91 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $18.0M | $85.4M | $135.3M | $201.3M | $193.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$15.8M | -$24.3M | -$35.2M | -$8.7M | -$10.4M |
| Free cash flow | $2.2M | $61.1M | $100.1M | $192.7M | $183.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$74.7M | -$128.2M | -$133.3M | -$145.1M | -$161.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $31.2M
- Total assets
- $1.64B
- Total liabilities
- $1.26B
- Total debt
- $864.5M
- Net debt
- $833.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $384.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 748,704
- Days to cover
- 3.94
- Change vs previous report
- +17.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.