Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director H Eugene Lockhart Sells 1,042 Shares of Stock

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.15, for a total value of $130,406.30. Following the transaction, the director now owns 24,672 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,087,700.80. This represents a 4.05 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

H Eugene Lockhart also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 2nd, H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,042 shares of Huron Consulting Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.81, for a total value of $127,968.02.

Huron Consulting Group Stock Up 1.1 %

NASDAQ:HURN opened at $126.17 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.24 billion, a PE ratio of 27.43 and a beta of 0.59. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $124.36 and a 200-day moving average of $115.41. Huron Consulting Group Inc. has a 52 week low of $84.26 and a 52 week high of $133.96. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Huron Consulting Group

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in HURN. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group by 7.0% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,373 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $149,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the third quarter valued at about $220,000. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the third quarter valued at about $220,000. Finally, Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC bought a new stake in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the third quarter valued at about $264,000. 93.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

HURN has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $140.00 price target on shares of Huron Consulting Group in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Barrington Research boosted their price objective on Huron Consulting Group from $137.00 to $142.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Wedbush assumed coverage on Huron Consulting Group in a report on Monday. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, StockNews.com raised Huron Consulting Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Five analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $133.00.

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.