Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN)
Fair ValueFundamental
70
Price
$156.83
Market Cap
$2.50B
Part 1 · What the company is worth
Overview
Huron Consulting Group Inc. provides global professional services in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. The company offers financial and operational performance improvement consulting services; digital services; spanning technology and analytic-related services, including enterprise health record, enterprise resource planning, enterprise performance management, customer relationship management, data management, artificial intelligence and automation, technology managed services, and a portfolio of software products; organizational transformation; revenue cycle managed services and outsourcing; financial and capital advisory consulting; and strategy and innovation consulting. It also provides research-focused consulting and managed services, as well as Huron Research product suite, a software suite designed to facilitate and improve research administration service delivery and compliance. In addition, the company offers software products, financial capital advisory services, regulatory compliance and risk management consulting, and Commercial consulting. The company serves healthcare, education, financial services, industrials and manufacturing, energy and utilities, public sector, and other commercial industries. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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Direct competitors
Who this company fights with for the same customers
Generated on September 18, 2026 with claude-haiku-4-5 — shared with all users
Guidehouse, which absorbed Navigant's healthcare practice, sells the same hospital and health-system performance improvement, revenue cycle and research administration advisory that Huron's Healthcare and Education segments live on.
Chartis is a pure-play healthcare advisory firm bidding for the same strategy, clinical and operational transformation projects at US hospitals and academic medical centers that make up Huron's largest segment.
FTI's corporate finance and business transformation practice competes with Huron for performance improvement, restructuring and financial advisory mandates from the same US corporate and healthcare clients.
Accenture competes head-on with Huron's Digital capability, implementing the same Oracle, Workday and Salesforce platforms for health systems and universities, with far greater scale.
Deloitte's healthcare and higher-education consulting practices pursue the same hospital and university transformation budgets, and Huron's 10-K names the consulting arms of the major accounting firms among its competitors.
ICF sells advisory and technology implementation services to public-sector, health and research institutions, overlapping with Huron's Education and Commercial segments.
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Revenue
$1.75B
Trailing 12 months (through 3/31/2026)
Net Income
$104M
Trailing 12 months (through 3/31/2026)
Free Cash Flow
$183M
Total Equity
$529M
Total Liabilities
$998M
Current Ratio
2.22
Interest Coverage
-
Debt/EBITDA
4.21
Earnings Per Share
Revenue & Net Income
Free Cash Flow
Income Breakdown
Historical statement
Margins over time
Debt over time
How heavy the debt is
Growth grid
Growth — Revenue
Fair Value Estimation
Fair Value
$183.81
Current Price
$156.83
Margin of Safety
+14.7%
Fair Value Range
$119.48 - $248.15
Spread across the valuation methods used, not a statistically calibrated confidence interval.
Estimation Methods
Valuation Metrics
P/E Ratio
26.81
ROE
19.9%
P/B Ratio
6.40
P/FCF
20.54
Gross Margin
-
ROIC
10.6%
Profitability Radar
Value Creation (Economic Moat)
ROIC
10.6%
WACC
5.9%
ROIC − WACC
+4.7 pp
ROIC exceeds the cost of capital — the company is creating value for shareholders.
Fundamental Analysis Criteria
Passed (18)
- EPS shows upward trend
- EPS CAGR 15.16%
- Price CAGR 12.19%
- ROIC 10.6%
- P/FCF 20.54
- Debt/Equity ratio
- Operating Margin 10.4%
- Positive Free Cash Flow
- CapEx intensity
- Current Ratio
- Debt/EBITDA
- Return on Tangible Assets
- ROE 25.5%
- Revenue Growth 5Y 14.3%
- Analyst Consensus 91% Buy
- Earnings Surprise avg 9.0%
- Earnings Quality (OCF/NI) 1.33
- Share Dilution -3.3%
Failed (6)
- P/B Ratio 6.40
- Low reliance on intangibles
- Price below Graham Number
- DCF valuation (Overvalued)
- Net Margin Trend 5.9% vs 7.9%
- Piotroski F-Score 4/9
Unavailable (4)
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- Dividend Payout NaN%
- Interest Coverage
- PEG Ratio (need PE > 0 and growth > 0)
Piotroski F-Score
Mixed signals: some areas need attention
Earnings Quality
High quality: earnings backed by cash
Share Dilution
Buying back shares. Shareholder friendly
Institutional Holdings
Governance
Executive Team
| Name | Title | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. C. Mark Hussey C.F.A., C.M.A., CPA, M.B.A. | President, CEO & Director | 64 |
| Mr. John D. Kelly CPA, M.S. | Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer | 48 |
| Mr. J. Ronald Dail | Executive VP & COO | 54 |
| Ms. Hope E. Katz J.D. | Executive VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | - |
| Mr. Kyle D. Featherstone | Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate VP | 44 |
| Mr. Sean Freeburger | Chief Information Officer | - |
| Allie Bovis | Director of Communications | - |
| Elizabeth Entinghe | Corporate Vice President of Corporate Development | - |
| Sarah McHugh | Corporate VP & Chief Marketing Officer | - |
| Ms. Kristen Bruner | Chief Human Resources Officer & Corporate VP | - |
Audit Risk
1
Board Risk
3
Compensation Risk
3
Shareholder Rights Risk
6
Part 2 · The price and when to enter
This part won't tell you whether the company is worth owning: it helps you choose when to buy it, once the fundamentals have convinced you. Inside: technical analysis, potential, historical drawdowns, gamma exposure.
Documents
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Annual Report (10-K)
A yearly overview of the business, its financial results, and the risks it faces.
Filed on 2026-02-24
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Quarterly Report (10-Q)
A snapshot of financial performance for the most recent three-month period.
Filed on 2026-07-28
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Current Report (8-K)
An announcement of a major event, such as a leadership change or big news.
Filed on 2026-07-28
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Income History
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Latest News
Recent headlines for HURN, sourced from Markets Gazette.
- 5/5/2026NEUTRALHuron Consulting Gr Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) released its Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript on May 5, 2026. The transcript provides detailed insights into the company's financial performance, strategic initiatives, and outlook for the upcoming quarters. While specific financial figures and forward-looking statements are discussed, the transcript itself is an informational document rather than a direct announcement of new performance data or significant strategic shifts that would immediately impact the stock price. Investors can use this transcript to gain a deeper understanding of management's perspective and the underlying business drivers.
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