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Huron Consulting Group Inc.
HURN
$2.0B
Mkt Cap
$112.30
+2.85%
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) has a current P/E ratio of 19.2, compared to its historical median P/E of 29.8. The stock is currently considered Fair based on its historical valuation range.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 10.9%. This indicates solid capital allocation.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) has a market capitalization of $2.2B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 11.45%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) appears fair. The current P/E of 19.2 is 35% below its historical median of 29.8. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 41.4%.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) operates in the Services-Management Consulting Services industry, within the Industrials sector.
Huron is a global professional services firm that partners with clients to put possible into practice by creating sound strategies, optimizing operations, accelerating digital transformation, and empowering businesses to own their future. By embracing diverse perspectives, encouraging new ideas and challenging the status quo, we create sustainable results for the organizations we serve. We are headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional locations in the United States and abroad in Canada, France, India, Poland, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. OUR STRATEGY The combination of our deep industry expertise and breadth of our offerings is the foundation of our growth strategy and why our clients choose Huron as their trusted advisor.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.2B | 927M |
| Net Income | 104M | 105M | 117M | 62M | 76M | 63M |
| EPS | $5.10 | $5.84 | $6.27 | $3.19 | $3.64 | $2.89 |
| Free Cash Flow | 124M | 183M | 193M | 126M | 73M | 7.1M |
| ROIC | 11.0% | 14.3% | 14.7% | 11.1% | 8.6% | 5.7% |
| Gross Margin | - | 33.9% | 33.6% | 32.6% | 32.2% | 28.6% |
| Debt/Equity | 2.15 | 1.04 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.53 | 0.41 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | 182M | 179M | 169M | 125M | 100M | 53M |
| Operating Margin | 10.4% | 10.5% | 11.1% | 9.0% | 8.6% | 5.7% |
| ROE | 26.1% | 19.3% | 21.3% | 11.5% | 13.4% | 11.2% |
| Shares Outstanding | 20M | 18M | 19M | 20M | 21M | 22M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 702M | 769M | 798M | 808M | 878M | 965M | 871M | 927M | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.7B | 1.7B |
| Gross Margin | 34.0% | 36.5% | 34.3% | 43.7% | 40.6% | 40.4% | 20.7% | 28.6% | 32.2% | 32.6% | 33.6% | 33.9% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 133M | 158M | 160M | 175M | 181M | 203M | 171M | 178M | 210M | 258M | 287M | 318M | 326M |
| EBIT | 88M | 103M | 74M | -207M | 52M | 64M | -29M | 53M | 100M | 125M | 169M | 179M | 182M |
| Op. Margin | 12.6% | 13.5% | 9.3% | -25.7% | 5.9% | 6.6% | -3.3% | 5.7% | 8.6% | 9.0% | 11.1% | 10.5% | 10.4% |
| Net Income | 79M | 59M | 38M | -170M | 14M | 42M | -24M | 63M | 76M | 62M | 117M | 105M | 104M |
| Net Margin | 11.3% | 7.7% | 4.7% | -21.1% | 1.6% | 4.3% | -2.7% | 6.8% | 6.5% | 4.5% | 7.7% | 6.2% | 5.9% |
| Non-Recurring | 2.8M | 1.0M | 9.6M | 260M | -2.1M | 1.9M | 79M | 45M | 9.9M | 18M | 18M | 9.8M | 8.5M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 6.4% | 8.8% | 5.4% | -19.1% | 3.8% | 6.4% | -3.1% | 5.7% | 8.6% | 11.1% | 14.7% | 14.3% | 11.0% |
| ROE | 14.0% | 9.4% | 5.8% | -29.6% | 2.6% | 7.4% | -4.2% | 11.2% | 13.4% | 11.5% | 21.3% | 19.3% | 26.1% |
| ROA | 7.7% | 5.1% | 3.3% | -15.5% | 1.3% | 3.9% | -2.2% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 5.1% | 9.0% | 7.3% | 6.5% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 146M | 168M | 129M | 100M | 102M | 132M | 137M | 18M | 85M | 135M | 201M | 193M | 138M |
| Free Cash Flow | 121M | 149M | 115M | 75M | 93M | 119M | 129M | 7.1M | 73M | 126M | 193M | 183M | 124M |
| Owner Earnings | 95M | 88M | 66M | 35M | 44M | 74M | 82M | -34M | 27M | 65M | 131M | 114M | 56M |
| CapEx | 26M | 19M | 14M | 24M | 8.9M | 13M | 8.1M | 11M | 13M | 9.4M | 8.7M | 10M | 14M |
| Maint. CapEx | 31M | 58M | 47M | 50M | 39M | 34M | 30M | 26M | 27M | 25M | 25M | 32M | 35M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 31M | 58M | 47M | 50M | 39M | 34M | 30M | 26M | 27M | 25M | 25M | 32M | 35M |
| CapEx/OCF | 17.7% | 11.1% | 10.8% | 24.5% | 8.8% | 10.0% | 5.9% | 60.4% | 14.7% | 7.0% | 4.3% | 5.4% | 10.3% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13M | 27M | 65M | 120M | 123M | 123M | 167M | 255M |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.8% | 2.1% | 5.9% | 8.0% | 6.2% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 11.4% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 20M | 21M | 17M | 15M | 19M | 24M | 24M | 26M | 31M | 46M | 45M | 47M | 47M |
| Debt Repayment | 154M | 366M | 224M | 241M | 260M | 193M | 289M | 205M | 257M | 320M | 710M | 955M | 955M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 244M | 249M | 275M | 326M | 264M | 197M | 136M | 212M | 278M | 312M | 335M | 524M | 828M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 257M | 58M | 17M | 17M | 33M | 12M | 67M | 21M | 12M | 12M | 22M | 25M | 26M |
| Long-Term Debt | 328M | 307M | 292M | 343M | 54M | 208M | 203M | 232M | 290M | 324M | 343M | 490M | 835M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.83 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 0.55 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.53 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 1.04 | 2.15 |
| Interest Coverage | 25.5 | 33.1 | 23.8 | -66.4 | 16.7 | 27.2 | -3.5 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Equity | 601M | 652M | 648M | 503M | 541M | 585M | 552M | 572M | 552M | 533M | 561M | 529M | 397M |
| Total Assets | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.6B |
| Total Liabilities | 555M | 507M | 505M | 534M | 509M | 519M | 499M | 547M | 647M | 729M | 782M | 998M | -5.0M |
| Intangibles | 22M | 95M | 81M | 72M | 48M | 32M | 20M | 32M | 23M | 18M | 26M | 73M | 69M |
| Retained Earnings | 255M | 314M | 351M | 180M | 196M | 238M | 214M | 277M | 353M | 415M | 532M | 637M | 608M |
| Working Capital | 310M | 97M | 44M | 52M | -185M | 20M | 44M | 52M | 83M | 98M | 70M | 65M | 283M |
| Current Assets | 486M | 228M | 180M | 191M | 233M | 225M | 231M | 258M | 328M | 400M | 409M | 449M | 515M |
| Current Liabilities | 176M | 131M | 136M | 139M | 418M | 205M | 187M | 205M | 246M | 303M | 339M | 383M | 232M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 3.45 | 2.61 | 1.76 | -7.93 | 0.62 | 1.85 | -1.09 | 2.89 | 3.64 | 3.19 | 6.27 | 5.84 | 5.10 |
| Owner EPS | 4.16 | 3.90 | 3.08 | 1.63 | 1.98 | 3.26 | 3.77 | -1.55 | 1.30 | 3.30 | 7.04 | 6.36 | 2.83 |
| Book Value | 26.21 | 28.83 | 30.32 | 23.46 | 24.56 | 25.95 | 25.24 | 26.24 | 26.60 | 27.21 | 30.18 | 29.39 | 20.07 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 6.39 | 7.42 | 6.05 | 4.65 | 4.62 | 5.86 | 6.25 | 0.83 | 4.11 | 6.91 | 10.82 | 10.75 | 7.02 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 22.9M | 22.6M | 21.4M | 21.5M | 22.0M | 22.6M | 21.9M | 21.8M | 20.8M | 19.6M | 18.6M | 18.0M | 19.8M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 20.1 | 22.8 | 28.6 | N/A | 81.3 | 36.9 | N/A | 17.4 | 19.9 | 31.7 | 19.6 | 30.9 | 22.0 |
| P/FCF | 13.2 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 10.1 | 153.6 | 20.7 | 15.7 | 11.9 | 17.8 | 18.0 |
| EV/EBIT | 11.9 | 15.4 | 18.2 | N/A | 30.4 | 27.1 | N/A | 24.3 | 17.8 | 18.2 | 15.5 | 20.9 | 16.7 |
| Price/Book | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| Price/Sales | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| FCF Yield | 7.6% | 11.1% | 10.7% | 8.7% | 8.4% | 7.7% | 9.9% | 0.7% | 4.8% | 6.4% | 8.4% | 5.6% | 5.6% |
| Market Cap | 1.6B | 1.3B | 1.1B | 869M | 1.1B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.5B | 2.0B | 2.3B | 3.2B | 2.2B |
| Avg. Price | 65.39 | 65.94 | 57.24 | 40.28 | 43.93 | 55.39 | 48.65 | 51.94 | 60.45 | 87.97 | 104.06 | 143.80 | 112.30 |
| Year-End Price | 69.37 | 59.55 | 50.35 | 40.50 | 50.40 | 68.25 | 59.42 | 50.16 | 72.51 | 100.97 | 122.95 | 180.66 | 112.30 |
Huron Consulting Group Inc. passes 7 of 9 quality checks, indicating strong fundamentals.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. trades at 19.2x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 29.8x, suggesting it is currently Fair relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 10.4x vs a median of 12.0x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 10.9% with a gross margin of 32.2%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 11.4%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +11.1%.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) reported annual revenue of $1.7 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) has a net profit margin of 6.2%. This is a modest margin.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) generated $183 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04. This indicates moderate leverage.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $5.84 in its most recent fiscal year.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) has a return on equity (ROE) of 19.3%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) has a 5-year average gross margin of 32.2%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 18 years of financial data for Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) has a book value per share of $29.39, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.