Huron Consulting Group

HURN

Consulting Services · Industrials

Price

$114.80

-3.96 (-3.33%)

Market Cap

$1.86B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−17.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 21.8M (2021) → 18.0M (2025)

Huron Consulting Group Inc., a professional services firm, provides consultancy services in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Business Advisory, and Education. The Healthcare segment provides advisory services in the areas of financial and operational improvement, care transformation, and revenue cycle managed services; organizational transformation; and digital, technology and analytic solutions to national and regional hospitals, integrated

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+14.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-0.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

↓ Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

2.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~0 months

$26M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Huron Consulting Group has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin

27.8%

Modest — 27.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

9.2%

Modest — 9.2% operating margin

ROCE

3.3%

Weak — 3.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+13.9%

Fast-growing sales (13.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

-13.3%

Earnings shrinking (-13.3% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

133%

Turns 133% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

7.1%

Modest free cash flow (7.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

2.15

Heavy debt load (2.15)

Interest Cover

5.38x

Adequate interest coverage (5.4x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

19.1x

Fair value — P/E 19.1

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+8.1

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (19.1 → 11.0)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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