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HURN

Huron Consulting Group Inc. Common Stock (HURN) fair value

Industrials · Consulting Services · NASDAQ · United States
$195.69+1.21%
Market cap $3.1BNext earnings 2026-11-03Updated Oct 20, 2026
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Our verdict
Trades 34% above our fair value
Price
$195.69
Model fair valueConfidence: good
$146
Model range
$66.07 to $215
Fair value $146
Price $196
4 models fit Huron Consulting Group Inc. Common Stock and they disagree: 1 of 4 land within 15% of the average.
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Valued as a mature, profitable company: Discounted cash flow, P/E comparison, EV/EBITDA comparison, Graham number, and Dividend discount.
ACCE opinionHuron Consulting Group Inc. Common Stock (HURN)
Fair value (4 models)
$146
ACCE price target
$182
Rating
Overvalued
Horizon
12 months
Fair value published on 20 Oct 2026, 15:04 CEST; previously $210 since 16 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
ACCE price target published on 11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Rating published on 20 Oct 2026, 15:04 CEST.
Price used: $196 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: Discounted cash flow, P/E comparison, EV/EBITDA comparison, and Graham number.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
Price vs fair value
34.0% above
-25.4% to fair value
ACCE score
77
out of 100
Analysts
100% buy
5 covering
P/E
28.0x
forward 14.5x
1-year return
+27.8%
Dividend yield
0.00%

Huron Consulting Group Inc. Common Stock in four questions

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Overview

ACCE thesis

Huron sells healthcare revenue cycle and performance improvement consulting, plus enterprise technology implementation and education services, primarily to hospitals, health systems and universities. Its moat rests on embedded client relationships and domain-specific expertise, which keep engagements sticky and demand resilient when hospital finances tighten. Revenue growth of 15.7% is running well ahead of what most consulting peers are delivering, and the company is still reporting a 26.9% return on equity on a 2.8 billion dollar market cap. The stock trades at 15.5 times forward earnings against a trailing multiple of 26.6, so the market is pricing in a meaningful step-up in profitability, and that gap is the first thing to test. Operating margin of 11.7% is the number to scrutinize, since the thesis depends on whether recent growth can translate into margin expansion rather than being bought with labor-heavy hiring.

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026
⚠ Investor warnings · 2 flagsAI-assisted·How I use AI
  • moderate
    Insider selling without buying
    Last 10 disclosed insider transactions total $0.34M in sales and no buys. Small in size, but insiders hold only 2.6% of shares.
  • moderate
    Leverage elevated
    Debt/Equity of 1.04 is a meaningful load for a consulting firm, so earnings sensitivity to a slowdown is higher than the growth numbers alone suggest.

AI research notes

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026 · figures from 2026-06-30 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
  • Revenue grew 15.7% year over year, ahead of the 15.0% average annual growth over the past five years.
  • Trailing free cash flow of $183M gives a 6.6% free cash flow yield at the current share price.
  • The forward P/E of 15.5x sits well below the sector median forward P/E of 23.8x.
Why it could disappoint
  • The trailing P/E of 26.3x is well above the forward P/E of 15.5x, so the earnings recovery is still unproven.
  • Return on invested capital of 8.0% is thin for a business carrying a debt to equity ratio of 1.04.
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Valuation

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Where HURN's valuation models land
Price
$195.69
Model fair value
$146
Model range
$66.07 to $215
Fair value $146
Price $196
The price sits inside the model range.
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Where it sits vs peers

News and Record

Press releases mentioning this company

Recent performance

1 week
+11.9%
1 month
+22.4%
3 months
+74.3%
6 months
+54.7%
YTD
+13.2%
1 year
+27.8%

SEC filings

Recommendation history, last 12 months

DateTypeNewPreviousPrice
20 Oct 2026, 15:04 CESTRatingOvervaluedfirst publication$175
20 Oct 2026, 15:04 CESTFair value$146$210$175
16 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$210$216$175
11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTACCE price target$182first publication$167
11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$216$131$167
7 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$131$130$160
4 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$130$132$162
27 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$132$134$158
25 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$134$131$160
13 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$131$129$150

This analysis is not personalised investment advice and does not take your situation, objectives or risk tolerance into account. ACCE Investments is not an authorised investment firm.

Investing in shares carries a risk of losing capital. The value of an investment can go down as well as up.

Valuation horizon: 12 months from the publication date.

Conflicts of interest. ACCE Investments is operated by Adrien Chantreuil, who may hold personal positions in the securities analysed. Positions are declared on each security. ACCE receives no payment from the companies analysed or from any intermediary for this analysis.

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Snapshot

Growth88Value62Quality69Momentum90Total77
Valuation
Trailing P/E
28.0x
Forward P/E
14.5x
PEG
0.37
P/B
6.19x
EV / Revenue
1.8x
Book value/sh
$25.73
Enterprise value
$3.2B
Profitability
ROE
26.9%
FCF yield
5.88%
ROIC
8.0%
Health and risk
Debt / equity
1.04
Dividend yield
0.00%
Beta
0.09

Price

+27.8% · 1Y

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Answered from Huron Consulting Group Inc. Common Stock fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 17% of peers
low 8.8x28.0xhigh 32.3x
ROEbetter than 100% of peers
low 9%27%high 27%
Div yieldbetter than 17% of peers
low 0.0%0.0%high 5.4%

Peers

Prices Oct 23, 2026
CompanyPriceFair valuevs fair valueP/EROEQualityScore
HURN Huron Consulting Group Inc. Common Stock$195.69$14634% above28.0x26.9%6977
FCN FTI Consulting Inc. Common Stock$157.24$1665% below18.9x15.6%6450
ICFI ICF International Inc. Common Stock$94.40$10611% below18.8x8.6%5663
IPS.PA Ipsos SA€35.30€6042% below8.8x11.9%6762
DKSH.SW DKSH Holding AGCHF 77.10CHF 5345% above23.7x12.6%4062
ALQ.AX ALS LimitedA$19.71A$1346% above32.3x21.4%6858
CRAI CRA International Inc. Common Stock$200.14$14043% above26.8x26.0%7470

Sector report card

Where HURN ranks against its sector peers on each metric.

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  • Business Wire•Sep 22, 2026
    Huron Named a 2026 Best Firm to Work For by Consulting Magazine for 16th Consecutive Year
  • Business Wire•Jun 22, 2026
    Huron Announces Election of Shoshana Vernick to Board of Directors
  • GlobeNewswire•Jun 16, 2026
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40 filings
October 2026
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August 2026
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Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-08-14
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