Company Analysis

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN)

Nasdaq: HURN · Services-Management Consulting Services · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade6.6
◀ Past 7.1● Present 6.8▶ Future 5.3

The grade of Huron Consulting Group Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.6/10
◀ Past7.140% of the headline
● Present6.835% of the headline
▶ Future5.325% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Huron Consulting Group Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Huron Consulting Group Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $798 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.8% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.8%top 40% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 24% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 45% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak9.8%top 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.6% a year. 78% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 45 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 91st percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Huron Consulting Group Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 78% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 45 sales (37 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.8/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 20%: 20¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 65%: owes 65¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Huron Consulting Group Inc. earned about 20 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 65 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 18% of its family
  • return on equitytop 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 23% of 33 in its family; net margin 6.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Huron Consulting Group Inc.'s standing among 33 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 18% by size; a net margin of 6.2% ranks in the top 26%; revenue growth of 13.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 26% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.70Btop 18% of its family
  • net margin6.2%top 26% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth13.6%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 45% of 18 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Huron Consulting Group Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hussey, C. Mark (CEO and President, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-03-02, 3.7 years (bottom 21% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.5 years (top 38%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 17%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 15 peopletop 17% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.5 yearstop 38% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.7 yearsbottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 42% of 32 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 32 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Huron Consulting Group Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $25 million against debt of $490 million leaves -30.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 10.8% of revenue (top 20%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-30.5%bottom 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue10.8%top 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 30 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Huron Consulting Group Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 13.6% a year over the last three filed years against 8.8% over all 10, speeding up (top 15% of its family); the newest year grew 11.7% (top 32%); capital spending grew -6% a year (bottom 34%) (its annual reports). Huron Consulting Group Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Healthcare at $858 million (51%), Education at $510 million (30%), Commercial at $331 million (20%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.8 points a yeartop 15% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth11.7%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-6.0%bottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 46% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Huron Consulting Group Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.6% below the $1.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 48% of its family); net income of $105 million against a prior three-year average of $85 million (top 35%); a net margin of 6.2% against 6.2% before (bottom 48%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.6%bottom 48% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+24%top 35% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.0 pointsbottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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