Professional services firm Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN) will be reporting earnings tomorrow afternoon. Here’s what you need to know.
Huron beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $441.3 million, up 16.7% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Huron’s revenue to grow 11.7% year on year, slowing from the 14.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Huron has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Huron’s peers in the business process outsourcing & consulting segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Exponent delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1%, and Genpact reported revenues up 5.6%, topping estimates by 0.8%. Exponent traded up 12.7% following the results while Genpact was also up 7.1%.
Read our full analysis of Exponent’s results here and Genpact’s results here.
Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the business process outsourcing & consulting stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 6.4% on average over the last month. Huron is down 27.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $215.50 (compared to the current share price of $131.53).
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