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Management consulting firm advising health care, education and commercial clients on strategy, operations and technology.
Management consulting firm advising health care, education and commercial clients on strategy, operations and technology.
Bills clients for consultants' time, mostly hourly or fixed-fee, with some fees tied to results, so revenue follows headcount and how fully staff are booked. Health care and education, where it was built, remain the core. Former Arthur Andersen consultants founded it in 2002.
Moat: narrow (brand, process know-how). Deep sector-specific (health care/education) consulting expertise builds repeat client relationships.
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois · Founded: 2002 · Employees: 8,610
Size Huron Consulting (HURN) is a United States Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $2.63B, the 1622nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $166.82 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 39.0%, against +2.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 12.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +16.5%); the operating margin is 11.8% (peer median 12.3%).
Valuation It trades at 16.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.6× (9th cheapest of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.2 points above its cost of capital (6.1% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $328M at 30 Sep 2026, up 4% on a year earlier — 0.2 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →
Short interest Short interest is 5.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.86B | $1.70B | $1.52B | $1.40B | $1.16B |
| Revenue growth | — | +12% | +9% | +21% | — |
| Gross profit | $555M | $509M | $451M | $394M | $319M |
| EBITDA | $260M | $232M | $189M | $168M | $143M |
| Net income | $114M | $105M | $117M | $62.5M | $75.6M |
| Free cash flow | $124M | $183M | $193M | $126M | $72.9M |
| Capital expenditure | $36.7M | $31.1M | $32.6M | $35.2M | $24.3M |
| Total debt | $847M | $548M | $399M | $374M | $346M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Consulting HURN | $2.63B | +39% | +12% | 12% | 16.5× | -4.0% |
| FTI Consulting FCN | $5.33B | +19% | +8% | 10% | 18.7× | -3.6% |
| CRA International CRAI | $1.24B | +42% | +11% | 10% | 22.4× | n/a |
| ICF International ICFI | $1.43B | +14% | -8% | 8% | 10.8× | -2.2% |
| Accenture ACN | $154B | +44% | +6% | 15% | 17.8× | 3.7% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | HURN | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +0.9% | -3.1% | 9th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +39.0% | +2.4% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -18.0% | -22.9% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +12.3% | +16.5% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 12.3% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 16.5× | 17.6× | 9th cheapest of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.0% | -1.2% | 2nd least demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +14.3% | +16.9% | 8th highest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -18.3 pp | -8.8 pp | 6th least demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +8.2 pp | +2.4 pp | 4th highest of 18 |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.3× | 9.4× | 4th most expensive of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.2× | 0.2× | 5th most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Consulting HURN | United States | $2.63B | +39% | +12% | 12% | 16.5× | -4.0% | +14.3% |
| International Workplace IWG.L | United Kingdom | $2.63B | +12% | 0% | 4% | 22.5× | 33.6% | +3.3% |
| Hui Lyu Ecological Technology Groups 001267.SZ | China | $2.61B | -59% | +90% | 10% | 71.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Pluxee PLX.PA | France | $2.72B | 0% | +1% | 28% | 8.9× | n/a | n/a |
| CECEP Environmental Protection 300140.SZ | China | $2.51B | -18% | -2% | 23% | n/a | -1.2% | +26.0% |
| Visional 4194.T | Japan | $2.51B | +32% | +24% | 25% | 20.2× | -2.4% | +28.2% |
| KWS SAAT SE & Co KGaA KWS.DE | Germany | $2.48B | -12% | -3% | 15% | 13.2× | -8.2% | +4.4% |
| S-1 012750.KS | South Korea | $2.45B | +14% | +1% | 7% | 21.8× | -1.2% | +5.4% |
| CoreCivic CXW | United States | $2.84B | +41% | +24% | 10% | 12.1× | -1.6% | +3.0% |
| Shanghai GenTech 688596.SS | China | $2.42B | +56% | +4% | 2% | 76.5× | n/a | n/a |
| V2X VVX | United States | $2.39B | +9% | +13% | 4% | 11.3× | -1.4% | +26.3% |
| Inventurus Knowledge Solutions IKS.NS | India | $2.94B | -2% | +20% | 31% | 31.8× | 21.2% | +45.8% |
| Ardentec 3264.TWO | Taiwan | $2.36B | -30% | +32% | 30% | 12.3× | 5.2% | +7.7% |
| Jiangsu Boqian New Materials Stock 605376.SS | China | $2.94B | -43% | +76% | 20% | 38.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Sigurd Microelectronics 6257.TW | Taiwan | $2.33B | -19% | +12% | 22% | 14.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou Nanomicro Technology 688690.SS | China | $2.31B | +17% | +26% | 25% | 57.1× | 35.3% | +35.2% |
| TriNet TNET | United States | $3.05B | +56% | -4% | 6% | 15.1× | -3.3% | +4.4% |
| TIC Solutions TIC | United States | $2.26B | +5% | +39% | -1% | n/a | 51.8% | n/a |
| JHT Design 603061.SS | China | $3.07B | -8% | +93% | 34% | n/a | 43.9% | +30.4% |
| ABM Industries ABM | United States | $3.10B | +32% | +6% | 5% | 12.5× | -2.0% | +7.9% |
| Jianshe Industry Group (Yunnan) 002265.SZ | China | $3.12B | -11% | +42% | 5% | n/a | 26.3% | +47.9% |
Huron Consulting reported $328M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 4% from a year earlier and up 21% from the previous quarter. That is 0.2 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.11.