Forensic Analysis · Consulting & Engineering Services · as of Nov 9, 2026

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN)

A forensic read on Huron Consulting Group Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

A · High-quality compounder

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

3.0

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

19.3%

ROE

11.7%

Revenue growth

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Huron Consulting Group Inc. earns an A (High-quality compounder) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 3.0, placing it in the Safe zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

13.0%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 13.0% in the latest fiscal year and rising across FY2023–FY2025 from 9.9%. After-tax operating profit was $93M in FY2023 and $139M in FY2025, with operating income at 9.0% of revenue in FY2023, 11.1% in FY2024 and 10.5% in FY2025. The capital base behind it grew +13% across FY2023–FY2025, from $947M to $1.1B, and the return did not fall doing it, so the dollars added over that window earned at least the 9.9% the older base was already earning.

103% of FCF

FY2025

Shareholder returns. Returned $167M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 103% of free cash flow. That is $4M (3%) more than free cash flow covered. New debt covered it: total debt rose $153M over FY2025, while cash rose $3M. That ratio has actually been EASING, not tightening further — down from ~123% of free cash flow two years back. Counting the $47M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 131%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$1.70B

Revenue Growth YoY+11.7%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)+10.2%

Net Margin6.2%

Free Cash Flow$162.3M

Return on Equity19.3%

Debt / Equity0.96x

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