Company Description
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HURN) is described in its public disclosures as a global professional services firm. The company states that it collaborates with clients to create sound strategies, optimize operations, accelerate digital transformation, and empower organizations and their people to shape their future. Huron emphasizes embracing diverse perspectives, encouraging new ideas, and challenging the status quo to create sustainable results for the organizations it serves.
According to company information, Huron operates through three primary operating segments: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. These segments reflect the core industries in which Huron focuses its consulting, digital, and managed services capabilities. The firm’s disclosures indicate that its services span areas such as strategy, operations, and digital transformation, with offerings that include consulting, managed services, and digital capabilities across its operating segments.
Business segments and focus areas
Huron’s segment reporting identifies three operating industries: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. The company’s year-to-date 2025 revenues before reimbursable expenses are reported as being generated across these segments, with Healthcare, Education, and Commercial each contributing a defined percentage of total revenues before reimbursable expenses. The company also notes that growth in recent periods has reflected demand for its Consulting and Managed Services capabilities within the Healthcare and Education segments, and for its Digital capabilities within the Commercial and Education segments.
Within Healthcare, Huron’s public announcements describe capabilities that include revenue cycle consulting and broader operational and digital transformation support for healthcare providers and payors. For example, Huron has disclosed an agreement to acquire Eclipse Insights, a revenue cycle consulting firm focused on helping healthcare organizations maximize revenue and improve cash flow, and has announced the acquisition of the payor consulting services division of AXIOM Systems, a healthcare information technology firm specializing in core administration systems and digital transformation for payors and payor‑provider organizations. These transactions are described as strengthening Huron’s end‑to‑end revenue cycle solutions for healthcare providers and expanding its capabilities in the payor ecosystem.
In the Commercial segment, Huron has reported acquisitions that enhance its strategy, operations, and financial services consulting capabilities. The company announced the acquisition of Wilson Perumal & Company, a strategy and operations consulting firm that focuses on managing complexity to drive organizational efficiency, profitability, and growth. Huron has also disclosed the acquisition of Treliant, LLC, which it describes as an advisory and managed services partner to the financial services industry with expertise in risk management, compliance, operations, financial crimes, fraud, capital markets, and data and analytics. These acquisitions are reported as being included in Huron’s Commercial operating segment and as expanding its ability to help financial institutions navigate complex macroeconomic and regulatory environments.
In Education, Huron’s segment disclosures reference consulting, managed services, and digital capabilities serving educational institutions. The company’s financial reports attribute a significant share of revenues before reimbursable expenses to the Education segment and note demand for its Consulting and Managed Services capabilities in this area, as well as for Digital capabilities that support education clients.
Consulting, digital, and managed services capabilities
Huron’s financial communications distinguish between its Consulting, Managed Services, and Digital capabilities. The company reports metrics such as the number of revenue‑generating professionals (excluding Managed Services professionals), the number of Managed Services professionals, and utilization rates for its Consulting and Digital capabilities. These disclosures indicate that Huron delivers its services through teams of professionals whose time is tracked and analyzed to measure utilization and support capacity planning.
The company’s public statements describe its digital‑focused offerings as part of its broader transformation work. For example, in connection with the acquisition of the AXIOM Systems payor consulting services division, Huron notes that the acquired team brings specialized technology, data, and analytics skills that support core payor operations, including claims administration, data transformation, and systems integration, and that these capabilities complement Huron’s existing strengths in healthcare strategy, operations, and digital transformation. Similarly, Huron’s description of the Treliant acquisition highlights the combination of Treliant’s regulatory and risk management expertise with Huron’s digital solutions.
Capital structure and credit facility
Huron has disclosed that it maintains a senior secured credit facility. In a Form 8‑K filing, the company reports that it entered into a Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement providing for a senior secured revolving credit facility and a senior secured term loan facility. The agreement includes provisions related to maturity dates, borrowing capacity, interest rate options, financial covenants such as a maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio and a minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, and customary representations, covenants, and events of default. The company notes that borrowings under this facility may be used for working capital, capital expenditures, share repurchases, permitted acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes.
In a related press release, Huron states that the amended and restated credit facility extends the maturity date, increases borrowing capacity, and improves pricing and flexibility to support its capital deployment priorities, including returning capital to shareholders and completing programmatic tuck‑in acquisitions. The company also references support from a syndicate of lenders in connection with this facility.
Financial reporting and non‑GAAP measures
Huron regularly reports its financial results through press releases and corresponding Form 8‑K filings. These disclosures include revenues before reimbursable expenses, net income, diluted earnings per share, and other metrics. The company also discusses non‑GAAP financial measures such as EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, and adjusted diluted earnings per share. Management states that these non‑GAAP measures are used to evaluate comparative operating performance, to understand ongoing business trends, and in financial and operating decision‑making.
The company’s financial communications also provide information on organic revenue growth, the contribution of acquisitions to revenues before reimbursable expenses, and the impact of specific items such as non‑cash impairment charges related to a convertible debt investment and litigation settlement gains. Huron discloses that it returns capital to shareholders through share repurchases and that it updates its guidance for revenues before reimbursable expenses and adjusted diluted earnings per share based on its outlook.
Recognition and industry positioning
Huron’s public announcements reference third‑party recognitions that relate to its position in the management consulting and professional services industry. The company notes that it has been named one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms by Forbes and has been recognized by Consulting Magazine as a Best Firm to Work For. It also reports recognition by Time magazine as one of America’s Best Mid‑size Companies and mentions honors related to female talent retention, mentoring, and enrichment programs as part of Consulting Magazine’s Women Leaders in Consulting awards. These recognitions are presented by Huron as reinforcing its reputation and workplace culture.
Geographic and listing information
Huron identifies itself in its press releases and SEC filings as being based in Chicago, Illinois. The company’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq stock market under the ticker symbol HURN. Its filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Current Reports on Form 8‑K, provide additional detail on material events such as earnings releases and the entry into material definitive agreements.
Summary
According to its own disclosures, Huron Consulting Group Inc. is a global professional services firm focused on strategy, operations, digital transformation, and managed services across Healthcare, Education, and Commercial markets. The company reports that it grows both organically and through acquisitions that deepen its capabilities in areas such as healthcare revenue cycle and payor operations, strategy and operations consulting, and financial services risk and compliance. Its financial reporting emphasizes revenues before reimbursable expenses, non‑GAAP performance measures, and capital deployment through share repurchases and an amended senior secured credit facility. Huron’s communications also highlight external recognitions related to its consulting capabilities and workplace environment.