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Huron Consulting Group (STU:HUR) Gross Margin % : 28.21% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Huron Consulting Group Gross Margin %?

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Huron Consulting Group's Gross Profit for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €94 Mil. Huron Consulting Group's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €334 Mil. Therefore, Huron Consulting Group's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 28.21%.


The historical rank and industry rank for Huron Consulting Group's Gross Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

STU:HUR' s Gross Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 28.89   Med: 31.17   Max: 38.64
Current: 30.12


During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Huron Consulting Group was 38.64%. The lowest was 28.89%. And the median was 31.17%.

STU:HUR's Gross Margin % is ranked worse than
55.57% of 988 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 34.34 vs STU:HUR: 30.12

Huron Consulting Group had a gross margin of 28.21% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Competition eroding margins

The 5-Year average Growth Rate of Gross Margin for Huron Consulting Group was -0.90% per year.


Huron Consulting Group Gross Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huron Consulting Group's Gross Margin % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Huron Consulting Group Gross Margin % Chart

Huron Consulting Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Margin %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 31.19 28.89 29.00 29.89 29.98

Huron Consulting Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Gross Margin % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.38 31.44 30.80 30.04 28.21

Competitive Comparison of Huron Consulting Group's Gross Margin %

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Huron Consulting Group's Gross Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Margin % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Huron Consulting Group's Gross Margin % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Huron Consulting Group's Gross Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huron Consulting Group's Gross Margin % falls into.



Huron Consulting Group Gross Margin % Calculation

Gross Margin is the percentage of Gross Profit out of sales or Revenue.

Huron Consulting Group's Gross Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (A: Dec. 2023 )=Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )
=384.5 / 1282.658
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=(1282.658 - 898.167) / 1282.658
=29.98 %

Huron Consulting Group's Gross Margin for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as


Gross Margin % (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Gross Profit (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=94.3 / 334.314
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=(334.314 - 240.016) / 334.314
=28.21 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


Huron Consulting Group  (STU:HUR) Gross Margin % Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

Huron Consulting Group had a gross margin of 28.21% for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 => Competition eroding margins


Be Aware

If a company loses its competitive advantages, usually its gross margin declines well before its sales declines. Watching Gross Margin % and Operating Margin % closely helps avoid value trap situations.


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Huron Consulting Group (STU:HUR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
550 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL, USA, 60607
Huron Consulting Group Inc is a professional services firm. The company provides expertise in strategy, technology, operations, advisory services, & analytics through three operating segments namely Healthcare, Education, and Business Advisory. Healthcare segment helps the firms to transform and innovate the delivery model to focus on patient wellness by improving quality outcomes, minimizing care variation and fundamentally improving patient and population health, Education segment provides management consulting and technology solutions, and Business Advisory segment provides services to large and middle-market organizations, not-for-profit organizations, and private equity firms. It generates a majority of its revenue from the Healthcare Segment.

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