Huron Consulting Group Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
HURN · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 40 days, change -7 days YoY
AR growth -5.7% vs revenue growth 11.7%
Revenue grew 11.7% but CFFO declined -3.9%
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth -4.6% vs revenue 11.7%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 58.8%. Normal
Gross margin 31.8%, change +0.5pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.84. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 1.55
Accruals ratio = -5.8%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 4% of debt $0.5B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.9B = 163% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 2.5x. Healthy
Other assets 15.6% vs revenue 11.7%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 22% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.84 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25