Huron Consulting (HURN) 2 Nov 222022 Q3 Earnings call transcript

Good afternoon and welcome to Huron Consulting Group’s webcast to discuss Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2022. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.

Before we begin, I would like to point all of you to the disclosure at the end of the company’s news release for information about any forward-looking statements that maybe made or discussed on this call. The news release is posted on Huron’s website. Please review that information along with the filings with the SEC for a disclosure of factors that may impact subject discussed in this afternoon’s webcast. discussing more be financial will company one non-GAAP or measures. The to on at by for reconciliation GAAP the look Huron’s the most numbers. earnings including required Please disclosures release website comparable the all SEC, the of now, to Roth, over Consulting Chief the Huron Jim of I’d like Officer And turn Group. call to Executive Mr. ahead. go please Roth,

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the In strong grew and addition, per XXXX share the segments, or quarter the and the in Net over in same for share million the million the XX% Healthcare respectively, or Consulting which quarter and to XXXX, in diluted diluted quarter revenues in Education of period per continued Managed XX%, prior third Service reflect of XXXX. offerings income $X.XX our $XX.X same demand in was $X.XX third year. compared within $XX.X

XX.X% tax XXXX third quarter ago. to income compared X effective in rate of Our XX.X% the was year

of state of and XXXX or in was the used of compensation to share income than of third related $XX.X per share net the fund million expense primarily diluted tax XX.X% $X.XX due Adjusted million million in less deferred tax our inclusive the diluted period effective million per expense $XX.X was was XXXX Our same to revenues $XX.X of of XXXX. taxes, to and XXXX Adjusted certain QX in QX in non-GAAP income compared revenues. nondeductible nondeductible XXXX items. or $XX.X or rate, quarter favorable EBITDA compared QX $X.XX to of or statutory XX.X% for the investments losses to liability

XXXX. the from The for in record demand digital third quarter strong will segment for margin increase million company of revenues as digital cycle segment million revenues quarter, Now of XX%. Revenues count third same XX.X% the quarter in The of of was in $XXX.X of digital performance third drive revenues in completed industry our across our we advisory the segment well in quarter attributable in demand million segment, XX%, record $X.X Education for of of of The third grew the capability December The the health the performance as included XX.X% the in QX during Education of XXXX. digital make for The our up the financial quarter from this improvement million quarter the about to Healthcare from or XXXX to the for growth offerings our or XXXX. XXXX. continued quarter-over-quarter from few increase of XXXX, continued $X.X and operating believe all quarter reflecting that into of XX.X% Health, managed of is the $XX.X during quarter revenues our services quarter and total for $XX.X was Healthcare mix in The third revenue during December quarter growth in of our the total posted decrease reflects including the generated QX strength XXXX. compared the our XXXX. company which completed million primarily ERP of for of up of XXXX third The XXXX. XX.X% offerings. of during XXXX XX% I’ll Perception our reflects and Whiteboard, percentage million the revenue for revenue margin growth increased by electronic offerings. income was XXXX. Operating demand head in strong in which included the capability of of acquisition Healthcare offerings Revenues of segments. acquisition in offerings generated XX% This $XX.X comments each posted of segment a investments our segment

quarter in growth divestiture Revenues XXXX. completed reflect or The for million $X.X up increase for continued XXXX. in third will of partially quarter income the XXXX headcount for included primarily contributions XX.X% of The third XXXX, for for Education XXXX. XX% the Life demand our to this expenses, XXXX in consecutive XX% to Commercial was our same from the margin acquisition strategy in revenues quarter increase a and cloud-based Sciences quarter of of QX deliver the Segment by AIMDATA revenue X.X% Sciences compared during corresponding in QX our quarter-over-quarter operating Education of in Life expect was strong was The quarter XXXX million. third of XXXX. posted which decline outpaced in In margin offerings, as a in offset the for segment our fourth in January well revenues investments segment. growth quarter million of due in The seventh demand for represented technology the business during cloud-based from as growth of cost of training that business $XXX,XXX of XXXX of to sequential third $X.X due training the we offset financial quarter, offerings. $XX.X of the the continued total strong third The of by technology innovation growth, industry revenues of for advisory company XXXX, and drive XXXX. the that into digital generated – the partially revenues to quarter generated decrease our quarter inorganic revenues

related quarter Unallocated our the to and of primarily commercial deferred XXXX. to a due XX% XXXX liability divestiture is by used revenues of in growth related to a revenues in margin grew operating Unallocated for not related plan of this the both which loss plan, and fair corporate assets same included segment million the million QX XX.X% in third level this quarter, fully reflected a plan. increased corporate plan. participants $XXX,XXX to impact unallocated XXXX compensation of in XXXX. bonus primarily deferred the a XXXX, Sciences of expenses in our reduction of corresponding compared decrease in expenses for with compensation million, the margin the is with of increases million XXXX income direct similar our ago. compensation decrease segment the to in in quarter the related revenue to of markets third reduction decrease in of the Commercial quarter quarter the QX the in of salaries, expenses QX Corporate to the in XX% primarily income as was coupled increase $XX.X same during The compared operating compared offerings digital of for in costs fourth year income due to the XXXX. to were in offset periods, $X.X expense support expense which due was XXXX for was other in XX.X% or to XX.X% expenses that Absent expenses $X.X corporate segment the $XX.X for which deferred in or allocated fund third in segment, Life the value to the personnel. The the Our the period quarter

cash Now turning million with borrowings of $XXX of for our quarter sheet cash million to with $XXX facility the the million. revolving $X credit of debt on balance finished and flows. We net

beginning quarter we On our million Third repurchases $XX.X of or million shares. shares, X.X% included approximately basis, for shares the of as XXX,XXX representing year-to-date repurchased year. a of share X.X the outstanding

as of compared to of of quarter adjusted X.Xx the at agreement, EBITDA end adjusted EBITDA Our the our bank XX, XXXX. approximately third September X.Xx leverage senior ratio defined in is was XXXX,

pace reflective the compared to and in the quarter XXXX the costs, days for XX, quarter of current XXXX, of healthcare DSO resulting which October XXXX, in extended flow DSO of the business Cash developed another inclusive during certain quarter authorization. invest the second XX and $XX.X was share repurchases the cash was in with available and projects intend share in our and increased XXXX. third quarter of of at $XX.X flow for growth from education our normal and expenditures, our mix of of In third $XX.X for we for larger XX our capital Directors billing The and industry As XX flow operations software $XXX of payment generated million increase used year our of terms, came over revenue are by third $X.X to authorization September of repurchases ebb days time. for of in and XXXX Board cash internally million million free XXXX, million. days million. remained under to of of

and turn guidance Finally, to for XXXX. let expectations our me

narrowing guidance core of billion. and of opportunities noted, our in raising growth to Jim the our our to revenue billion $X.XX XXXX in year $X.XX our industries. primarily reflects strong in are we be As range a revenue across business momentum full increase guidance and significant each The

In full reflecting is range $X.XX. diluted non-GAAP we as primarily year addition, continue and to and share a with impact related diluted midpoint expect increased increased expectations a nonqualified guidance $X.XX of full tax now adjusted in compensation to interest year used be our range per revenues, of of our the earnings our by of count, to are narrowing deferred EBITDA expense expectations of our our in reduced range our XX.X% fund to tax we adjusted offset assets of call, of to interest EBITDA share EPS income consistent plan. adjusted be second rates The the decline and in quarter increased a adjusted value and XX% to the to

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Your question please.

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on within Okay, you upper considered do to you time? thank Are the to be of trends normal of next you terms – terms of or in do you in what sit been might have over look do you. be sort you’re historical into think How bound as rate you expect of bill pricing year? going

over or we think so, Tobey. improve past I year the pricing have seen

from increases also see within been clients we’ve offset the of So able push delivery through those particularly obviously, majority the that able the have of to been healthcare pricing our that our the that over industry, fact time. the we’ve rates. But with into has that labor of to been somewhat we by that’s our cost increased period

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So I I continue. that think that’s seen the but consistent that, trend we’ve with in will what past, think

allocation to And additional of back through capital prepared quarter expect towards a years part year-to-date least. pronounced forward early in the in outlook the has the been some good point? with Jim’s you to in repurchases commentary share look based follow pretty the of remarks on buying talking Do the at about stock at itself, of this couple to

see think I do will continue to you Tobey. us share repurchases,

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Thank It’s with a you. Jim, you pleasure very congratulations. been working much.

as well. Great working Tobey. you you, Thank with

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pipeline. more broadly, since the you Just asked about

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third The about to sales that feel out we note, one really in just good Jim it’s their performance So, well. had that team some quarter the nice reflecting on Again, we referred And healthcare then the earlier. that. pressures terms referred to of to that a of close improvement earlier. as

that the the we fact, since In was XXXX. sales of largest month in beginning and September healthcare had have

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margin good platform, place on that’s also support cumulatively, fully those So, think build the growth, good resources we for improvement to year become it’s a revenue where projects. next continued be going it’s entire but to supporting across as

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wanted I slowdown side indicating about in demand elsewhere? strong are businesses you any you be your on commercial economic economic or an that continued despite might to economic expect But uncertain certainly, the perhaps conditions that lastly, ask and Just seeing of you anything conditions. noted

is This Jim.

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that year of So, get uncertain that’s throughout this year, of are to next early we the part portfolio busier remainder a expect our the and part of economic conditions. there if

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