Reviewing Nukkleus (NASDAQ:NUKK) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN)

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) and Nukkleus (NASDAQ:NUKK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Huron Consulting Group and Nukkleus’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Huron Consulting Group	$1.40 billion	1.23	$62.48 million	$3.20	29.20
Nukkleus	$22.37 million	0.07	-$970,000.00	N/A	N/A

Huron Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than Nukkleus.

Profitability

This table compares Huron Consulting Group and Nukkleus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huron Consulting Group	4.47%	17.77%	7.64%
Nukkleus	N/A	N/A	-4.47%

Risk and Volatility

Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nukkleus has a beta of -0.32, indicating that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Huron Consulting Group and Nukkleus, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Huron Consulting Group	0	0	3	0	3.00
Nukkleus	0	0	0	0	N/A

Huron Consulting Group currently has a consensus price target of $129.33, indicating a potential upside of 38.41%. Given Huron Consulting Group’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than Nukkleus.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.5% of Nukkleus shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.8% of Nukkleus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Huron Consulting Group beats Nukkleus on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group Inc., a professional services firm, provides consultancy services in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. The Healthcare segment provides financial and operational performance improvement consulting services; digital offerings, spanning technology and analytic-related services; software products; organizational transformation services; revenue cycle managed and outsourcing services; financial and capital advisory consulting services; and strategy and innovation consulting services to national and regional health systems, academic and community health systems, federal health system, public, children's and critical access hospitals, physician practices and medical groups, payors, and long-term care or post-acute providers. The Education segment provides digital solutions, spanning technology, and analytic-related services; Huron Research product suite, a software suite designed to facilitate and enhance research administration service delivery and compliance; research-focused consulting and managed services; strategy and operations consulting services for public and private colleges and universities, research institutes, and other education-related organizations. The Commercial segment delivers digital services and software products, and financial advisory services to financial, energy and utilities, professional and business services, life science, consumer products, and industrials and manufacturing industries, as well as public sector and nonprofit organizations. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

About Nukkleus

Nukkleus Inc., a financial technology company, focuses on providing software and technology solutions for retail foreign exchange trading industry worldwide. The company primarily offers software, technology, customer sales and marketing, and risk management technology hardware and software solutions. It also offers payment services from one fiat currency to another or to digital assets. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Nukkleus Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Global Elite Holdings Ltd.