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Best Consulting Service Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top consulting service stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best consulting service stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best consulting service stocks to buy right now are:

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) is the #1 top consulting service stock out of 26 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) has a Due Diligence Score of 60, which is 34 points higher than the consulting service industry average of 26.

HURN passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Huron Consulting Group has seen its stock return 36.12% over the past year, overperforming other consulting service stocks by 76 percentage points.

Huron Consulting Group has an average 1 year price target of $215.50, an upside of 25.02% from Huron Consulting Group's current stock price of $172.37.

Huron Consulting Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Huron Consulting Group, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Fti Consulting (NYSE:FCN) is the #2 top consulting service stock out of 26 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Fti Consulting (NYSE:FCN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Fti Consulting (NYSE:FCN) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 8 points higher than the consulting service industry average of 26.

FCN passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Fti Consulting has seen its stock lose -8.9% over the past year, overperforming other consulting service stocks by 31 percentage points.

Fti Consulting has an average 1 year price target of $165.00, a downside of -6.68% from Fti Consulting's current stock price of $176.81.

Fti Consulting stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Fti Consulting, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) is the #3 top consulting service stock out of 26 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -9 points lower than the consulting service industry average of 26.

FORR passed 6 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Forrester Research has seen its stock lose -45.58% over the past year, underperforming other consulting service stocks by -6 percentage points.

Out of 6 consulting service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 consulting service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RGP) has an annual dividend yield of 4.49%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the consulting service industry average of 1.38%. Resources Connection's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Resources Connection's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Resources Connection's dividend payout ratio of -8.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Cra International (NASDAQ:CRAI) has an annual dividend yield of 1.07%, which is the same as the consulting service industry average of 1.38%. Cra International's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Cra International's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cra International's dividend payout ratio of 23.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) has an annual dividend yield of 0.84%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the consulting service industry average of 1.38%. Verisk Analytics's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Verisk Analytics's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Verisk Analytics's dividend payout ratio of 26.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Consulting service stocks were down -0.02% in the last day, and down -4.49% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued consulting service stocks right now are:

Icf International (NASDAQ:ICFI) is the most undervalued consulting service stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Icf International has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the consulting service industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Icf International's stock has dropped -20.36% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consulting service industry by 20 percentage points.

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding (NYSE:BAH) is the second most undervalued consulting service stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding has a valuation score of 29, which is 7 points higher than the consulting service industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding's stock has dropped -32.39% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consulting service industry by 8 percentage points.

Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) is the third most undervalued consulting service stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Forrester Research has a valuation score of 14, which is -8 points higher than the consulting service industry average of 22. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates FORR a Valuation Rating of "B".

Forrester Research's stock has dropped -45.58% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the consulting service industry by -6 percentage points.

40% of consulting service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect consulting service stocks to rise by 21.51% over the next year.

0% of consulting service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 14.29% of consulting service stocks are rated B (Buy), 78.57% are rated C (Hold), 7.14% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).