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Best Consulting Service Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top consulting service stocks in 2025 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:

Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) is the #1 top consulting service stock out of 20 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 Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) has a Due Diligence Score of 14, which is -18 points lower than the consulting service industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates FORR as a "B".

FORR passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Forrester Research has seen its stock lose -49.65% over the past year, underperforming other consulting service stocks by -27 percentage points.

Sbc Medical Group Holdings (NASDAQ:SBC) is the #2 top consulting service stock out of 20 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 Sbc Medical Group Holdings (NASDAQ:SBC) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: F, Financials: B, and AI: D.

Sbc Medical Group Holdings (NASDAQ:SBC) has a Due Diligence Score of 60, which is 28 points higher than the consulting service industry average of 32.

SBC passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sbc Medical Group Holdings has seen its stock lose -67.28% over the past year, underperforming other consulting service stocks by -45 percentage points.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) is the #3 top consulting service stock out of 20 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 Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 24 points higher than the consulting service industry average of 32.

HURN passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Huron Consulting Group has seen its stock return 29.03% over the past year, overperforming other consulting service stocks by 51 percentage points.

Huron Consulting Group has an average 1 year price target of $171.50, an upside of 26.34% from Huron Consulting Group's current stock price of $135.75.

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.

Out of 5 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 7.42%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the consulting service industry average of 1.58%. 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 -8.4% 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%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the consulting service industry average of 1.58%. 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 22.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) has an annual dividend yield of 0.62%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the consulting service industry average of 1.58%. 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 25.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Consulting service stocks were up 1.15% in the last day, and up 2.31% over the last week. VCI Global was the among the top gainers in the consulting services industry, gaining 15.88% yesterday.

VCI Global shares are trading higher after the company announced it is partnering with a leading digital asset holder to launch a $2.16 billion sovereign-grade infrastructure venture.

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:

Sbc Medical Group Holdings (NASDAQ:SBC) is the most undervalued consulting service stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Sbc Medical Group Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 41 points higher than the consulting service industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sbc Medical Group Holdings's stock has dropped -67.28% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the consulting service industry by -45 percentage points.

Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) 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.

Forrester Research has a valuation score of 14, which is -16 points higher than the consulting service industry average of 30. 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 -49.65% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the consulting service industry by -27 percentage points.

Icf International (NASDAQ:ICFI) 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.

Icf International has a valuation score of 43, which is 13 points higher than the consulting service industry average of 30. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Icf International's stock has dropped -38.38% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the consulting service industry by -16 percentage points.

40% of consulting service stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect consulting service stocks to rise by 13.8% over the next year.

0% of consulting service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.76% of consulting service stocks are rated B (Buy), 82.35% are rated C (Hold), 5.88% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).