Huron Consulting Named Top Russell 2000 Pick, While Victoria's Secret and Proto Labs Underwhelm

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StockStory identified Huron Consulting Group as a standout Russell 2000 stock, citing its 15.9% annual revenue growth over five years and 22.1% annual earnings per share growth, while flagging Victoria's Secret and Proto Labs as stocks to avoid. Huron's free cash flow margin expanded by 6.7 percentage points over five years, and its shares trade at 10.7 times forward earnings. Victoria's Secret saw annual revenue growth of just 2.6% over three years and a 6% annual decline in earnings per share due to share dilution, with shares at 16.2 times forward earnings. Proto Labs posted 3.9% annual revenue growth over two years and a 2.9% annual contraction in earnings per share over five years, trading at 39.2 times forward earnings.

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Industrials± Mixed · 2 stocks
Huron Consulting Group Inc
HURN
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

StockStory highlights Huron's strong revenue and earnings growth, expanding free cash flow margin, and attractive valuation, making it a top Russell 2000 pick.

Proto Labs Inc
PRLB
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

StockStory flags Proto Labs as a stock to avoid due to low revenue growth and declining earnings per share, with a high forward P/E of 39.2.

Consumer Discretionary · 1 stocks
Victoria's Secret & Co
VSCO
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

StockStory flags Victoria's Secret as a stock to avoid due to weak revenue growth and earnings decline from share dilution, with a forward P/E of 16.2.