HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) Stock Rating Upgraded by Wall Street Zen

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report issued on Saturday.

A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on HUBS. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price objective on shares of HubSpot from $650.00 to $560.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of HubSpot in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised shares of HubSpot from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $606.00 target price for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. Barclays cut their price target on shares of HubSpot from $675.00 to $575.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on shares of HubSpot from $717.00 to $612.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, HubSpot has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $626.50.

HubSpot Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of HubSpot stock opened at $397.83 on Friday. HubSpot has a 12 month low of $375.01 and a 12 month high of $881.13. The company has a market capitalization of $20.84 billion, a PE ratio of -4,972.91, a PEG ratio of 14.25 and a beta of 1.60. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $475.10 and its 200 day simple moving average is $527.61.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The software maker reported $2.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.58 by $0.08. HubSpot had a positive return on equity of 1.21% and a negative net margin of 0.12%.The business had revenue of $809.52 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $786.80 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.18 EPS. HubSpot’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. HubSpot has set its FY 2025 guidance at 9.600-9.620 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 2.970-2.990 EPS. Analysts predict that HubSpot will post 1.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Kathryn Bueker sold 615 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total value of $307,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 38,794 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,397,000. This represents a 1.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Yamini Rangan sold 2,387 shares of HubSpot stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total value of $1,193,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 56,277 shares in the company, valued at $28,138,500. The trade was a 4.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 51,098 shares of company stock valued at $24,757,257 over the last quarter. 4.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of HubSpot

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Goodman Advisory Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of HubSpot in the 2nd quarter valued at $27,000. Whittier Trust Co. increased its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 136.4% during the second quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 52 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Exane Asset Management bought a new position in shares of HubSpot in the 3rd quarter worth $30,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. grew its position in HubSpot by 783.3% in the 2nd quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 53 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the period. Finally, Hilltop National Bank bought a new stake in HubSpot during the 2nd quarter valued at $32,000. 90.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

HubSpot Company Profile

HubSpot, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company's CRM platform includes Marketing Hub, a toolset for marketing automation and email, social media, SEO, and reporting and analytics; Sales Hub offers email templates and tracking, conversations and live chat, meeting and call scheduling, lead and website visit alerts, lead scoring, sales automation, pipeline management, quoting, forecasting, and reporting; Service Hub, a service software designed to help businesses manage, respond, and connect with customers; and Content Management Systems Hub enables businesses to create new and edit existing web content.