Cantor Fitzgerald Forecasts Stronger Earnings for HubSpot

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) – Investment analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald increased their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of HubSpot in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, November 7th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst M. Vanvliet now expects that the software maker will earn $1.67 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $1.56. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a “Overweight” rating and a $500.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for HubSpot’s current full-year earnings is $1.01 per share.

Several other research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Needham & Company LLC decreased their price target on shares of HubSpot from $900.00 to $700.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of HubSpot from $600.00 to $550.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of HubSpot from $685.00 to $600.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Mizuho lowered their target price on shares of HubSpot from $700.00 to $550.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on HubSpot from $675.00 to $650.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, HubSpot has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $620.41.

HubSpot Trading Up 2.2%

Shares of HubSpot stock opened at $394.66 on Monday. HubSpot has a 12 month low of $375.01 and a 12 month high of $881.13. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.68 billion, a P/E ratio of -4,933.25, a P/E/G ratio of 12.71 and a beta of 1.60. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $471.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $524.53.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The software maker reported $2.66 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.58 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $809.52 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $786.80 million. HubSpot had a positive return on equity of 1.21% and a negative net margin of 0.12%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.18 EPS. HubSpot has set its FY 2025 guidance at 9.600-9.620 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 2.970-2.990 EPS.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Yamini Rangan sold 2,387 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total transaction of $1,193,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 56,277 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $28,138,500. This trade represents a 4.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Brian Halligan sold 235 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $493.30, for a total transaction of $115,925.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 513,466 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $253,292,777.80. The trade was a 0.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 51,098 shares of company stock worth $24,757,257. Corporate insiders own 4.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

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

About HubSpot

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.