HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) has been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the thirty research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, twenty-seven have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $626.50.

HUBS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Evercore ISI set a $500.00 price objective on shares of HubSpot in a research report on Thursday. Cantor Fitzgerald cut their target price on shares of HubSpot from $775.00 to $500.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price target on shares of HubSpot from $700.00 to $600.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on HubSpot from $685.00 to $600.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Mizuho cut their price objective on HubSpot from $700.00 to $550.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday.

Insider Transactions at HubSpot

In related news, CFO Kathryn Bueker sold 615 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 6th. The stock was 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 directly owned 38,794 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,397,000. This represents a 1.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Brian Halligan sold 235 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $493.30, for a total value of $115,925.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 513,466 shares in the company, valued at $253,292,777.80. The trade was a 0.05% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 51,098 shares of company stock valued at $24,757,257 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.00% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On HubSpot

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of HUBS. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in HubSpot by 6.4% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,736,765 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,683,659,000 after acquiring an additional 345,524 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in shares of HubSpot by 17.0% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 4,910,062 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,805,070,000 after purchasing an additional 714,980 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its position in shares of HubSpot by 37.3% in the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 927,927 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $530,115,000 after purchasing an additional 251,853 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 4.3% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 925,938 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $513,886,000 after purchasing an additional 38,096 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jennison Associates LLC lifted its position in HubSpot by 548.6% during the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 794,677 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $442,341,000 after buying an additional 672,158 shares in the last quarter. 90.39% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

HubSpot Trading Up 0.7%

NYSE HUBS opened at $397.83 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4,972.91, a PEG ratio of 13.77 and a beta of 1.60. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $475.10 and a 200 day moving average of $527.88. HubSpot has a twelve month low of $375.01 and a twelve month high of $881.13.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The software maker reported $2.66 EPS 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 company had revenue of $809.52 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $786.80 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.18 earnings per share. HubSpot’s quarterly revenue was up 20.9% compared to the same quarter last year. HubSpot has set its FY 2025 guidance at 9.600-9.620 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 2.970-2.990 EPS. Equities analysts predict that HubSpot will post 1.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.