HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS Stake Lifted by IFP Advisors Inc

IFP Advisors Inc increased its stake in shares of HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) by 707.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 5,126 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 4,491 shares during the quarter. IFP Advisors Inc’s holdings in HubSpot were worth $2,057,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Strategic Advocates LLC bought a new position in HubSpot during the 3rd quarter worth $25,000. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new position in HubSpot during the 3rd quarter worth $25,000. Exane Asset Management bought a new position in HubSpot during the 3rd quarter worth $30,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. grew its stake in HubSpot by 783.3% during the 2nd quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 53 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Westside Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in HubSpot by 80.5% during the 3rd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 74 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. 90.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

HubSpot Stock Up 1.9%

Shares of HubSpot stock opened at $202.18 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $10.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 105.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.23. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $226.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of $297.75. HubSpot, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $173.25 and a fifty-two week high of $627.49.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The software maker reported $2.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.47 by $0.25. The business had revenue of $881.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $863.32 million. HubSpot had a return on equity of 5.66% and a net margin of 3.04%.The company’s revenue was up 23.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.84 earnings per share. HubSpot has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.000-3.020 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 13.040-13.120 EPS. Analysts anticipate that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.39 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

HUBS has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on HubSpot from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Zacks Research downgraded HubSpot from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on HubSpot from $260.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald lowered HubSpot from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $325.00 to $200.00 in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Twenty-two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $311.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Yamini Rangan acquired 2,750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 12th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $189.84 per share, for a total transaction of $522,060.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer directly owned 102,982 shares in the company, valued at $19,550,102.88. This represents a 2.74% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, insider Erika Ashley Fisher sold 915 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.66, for a total value of $216,543.90. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 16,270 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,850,458.20. This trade represents a 5.32% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Over the last 90 days, insiders have acquired 14,063 shares of company stock valued at $2,585,781 and have sold 26,207 shares valued at $6,233,049. Corporate insiders own 4.00% of the company’s stock.

HubSpot Profile

HubSpot, Inc is a software company that develops a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform designed to help organizations attract, engage and delight customers. Its primary business activities center on providing integrated marketing, sales and customer service tools that support inbound marketing strategies, content management, lead nurturing, sales automation and customer support workflows.

The company’s product suite is organized around modular “hubs” built on a central CRM: Marketing Hub, Sales Hub, Service Hub, CMS Hub and Operations Hub.