HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) Director Sells 8,500 Shares

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) Director Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of HubSpot stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.42, for a total value of $1,567,570.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 93,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,243,270. The trade was a 8.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.

Brian Halligan also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, May 19th, Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of HubSpot stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.00, for a total value of $1,870,000.00.
• On Tuesday, April 21st, Brian Halligan sold 8,292 shares of HubSpot stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $230.72, for a total value of $1,913,130.24.

HubSpot Stock Down 0.4%

NYSE:HUBS traded down $0.67 on Thursday, reaching $176.04. 2,562,691 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,817,613. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 92.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.21. The business has a fifty day moving average of $210.34 and a 200-day moving average of $273.41. HubSpot, Inc. has a 52-week low of $171.65 and a 52-week high of $568.16.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The software maker reported $2.72 EPS 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 net margin of 3.04% and a return on equity of 5.66%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last 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. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.39 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Barclays reduced their price objective on HubSpot from $300.00 to $270.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of HubSpot in a report on Friday, May 8th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price target on HubSpot from $285.00 to $230.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein set a $381.00 target price on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, HubSpot presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $311.00.

Institutional Trading of HubSpot

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 36.5% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 4,581,922 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,838,727,000 after acquiring an additional 1,224,424 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its stake in HubSpot by 352.1% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 903,559 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $220,559,000 after purchasing an additional 703,706 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors acquired a new position in HubSpot in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $259,930,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in HubSpot by 117.6% in the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,188,981 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $477,138,000 after purchasing an additional 642,545 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pictet Asset Management Holding SA increased its stake in HubSpot by 32.7% in the fourth quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 1,935,587 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $776,714,000 after purchasing an additional 476,740 shares during the last quarter. 90.39% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About HubSpot

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.