Capital World Investors Takes Position in HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS

Capital World Investors bought a new stake in HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 647,721 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $259,930,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Rakuten Securities Inc. grew its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 783.3% in the second quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 53 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Advocates LLC bought a new position in shares of HubSpot in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of HubSpot in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of HubSpot in the second quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC bought a new position in shares of HubSpot in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $33,000. 90.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently issued reports on HUBS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on HubSpot from $530.00 to $425.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 8th. Bank of America reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective (down from $300.00) on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price objective on HubSpot from $400.00 to $350.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on HubSpot from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $382.00 price objective on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Twenty-two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $311.00.

Insider Activity

In related news, CTO Dharmesh Shah bought 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $181.37 per share, for a total transaction of $1,813,700.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 1,295,400 shares in the company, valued at approximately $234,946,698. The trade was a 0.78% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $220.00, for a total value of $1,870,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 353,500 shares in the company, valued at approximately $77,770,000. This represents a 2.35% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have bought 14,063 shares of company stock valued at $2,585,781 and have sold 26,207 shares valued at $6,233,049. Insiders own 3.70% of the company’s stock.

HubSpot Trading Down 2.2%

HubSpot stock opened at $207.96 on Tuesday. HubSpot, Inc. has a 12 month low of $173.25 and a 12 month high of $610.61. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $217.97 and its 200 day simple moving average is $281.97. The company has a market cap of $10.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 108.88, a PEG ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 1.22.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The software maker reported $2.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.47 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $881.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $863.32 million. HubSpot had a return on equity of 5.66% and a net margin of 3.04%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 23.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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 research analysts forecast that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.39 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

HubSpot Company 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.