HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) Director Acquires $199,735.25 in Stock

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) Director Gerald Dischler purchased 925 shares of HubSpot stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 10th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $215.93 per share, with a total value of $199,735.25. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 1,940 shares in the company, valued at $418,904.20. This trade represents a 91.13% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

HubSpot Stock Down 4.5%

HUBS stock opened at $210.57 on Thursday. HubSpot, Inc. has a 52 week low of $169.63 and a 52 week high of $525.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 74.41, a P/E/G ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 1.19. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $205.20 and a 200-day simple moving average of $226.82.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The software maker reported $3.26 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.02 by $0.24. HubSpot had a return on equity of 8.66% and a net margin of 4.26%.The business had revenue of $911.74 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $898.31 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.19 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 19.8% compared to the same quarter last year. HubSpot has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.230-13.310 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.250-3.270 EPS. On average, analysts expect that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of HubSpot

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of HubSpot during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $631,386,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in HubSpot by 36.5% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 4,581,922 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,838,727,000 after acquiring an additional 1,224,424 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in HubSpot by 352.1% in the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 903,559 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $220,559,000 after acquiring an additional 703,706 shares during the period. Capital World Investors acquired a new stake in HubSpot during the fourth quarter worth $259,930,000. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in HubSpot by 117.6% during the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,188,981 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $477,138,000 after acquiring an additional 642,545 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently issued reports on HUBS shares. Zacks Research raised shares of HubSpot from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $276.00 target price on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Stephens lowered HubSpot from an “overweight” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $251.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Piper Sandler downgraded HubSpot from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $250.00 to $220.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, KeyCorp lowered their price objective on HubSpot from $290.00 to $285.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating, fifteen have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, HubSpot presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $268.90.

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.