Brian Halligan Sells 8,500 Shares of HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) Stock

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) Director Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.50, for a total value of $1,865,750.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 76,500 shares in the company, valued at $16,791,750. The trade was a 10.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

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

• On Tuesday, July 21st, Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of HubSpot stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.09, for a total transaction of $1,879,265.00.
• On Tuesday, June 16th, Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of HubSpot stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.42, for a total transaction of $1,567,570.00.

HubSpot Stock Performance

HUBS stock opened at $240.26 on Friday. HubSpot, Inc. has a 52 week low of $169.63 and a 52 week high of $525.51. The company has a market capitalization of $11.98 billion, a PE ratio of 84.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 1.19. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $209.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $223.69.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The software maker reported $3.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.02 by $0.24. The business had revenue of $911.74 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $898.31 million. HubSpot had a net margin of 4.26% and a return on equity of 8.66%. The business’s revenue was up 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.19 EPS. 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 forecast that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.54 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of HubSpot

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. denkapparat Operations GmbH lifted its stake in HubSpot by 55.8% during the second quarter. denkapparat Operations GmbH now owns 2,804 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $512,000 after purchasing an additional 1,004 shares during the last quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 2,084.8% in the 2nd quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 1,442 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $271,000 after purchasing an additional 1,376 shares in the last quarter. Nykredit A S bought a new position in shares of HubSpot in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,067,000. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG increased its stake in shares of HubSpot by 50.9% in the 2nd quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG now owns 4,575 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $835,000 after purchasing an additional 1,544 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of HubSpot during the 2nd quarter worth $221,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Zacks Research cut HubSpot from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Capital One Financial set a $206.00 price objective on HubSpot and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Piper Sandler cut HubSpot from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $250.00 to $220.00 in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Citigroup cut their target price on HubSpot from $217.00 to $210.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their target price on HubSpot from $335.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Fifteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, HubSpot currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $268.90.

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.