HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) Raised to “Strong-Buy” at Wall Street Zen

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report issued on Saturday.

HUBS has been the topic of several other research reports. Zacks Research downgraded HubSpot from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. William Blair cut HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. BNP Paribas Exane downgraded HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $210.00 price objective for the company. in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Barclays decreased their price objective on HubSpot from $300.00 to $270.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $311.00.

HubSpot Stock Up 0.0%

HUBS opened at $176.04 on Friday. HubSpot has a twelve month low of $171.65 and a twelve month high of $568.16. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $208.51 and a 200 day moving average price of $271.39. The company has a market cap of $9.02 billion, a PE ratio of 92.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.21.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The software maker reported $2.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.47 by $0.25. HubSpot had a net margin of 3.04% and a return on equity of 5.66%. The firm had revenue of $881.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $863.32 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.84 EPS. HubSpot’s quarterly revenue was up 23.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, sell-side analysts expect that HubSpot will post 4.39 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Lorrie M. Norrington purchased 1,313 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $190.42 per share, for a total transaction of $250,021.46. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 2,838 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $540,411.96. This represents a 86.10% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CTO Dharmesh Shah purchased 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $181.37 per share, with a total value of $1,813,700.00. Following the acquisition, 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 ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have bought 14,063 shares of company stock worth $2,585,781 and have sold 26,207 shares worth $5,567,244. Corporate insiders own 3.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On HubSpot

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HUBS. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake 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 purchasing an additional 1,224,424 shares during the last quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA grew its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 13.1% during the 1st quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 2,188,191 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $533,993,000 after purchasing an additional 252,604 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of HubSpot by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,191,843 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $478,287,000 after purchasing an additional 42,948 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of HubSpot by 117.6% during the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,188,981 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $477,138,000 after purchasing an additional 642,545 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in HubSpot by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 971,712 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $388,917,000 after buying an additional 14,159 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

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.