HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) CEO Yamini Rangan Acquires 2,750 Shares

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) CEO Yamini Rangan purchased 2,750 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $189.84 per share, with a total value of $522,060.00. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer directly owned 102,982 shares in the company, valued at $19,550,102.88. This represents a 2.74% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

HubSpot Stock Performance

Shares of HubSpot stock traded down $11.65 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $179.69. 2,713,864 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,730,707. HubSpot, Inc. has a 1-year low of $178.80 and a 1-year high of $682.57. The company has a market cap of $9.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 94.08, a PEG ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 1.23. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $241.09 and its 200 day moving average price is $314.12.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The software maker reported $2.72 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.47 by $0.25. HubSpot had a return on equity of 5.66% and a net margin of 3.04%.The company had revenue of $881.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $863.32 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.84 EPS. HubSpot’s revenue was up 23.4% on a year-over-year basis. 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 predict that HubSpot, Inc. will post 3.66 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Needham & Company LLC lowered their target price on HubSpot from $700.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Mizuho lowered their target price on HubSpot from $300.00 to $260.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday. UBS Group lowered their target price on HubSpot from $260.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of HubSpot in a report on Friday. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald cut HubSpot from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $325.00 to $200.00 in a report on Friday. Twenty-two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $311.00.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On HubSpot

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of HubSpot by 6.4% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,736,765 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,683,659,000 after buying an additional 345,524 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its stake in shares of 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 valued at $1,838,727,000 after buying an additional 1,224,424 shares during the period. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA increased its stake in shares of HubSpot by 13.1% in the first quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 2,188,191 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $533,993,000 after buying an additional 252,604 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of HubSpot by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,191,843 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $478,287,000 after buying an additional 42,948 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of 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 buying an additional 642,545 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

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.