Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado Sells 6,500 Shares of HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS

Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado lowered its holdings in HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) by 15.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 35,453 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 6,500 shares during the period. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado’s holdings in HubSpot were worth $14,227,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of HUBS. Capital World Investors bought a new stake in shares of HubSpot in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $259,930,000. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA raised its position in shares of HubSpot by 32.7% in the fourth quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 1,935,587 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $776,714,000 after purchasing an additional 476,740 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. raised its position in shares of HubSpot by 408.1% in the fourth quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 560,088 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $224,763,000 after purchasing an additional 449,864 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of HubSpot in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $156,743,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 345,524 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Erika Ashley Fisher sold 915 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.66, for a total value of $216,543.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 16,270 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,850,458.20. The trade was a 5.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, Director Lorrie M. Norrington bought 1,313 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The stock was bought at an average price of $190.42 per share, with a total value of $250,021.46. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 2,838 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $540,411.96. This represents a 86.10% increase in their position. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders bought 14,063 shares of company stock valued at $2,585,781 and sold 17,707 shares valued at $3,999,674. 3.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on HUBS shares. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of HubSpot from $300.00 to $270.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, May 11th. William Blair lowered shares of HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. BNP Paribas Exane lowered shares of HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $210.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Monday, May 11th. Bank of America reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and set a $180.00 target price (down from $300.00) on shares of HubSpot in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of HubSpot in a report on Friday, May 8th. Twenty-two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $311.00.

HubSpot Stock Performance

HubSpot stock opened at $186.08 on Tuesday. HubSpot, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $173.25 and a fifty-two week high of $568.16. The stock has a market cap of $9.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 97.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.22. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $212.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $275.98.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last announced 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. HubSpot had a net margin of 3.04% and a return on equity of 5.66%. The company had revenue of $881.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $863.32 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.84 earnings per share. The firm’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. On average, analysts predict that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.39 earnings per share for the current 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.