HubSpot’s (HUBS) “Buy” Rating Reiterated at BTIG Research

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reissued by analysts at BTIG Research in a note issued to investors on Friday, Benzinga reports. They currently have a $250.00 target price on the software maker’s stock. BTIG Research’s price target indicates a potential upside of 8.81% from the stock’s previous close.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on shares of HubSpot from $220.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 1st. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of HubSpot from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, September 11th. Wolfe Research lowered HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Barclays dropped their price target on HubSpot from $270.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Piper Sandler downgraded HubSpot from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $250.00 to $220.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Fifteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $271.90.

HubSpot Stock Performance

NYSE HUBS opened at $229.76 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $11.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 81.19, a P/E/G ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 1.18. HubSpot has a one year low of $169.63 and a one year high of $525.51. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $231.66 and a 200-day moving average price of $224.00.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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 company had revenue of $911.74 million for 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%. HubSpot’s quarterly revenue was up 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.19 earnings per share. HubSpot has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.230-13.310 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.250-3.270 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that HubSpot will post 4.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at HubSpot

In other news, Director Gerald Dischler purchased 925 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 10th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $215.93 per share, for a total transaction of $199,735.25. Following the acquisition, the director owned 1,940 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $418,904.20. This trade represents a 91.13% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Erika Fisher sold 702 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.22, for a total transaction of $165,124.44. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 14,581 shares in the company, valued at $3,429,742.82. This trade represents a 4.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 26,202 shares of company stock worth $5,998,079. 3.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC bought a new stake in shares of HubSpot during the 4th quarter worth approximately $33,000. Larson Financial Group LLC grew its position in HubSpot by 378.9% in the 4th quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 91 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 72 shares during the last quarter. Reflection Asset Management bought a new position in HubSpot in the 4th quarter valued at $37,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC purchased a new stake in HubSpot in the second quarter worth $38,000. Finally, Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS purchased a new stake in HubSpot in the first quarter worth $74,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

HubSpot Company Profile

HubSpot, Inc develops cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing software for businesses. Its platform is designed to help organizations attract prospects, manage customer interactions, close sales and provide ongoing service through an integrated set of tools.

The company’s products include Marketing Hub, Sales Hub, Service Hub, Content Hub, Operations Hub and Commerce Hub. These offerings support marketing automation, sales engagement, customer support, content management, data integration, payments and other commercial activities.