Aristotle Atlantic Partners LLC Lowers Stock Position in HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS

Aristotle Atlantic Partners LLC reduced its stake in shares of HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) by 85.1% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 3,963 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 22,625 shares during the period. Aristotle Atlantic Partners LLC’s holdings in HubSpot were worth $1,590,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in HUBS. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its position in shares of HubSpot by 36.5% during 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 buying an additional 1,224,424 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors purchased a new position in shares of HubSpot during the 4th quarter valued at about $259,930,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in HubSpot by 117.6% in the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,188,981 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $477,138,000 after buying an additional 642,545 shares during the period. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA boosted its holdings in HubSpot by 32.7% in the 4th quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 1,935,587 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $776,714,000 after buying an additional 476,740 shares during the period. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. boosted its holdings in HubSpot by 408.1% in the 4th quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 560,088 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $224,763,000 after buying an additional 449,864 shares during the period. 90.39% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Erika Ashley Fisher sold 915 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $236.66, for a total transaction 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. This represents a 5.32% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, Director Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.00, for a total value of $1,870,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 353,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $77,770,000. This represents a 2.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders purchased 14,063 shares of company stock worth $2,585,781 and sold 17,707 shares worth $3,999,674. 3.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

HubSpot Stock Performance

NYSE HUBS opened at $176.67 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $9.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 92.50, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.21. HubSpot, Inc. has a one year low of $173.25 and a one year high of $568.16. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $210.34 and a 200-day moving average price of $273.41.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. Evercore set a $225.00 price target on HubSpot in a report on Friday, May 8th. Barclays decreased their price target on HubSpot from $300.00 to $270.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, May 11th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of HubSpot in a report on Friday, May 8th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on HubSpot from $350.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on HubSpot from $405.00 to $350.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 8th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $311.00.

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.