Hantz Financial Services Inc. Lowers Holdings in HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS

Hantz Financial Services Inc. decreased its holdings in shares of HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) by 95.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 62 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 1,214 shares during the quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in HubSpot were worth $35,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of HUBS. Whittier Trust Co. grew its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 136.4% during the 2nd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 52 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Hilltop National Bank acquired a new position in HubSpot in the second quarter valued at about $32,000. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. lifted its position in HubSpot by 130.8% in the first quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 60 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in HubSpot during the first quarter worth about $35,000. Finally, GW&K Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of HubSpot by 203.8% during the first quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $45,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other HubSpot news, Director Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $449.84, for a total transaction of $3,823,640.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 522,435 shares in the company, valued at $235,012,160.40. The trade was a 1.60% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CTO Dharmesh Shah sold 17,253 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $500.66, for a total transaction of $8,637,886.98. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 1,275,805 shares in the company, valued at approximately $638,744,531.30. This represents a 1.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 51,098 shares of company stock valued at $24,757,257. Corporate insiders own 4.00% of the company’s stock.

HubSpot Trading Down 14.8%

Shares of NYSE HUBS opened at $395.85 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $20.86 billion, a P/E ratio of -4,948.13, a PEG ratio of 16.06 and a beta of 1.60. HubSpot, Inc. has a 12-month low of $375.01 and a 12-month high of $881.13. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $476.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $528.82.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The software maker reported $2.66 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.58 by $0.08. HubSpot had a positive return on equity of 1.19% and a negative net margin of 0.12%.The firm had revenue of $809.52 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $786.80 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.18 EPS. HubSpot’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. HubSpot has set its FY 2025 guidance at 9.600-9.620 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 2.970-2.990 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that HubSpot, Inc. will post 1.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently commented on HUBS shares. Bank of America decreased their price objective on shares of HubSpot from $640.00 to $515.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Oppenheimer cut their target price on HubSpot from $750.00 to $550.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Raymond James Financial lowered their price target on HubSpot from $825.00 to $655.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $775.00 price objective on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Macquarie decreased their target price on HubSpot from $730.00 to $660.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, HubSpot presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $647.32.

HubSpot Company Profile

HubSpot, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company's CRM platform includes Marketing Hub, a toolset for marketing automation and email, social media, SEO, and reporting and analytics; Sales Hub offers email templates and tracking, conversations and live chat, meeting and call scheduling, lead and website visit alerts, lead scoring, sales automation, pipeline management, quoting, forecasting, and reporting; Service Hub, a service software designed to help businesses manage, respond, and connect with customers; and Content Management Systems Hub enables businesses to create new and edit existing web content.