Dharmesh Shah Buys 10,000 Shares of HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) Stock

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) CTO Dharmesh Shah bought 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $181.37 per share, for a total transaction of $1,813,700.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief technology officer directly owned 1,295,400 shares in the company, valued at approximately $234,946,698. This trade represents a 0.78% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

HubSpot Stock Down 6.1%

HUBS traded down $11.65 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $179.69. 2,713,864 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,730,707. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 94.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 1.23. HubSpot, Inc. has a 1-year low of $178.80 and a 1-year high of $682.57. 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 data on Thursday, May 7th. The software maker reported $2.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.47 by $0.25. HubSpot had a return on equity of 5.66% and a net margin of 3.04%.The firm had revenue of $881.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $863.32 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.84 EPS. The business’s quarterly 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. On average, sell-side analysts predict that HubSpot, Inc. will post 3.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on HUBS shares. Wall Street Zen lowered HubSpot from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 19th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price objective on HubSpot from $285.00 to $230.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $381.00 price objective on HubSpot in a research report on Friday. Cantor Fitzgerald lowered HubSpot from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $325.00 to $200.00 in a research report on Friday. Finally, Piper Sandler decreased their target price on HubSpot from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Twenty-two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, HubSpot has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $311.00.

Institutional Trading of HubSpot

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fifth Third Bancorp increased its position in HubSpot by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 1,076 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $503,000 after buying an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC boosted its stake in HubSpot by 5.7% during the 3rd quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 522 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $244,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its stake in HubSpot by 9.1% during the 3rd quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 335 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $156,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI boosted its stake in HubSpot by 8.6% during the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 379 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $177,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Westside Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in HubSpot by 80.5% during the 3rd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 74 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. 90.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.