Capital One Financial Lifts Earnings Estimates for HubSpot

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) – Equities researchers at Capital One Financial increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for HubSpot in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 12th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy now anticipates that the software maker will post earnings per share of $0.96 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $0.95. The consensus estimate for HubSpot’s current full-year earnings is $0.42 per share.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The software maker reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.18 by ($1.98). HubSpot had a negative return on equity of 1.16% and a negative net margin of 0.56%.

Several other research firms also recently commented on HUBS. Scotiabank upped their price target on shares of HubSpot from $825.00 to $900.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of HubSpot in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of HubSpot from $835.00 to $940.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. KeyCorp upgraded HubSpot from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $920.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, StockNews.com raised HubSpot from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $863.96.

HubSpot Stock Performance

HUBS opened at $802.76 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.44 billion, a P/E ratio of -2,973.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 43.94 and a beta of 1.72. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $737.03 and its 200-day simple moving average is $625.43. HubSpot has a one year low of $434.84 and a one year high of $881.13.

Insider Activity at HubSpot

In other HubSpot news, CEO Yamini Rangan sold 115 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $713.79, for a total transaction of $82,085.85. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 61,179 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,668,958.41. This trade represents a 0.19 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $729.65, for a total value of $6,202,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 513,698 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $374,819,745.70. This trade represents a 1.63 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 39,612 shares of company stock valued at $28,993,612 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 4.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of HubSpot

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of HubSpot during the 4th quarter worth about $420,345,000. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its stake in shares of HubSpot by 52.2% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,402,200 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $745,410,000 after buying an additional 480,796 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in HubSpot during the fourth quarter worth approximately $157,019,000. Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its stake in HubSpot by 3,090.2% in the 4th quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 133,543 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $93,049,000 after acquiring an additional 129,357 shares during the period. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in HubSpot by 214,342.4% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 126,521 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $672,590,000 after acquiring an additional 126,462 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

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.