HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) Receives Neutral Rating from Rothschild & Co Redburn

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by stock analysts at Rothschild & Co Redburn in a report issued on Monday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $450.00 price target on the software maker’s stock, down from their prior price target of $610.00. Rothschild & Co Redburn’s target price indicates a potential upside of 13.11% from the stock’s previous close.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. UBS Group set a $500.00 price target on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Friday. Mizuho cut their target price on HubSpot from $700.00 to $550.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on HubSpot from $600.00 to $550.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Oppenheimer decreased their target price on HubSpot from $750.00 to $550.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on HubSpot from $685.00 to $600.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $620.41.

HubSpot Stock Performance

HUBS opened at $397.83 on Monday. HubSpot has a one year low of $375.01 and a one year high of $881.13. The company has a market cap of $20.84 billion, a P/E ratio of -4,972.91, a PEG ratio of 14.25 and a beta of 1.60. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $475.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $527.61.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The software maker reported $2.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.58 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $809.52 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $786.80 million. HubSpot had a positive return on equity of 1.21% and a negative net margin of 0.12%.The firm’s revenue was up 20.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.18 earnings per share. HubSpot has set its FY 2025 guidance at 9.600-9.620 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 2.970-2.990 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that HubSpot will post 1.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other HubSpot news, CFO Kathryn Bueker sold 615 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total transaction of $307,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 38,794 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $19,397,000. This represents a 1.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CTO Dharmesh Shah sold 17,253 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $500.66, for a total value of $8,637,886.98. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 1,275,805 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $638,744,531.30. The trade was a 1.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 51,098 shares of company stock worth $24,757,257. Insiders own 4.00% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On HubSpot

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Goodman Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in HubSpot during the 2nd quarter worth $27,000. Whittier Trust Co. boosted its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 136.4% in the second quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 52 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Exane Asset Management acquired a new position in shares of HubSpot during the third quarter worth about $30,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. raised its holdings in HubSpot by 783.3% during the second quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 53 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hilltop National Bank purchased a new position in HubSpot during the second quarter worth about $32,000. 90.39% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About HubSpot

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.