Motley Fool Asset Management LLC Has $3.84 Million Stake in HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS

Motley Fool Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) by 471.3% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 9,569 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,894 shares during the period. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC’s holdings in HubSpot were worth $3,840,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Strategic Advocates LLC acquired a new position in HubSpot in the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. acquired a new position in HubSpot in the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. grew its stake in HubSpot by 783.3% in the second quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 53 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the period. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC acquired a new position in HubSpot in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in HubSpot in the second quarter valued at about $34,000. 90.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at HubSpot

In related news, Director Lorrie M. Norrington bought 1,313 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $190.42 per share, for a total transaction of $250,021.46. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 2,838 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $540,411.96. The trade was a 86.10% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $220.00, for a total value of $1,870,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 353,500 shares in the company, valued at $77,770,000. The trade was a 2.35% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have purchased 14,063 shares of company stock valued at $2,585,781 and have sold 26,207 shares valued at $6,233,049. Insiders own 3.70% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Citigroup cut HubSpot from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $321.00 to $230.00 in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Zacks Research cut HubSpot from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on HubSpot from $350.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane cut HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $210.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Twenty-two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $311.00.

HubSpot Price Performance

HUBS stock opened at $193.08 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 101.09, a P/E/G ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.21. The business has a 50-day moving average of $216.40 and a 200-day moving average of $279.66. HubSpot, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $173.25 and a fifty-two week high of $587.00.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The software maker reported $2.72 earnings per share (EPS) 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 business had revenue of $881.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $863.32 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.84 earnings per share. HubSpot’s 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. Equities analysts expect that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.39 EPS for the current year.

HubSpot 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.