Headlands Technologies LLC Buys 7,995 Shares of HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS

Headlands Technologies LLC lifted its stake in HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) by 297.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 10,683 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 7,995 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC’s holdings in HubSpot were worth $1,950,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of HUBS. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new stake in HubSpot in the third quarter valued at $25,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 783.3% during 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 bought a new position in shares of HubSpot during the fourth quarter valued at $33,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of HubSpot in the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of HubSpot by 378.9% in the 4th quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 91 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Citigroup dropped their target price on shares of HubSpot from $217.00 to $210.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 7th. William Blair lowered shares of HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Mizuho dropped their price objective on shares of HubSpot from $300.00 to $260.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 8th. Zacks Research cut shares of HubSpot from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company downgraded HubSpot from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Fifteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $268.90.

HubSpot Price Performance

HUBS opened at $261.68 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 92.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 1.19. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $218.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is $223.97. HubSpot, Inc. has a one year low of $169.63 and a one year high of $525.51.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The software maker reported $3.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.02 by $0.24. HubSpot had a net margin of 4.26% and a return on equity of 8.66%. The firm had revenue of $911.74 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $898.31 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.19 EPS. HubSpot’s revenue was up 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. HubSpot has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.230-13.310 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.250-3.270 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.54 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at HubSpot

In other news, Director Gerald Dischler purchased 925 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 10th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $215.93 per share, for a total transaction of $199,735.25. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 1,940 shares in the company, valued at approximately $418,904.20. The trade was a 91.13% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of HubSpot stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.50, for a total value of $1,865,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 76,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,791,750. The trade was a 10.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 26,202 shares of company stock worth $5,477,709 over the last 90 days. 3.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.