HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) Price Target Cut to $550.00 by Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus

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HubSpot (NYSE:HUBSFree Report) had its price objective decreased by Stifel Nicolaus from $600.00 to $550.00 in a research report released on Thursday,Benzinga reports. Stifel Nicolaus currently has a buy rating on the software maker’s stock.

HUBS has been the topic of a number of other reports. Raymond James Financial lowered their price target on HubSpot from $825.00 to $655.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 7th. 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. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of HubSpot from $745.00 to $675.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, July 21st. KeyCorp reduced their price target on shares of HubSpot from $860.00 to $775.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $775.00 target price on shares of HubSpot in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $626.50.

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HubSpot Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:HUBS traded up $2.88 during trading on Thursday, reaching $397.83. 1,358,850 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 808,891. The stock has a market cap of $20.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,097.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 13.65 and a beta of 1.60. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $475.10 and a two-hundred day moving average of $527.99. HubSpot has a 52-week low of $375.01 and a 52-week high of $881.13.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBSGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The software maker reported $2.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.58 by $0.08. HubSpot had a negative net margin of 0.12% and a positive return on equity of 1.21%. The company had revenue of $809.52 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $786.80 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.18 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. HubSpot has set its FY 2025 guidance at 9.600-9.620 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 2.970-2.990 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that HubSpot will post 1.01 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other HubSpot news, Director Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $449.84, for a total transaction of $3,823,640.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 522,435 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $235,012,160.40. The trade was a 1.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Kathryn Bueker sold 615 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total value of $307,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 38,794 shares in the company, valued at $19,397,000. This trade represents a 1.56% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 51,098 shares of company stock valued at $24,757,257 over the last three months. 4.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On HubSpot

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of HubSpot by 4.6% in the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 28,755 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $16,427,000 after purchasing an additional 1,276 shares in the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in HubSpot by 67,700.0% in the 1st quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 1,356 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $775,000 after buying an additional 1,354 shares during the period. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. boosted its holdings in HubSpot by 42.8% in the 1st quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 444 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $254,000 after buying an additional 133 shares during the period. Greenleaf Trust purchased a new stake in HubSpot in the 1st quarter worth $204,000. Finally, Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in HubSpot by 5.5% during the first quarter. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,703 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,544,000 after acquiring an additional 141 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

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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.

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