HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The software maker reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.18 by ($1.98), Zacks reports. HubSpot had a negative return on equity of 1.16% and a negative net margin of 0.56%. HubSpot updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 1.740-1.760 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 9.110-9.190 EPS.

HubSpot Trading Down 0.8 %

NYSE HUBS traded down $6.58 on Friday, reaching $813.13. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 251,470 shares, compared to its average volume of 477,965. HubSpot has a 52 week low of $434.84 and a 52 week high of $881.13. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $734.12 and a 200 day moving average price of $619.11. The firm has a market cap of $41.97 billion, a PE ratio of -3,006.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 43.94 and a beta of 1.72.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

HUBS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. TD Cowen cut shares of HubSpot from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $680.00 to $725.00 in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of HubSpot from $835.00 to $940.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of HubSpot from $635.00 to $725.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of HubSpot from $860.00 to $900.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of HubSpot from $690.00 to $885.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $857.75.

Insider Transactions at HubSpot

In related news, insider Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $661.59, for a total value of $5,623,515.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 513,698 shares in the company, valued at $339,857,459.82. This represents a 1.63 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Yamini Rangan sold 115 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at $43,668,958.41. This represents a 0.19 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 73,112 shares of company stock worth $51,432,627. Corporate insiders own 4.50% of the company’s stock.

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.