PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators Buys Shares of 22,957 HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS

PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators bought a new stake in HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund bought 22,957 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $9,213,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of HUBS. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 971,712 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $388,917,000 after purchasing an additional 14,159 shares during the last quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management grew its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 130.2% during the 4th quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management now owns 99,622 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $39,978,000 after purchasing an additional 56,348 shares during the last quarter. Slow Capital Inc. grew its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 35.9% during the 4th quarter. Slow Capital Inc. now owns 18,615 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $7,470,000 after purchasing an additional 4,913 shares during the last quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank grew its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 65.9% during the 4th quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 44,583 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $17,891,000 after purchasing an additional 17,713 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab grew its holdings in shares of HubSpot by 20.0% during the 4th quarter. Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab now owns 255,923 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $102,702,000 after purchasing an additional 42,718 shares during the last quarter. 90.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

HUBS has been the topic of several research reports. UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of HubSpot from $260.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 8th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of HubSpot in a report on Friday, May 8th. William Blair lowered shares of HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of HubSpot from $530.00 to $425.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane lowered shares of HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $210.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Monday, May 11th. Twenty-two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, HubSpot currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $311.00.

Insider Activity

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

HubSpot Price Performance

HUBS opened at $211.90 on Friday. HubSpot, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $173.25 and a fifty-two week high of $610.61. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 110.94, a PEG ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 1.21. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $218.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $283.71.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The software maker reported $2.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.47 by $0.25. HubSpot had a net margin of 3.04% and a return on equity of 5.66%. The firm had revenue of $881.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $863.32 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.84 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.4% compared to the same quarter last year. HubSpot has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.000-3.020 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 13.040-13.120 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.39 EPS for the current year.

About HubSpot

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.