HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS Shares Sold by Sterling Capital Management LLC

Sterling Capital Management LLC trimmed its stake in shares of HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) by 93.9% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 365 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 5,583 shares during the quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC’s holdings in HubSpot were worth $89,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in HubSpot by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 971,712 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $388,917,000 after buying an additional 14,159 shares in the last quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management lifted its stake in HubSpot by 130.2% in the 4th quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management now owns 99,622 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $39,978,000 after purchasing an additional 56,348 shares in the last quarter. Slow Capital Inc. boosted 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 worth $7,470,000 after purchasing an additional 4,913 shares during the last quarter. Havemeyer Place LP acquired a new position in shares of HubSpot during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,044,000. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank grew its position in shares of HubSpot by 65.9% in the fourth 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 in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of HubSpot in a report on Friday, May 8th. Evercore set a $225.00 price target on shares of HubSpot in a research report on Friday, May 8th. William Blair cut shares of HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of HubSpot from $405.00 to $350.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Bank of America reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $180.00 price target (down from $300.00) on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Twenty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $311.00.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.42, for a total value of $1,567,570.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 93,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,243,270. This represents a 8.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Erika Ashley Fisher sold 915 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.66, for a total value of $216,543.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 16,270 shares in the company, valued at $3,850,458.20. This trade represents a 5.32% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last quarter, insiders acquired 14,063 shares of company stock valued at $2,585,781 and sold 26,207 shares valued at $5,567,244. Company insiders own 3.70% of the company’s stock.

HubSpot Price Performance

Shares of HUBS opened at $198.27 on Thursday. HubSpot, Inc. has a 1-year low of $169.63 and a 1-year high of $568.16. The stock has a market cap of $10.16 billion, a PE ratio of 103.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.22. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $200.31 and a 200 day moving average price of $252.93.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 company had revenue of $881.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $863.32 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.84 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue 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 analysts expect that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.39 EPS for the current fiscal 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.