Swiss National Bank Grows Stock Holdings in HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS

Swiss National Bank increased its position in shares of HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) by 6.4% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 146,020 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,800 shares during the quarter. Swiss National Bank’s holdings in HubSpot were worth $35,643,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position 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 worth $388,917,000 after acquiring an additional 14,159 shares in the last quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management boosted its holdings in HubSpot by 130.2% in the fourth 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 in the last quarter. Slow Capital Inc. boosted its holdings in HubSpot by 35.9% in the fourth 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 in the last quarter. Havemeyer Place LP purchased a new position in HubSpot in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,044,000. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank raised its holdings in HubSpot by 65.9% during the fourth quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 44,583 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $17,891,000 after purchasing an additional 17,713 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

HubSpot Price Performance

HUBS stock opened at $204.54 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $200.60 and a 200 day moving average price of $240.09. HubSpot, Inc. has a 12 month low of $169.63 and a 12 month high of $568.16. The company has a market cap of $10.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 107.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 1.22.

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. The company had revenue of $881.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $863.32 million. HubSpot had a net margin of 3.04% and a return on equity of 5.66%. HubSpot’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.84 EPS. 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, analysts anticipate that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.39 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at HubSpot

In related news, Director Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.42, for a total transaction of $1,567,570.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 93,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,243,270. This trade represents a 8.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 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 ninety days, insiders have acquired 14,063 shares of company stock valued at $2,585,781 and have sold 17,915 shares valued at $3,654,114. 3.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on HUBS. Cantor Fitzgerald cut shares of HubSpot from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $325.00 to $200.00 in a report on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of HubSpot in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Citigroup lowered HubSpot from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $321.00 to $230.00 in a report on Friday, May 8th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on HubSpot from $405.00 to $350.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of HubSpot in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have assigned a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $308.32.

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.