Capital One Financial Comments on HubSpot FY2025 Earnings

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) – Stock analysts at Capital One Financial upped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of HubSpot in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 12th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy now expects that the software maker will post earnings per share of $0.96 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $0.95. The consensus estimate for HubSpot’s current full-year earnings is $0.42 per share.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The software maker reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.18 by ($1.98). HubSpot had a negative net margin of 0.56% and a negative return on equity of 1.16%.

HUBS has been the topic of a number of other reports. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of HubSpot in a report on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of HubSpot from $690.00 to $885.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on shares of HubSpot from $783.00 to $900.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on shares of HubSpot from $825.00 to $950.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their target price on shares of HubSpot from $640.00 to $808.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” 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’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $863.96.

HubSpot Stock Performance

NYSE:HUBS opened at $812.44 on Monday. HubSpot has a fifty-two week low of $434.84 and a fifty-two week high of $881.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.94 billion, a P/E ratio of -3,008.92, a P/E/G ratio of 43.94 and a beta of 1.72. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $735.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $622.22.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On HubSpot

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HUBS. Creative Planning increased its holdings in HubSpot by 10.7% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 6,706 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $3,565,000 after acquiring an additional 650 shares in the last quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC increased its holdings in HubSpot by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 929 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $494,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in HubSpot by 57.9% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 720 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $425,000 after acquiring an additional 264 shares in the last quarter. Fortis Group Advisors LLC increased its holdings in HubSpot by 4.2% in the 3rd quarter. Fortis Group Advisors LLC now owns 1,203 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $640,000 after acquiring an additional 49 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in HubSpot by 16.9% in the 3rd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 690 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $367,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Yamini Rangan sold 115 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $713.79, for a total value of $82,085.85. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 61,179 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,668,958.41. The trade was a 0.19 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CTO Dharmesh Shah sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $739.89, for a total transaction of $18,497,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer now directly owns 1,272,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $941,197,051.53. The trade was a 1.93 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 73,112 shares of company stock valued at $51,432,627 in the last three months. 4.50% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.