Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Buys 53,358 Shares of HubSpot, Inc. $HUBS

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd increased its stake in shares of HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) by 516.3% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 63,692 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 53,358 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd’s holdings in HubSpot were worth $15,547,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Rakuten Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in HubSpot by 783.3% in the second quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 53 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Advocates LLC purchased a new stake in HubSpot during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of HubSpot during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of HubSpot during the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC purchased a new position in shares of HubSpot in the 4th quarter worth $33,000. Institutional investors own 90.39% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at HubSpot

In other news, Director Lorrie M. Norrington purchased 1,313 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $190.42 per share, for a total transaction of $250,021.46. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 2,838 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $540,411.96. This represents a 86.10% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Yamini Rangan acquired 2,750 shares of HubSpot stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 12th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $189.84 per share, for a total transaction of $522,060.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer owned 102,982 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,550,102.88. The trade was a 2.74% increase in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have bought 14,063 shares of company stock worth $2,585,781 and have sold 26,207 shares worth $5,567,244. 3.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on HUBS. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of HubSpot in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on HubSpot from $350.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 8th. William Blair cut HubSpot from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating on shares of HubSpot in a research note on Wednesday, June 17th. Finally, Barclays reduced their price target on shares of HubSpot from $300.00 to $270.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Twenty-one equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $311.00.

HubSpot Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:HUBS opened at $192.00 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $9.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 100.52, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.22. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $202.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $258.00. HubSpot, Inc. has a 1-year low of $169.63 and a 1-year high of $568.16.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) last released its earnings results 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 firm had revenue of $881.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $863.32 million. HubSpot had a return on equity of 5.66% and a net margin of 3.04%.The firm’s revenue was up 23.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.84 earnings per share. HubSpot has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.000-3.020 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 13.040-13.120 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that HubSpot, Inc. will post 4.39 earnings per share 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.