Analysis of HubSpot Inc. (HUBS)’s performance, earnings and valuation

Currently, HubSpot Inc. [HUBS] is trading at $397.96, up 7.94%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HUBS shares have gain 11.20% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 37.28%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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On 26, January 2023, HubSpot to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results on February 16, 2023. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, HubSpot, the customer relationship management (CRM) platform for scaling companies, announced today that it will report its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results after the U.S. financial markets close on Thursday, February 16, 2023.

From an analyst’s perspective:

HubSpot Inc. [NYSE: HUBS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 22, 2022, when Credit Suisse initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $400. Previously, Macquarie started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on November 02, 2022, and set its price target to $355. On July 27, 2022, Oppenheimer initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $350 on the stock. Scotiabank started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Outperform rating and suggested a price target of $550 on June 09, 2022. UBS initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $410 as its price target on April 26, 2022. Cowen upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on February 11, 2022, and upped its price target to $750. In a note dated December 13, 2021, Goldman initiated an Buy rating and iterated a target price of $953 on this stock.

This stock has fluctuated between a low of $245.03 and a high of $596.17 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $375.50 within the next 12 months. HubSpot Inc. [NYSE: HUBS] shares were valued at $397.96 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -5.64% based on the average HUBS price forecast.

Analyzing the HUBS fundamentals

Recent quarter sales for HubSpot Inc. [NYSE:HUBS] were 443.96 billion which represents 30.90% growth. Gross Margin for this corporation currently stands at +80.10% with Operating Margin at -4.04%, Pretax Margin comes in at -5.68%, and Net Margin reading is -5.98%.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 383.66 points at the first support level, and at 369.37 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 405.90, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 413.85.

HubSpot Inc. [HUBS] reported earnings per share of $0.47 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 6/29/2022. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.42/share, meaning a difference of $0.05 and a surprise factor of 11.90%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 3/30/2022 were $0.54 per share as compared to estimates of $0.47 per share, a difference of $0.07 representing a surprise of 14.90%.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for HubSpot Inc. [NYSE:HUBS] is 2.30. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.26, while the Cash Ratio is 1.94. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 23.76, the price to book ratio is 35.75.

Transactions by insiders

Insider trading, which has resulted in 2 insider purchases of 27,612 shares and 17 insider sales of 51,093 shares in the past three months, is now the topic of our analysis. Recent insider trading involved Shah Dharmesh, Chief Technology Officer, that happened on Jan 26 when 5281.0 shares were sold. Chief Technology Officer, Shah Dharmesh completed a deal on Jan 25 to sell 8191.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Technology Officer Shah Dharmesh sold 6528.0 shares on Jan 24.