Capital One Financial Forecasts HubSpot Q1 Earnings

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for HubSpot in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy forecasts that the software maker will earn $0.06 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for HubSpot's current full-year earnings is $1.01 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for HubSpot's Q2 2026 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.55 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.73 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.69 EPS.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The software maker reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.18 by ($1.98). HubSpot had a negative return on equity of 0.07% and a net margin of 0.17%.

HUBS has been the topic of several other reports. Canaccord Genuity Group raised their price target on HubSpot from $710.00 to $900.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on HubSpot from $730.00 to $900.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. StockNews.com cut shares of HubSpot from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Macquarie started coverage on shares of HubSpot in a research report on Monday, March 24th. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $730.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Barclays raised HubSpot from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $815.00 target price on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-four have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $804.78.

HubSpot Price Performance

HUBS traded up $23.14 on Thursday, hitting $542.20. The company had a trading volume of 153,927 shares, compared to its average volume of 616,855. HubSpot has a 1-year low of $434.84 and a 1-year high of $881.13. The company's fifty day moving average price is $622.56 and its 200 day moving average price is $660.98. The stock has a market cap of $28.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5,995.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 41.44 and a beta of 1.82.

Institutional Trading of HubSpot

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC bought a new position in HubSpot in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,361,000. Oak Harvest Investment Services acquired a new stake in shares of HubSpot in the 4th quarter valued at $2,065,000. Donoghue Forlines LLC bought a new stake in shares of HubSpot during the 4th quarter worth $2,049,000. Mayflower Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in HubSpot in the fourth quarter valued at about $862,000. Finally, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in HubSpot by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 3,246 shares of the software maker's stock worth $2,262,000 after acquiring an additional 49 shares in the last quarter. 90.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at HubSpot

In other news, CEO Yamini Rangan sold 2,382 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $573.92, for a total value of $1,367,077.44. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 72,373 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $41,536,312.16. The trade was a 3.19 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Brian Halligan sold 8,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $607.48, for a total value of $5,163,580.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 527,233 shares in the company, valued at approximately $320,283,502.84. This trade represents a 1.59 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 27,882 shares of company stock worth $17,993,757 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 4.50% of the company's stock.

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.