Sharp increase in HUBS’s short interest leads to surge in days-to-cover ratio

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. HubSpot Inc shares valued at $4,616,095 were sold by Halligan Brian on Jul 15 ’25. At $543.07 per share, Halligan Brian sold 8,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 522,435 shares worth approximately $241.3 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Halligan Brian purchased 8,500 shares, netting a total of over 4,616,095 in proceeds.

Before that, Rangan Yamini had sold 2,383 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,314,916, the Chief Executive Officer & Pres traded HubSpot Inc shares for $551.79 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,383 shares, worth approximately $29.52 million.

As published in a research note from Piper Sandler on August 07, 2025, HubSpot Inc [HUBS] has been rated up from a Neutral to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $675. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of July 18, 2025, BMO Capital Markets has reiterated its “an Outperform” rating for HUBS. Earlier on June 03, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for HUBS stock.

Analyzing HUBS Stock Performance

On last trading session, HubSpot Inc [NYSE: HUBS] plunged -6.24% to $461.87. The stock’s lowest price that day was $444.25, but it reached a high of $522.3 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -11.12%. Over the course of the year, HubSpot Inc shares have jumped approximately 1.41%.

Is HubSpot Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of HubSpot Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.17 million shares to 1.12 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 0.95 million shares. A jump of 15.09% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.3 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.3.

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In terms of HubSpot Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 769 in the next 12 months, up nearly 56.1% from the previous closing price of $492.62. Analysts anticipate HubSpot Inc stock to reach 900 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 693. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked HubSpot Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 02, 2025, BMO Capital Markets assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $745.

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