After Reaching Milestone, Is Hubspot Inc (NYSE:HUBS)’s Short Interest Revealing Something?

Investors sentiment increased to 1.4 in Q4 2018. Its up 0.38, from 1.02 in 2018Q3. It is positive, as 41 investors sold HubSpot, Inc. shares while 45 reduced holdings. 44 funds opened positions while 76 raised stakes. 37.46 million shares or 2.90% more from 36.40 million shares in 2018Q3 were reported.
5,440 are owned by Proshare Limited Liability Corporation. Mackay Shields Ltd Liability Co reported 8,100 shares. Maplelane Ltd Limited Liability Company reported 13,007 shares or 0.05% of all its holdings. Artisan Partnership has 1.45 million shares. Virginia Retirement System Et Al invested 0.01% in HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS). Charles Schwab Investment Mgmt owns 263,733 shares. Parametric Portfolio Assocs Limited Liability Com reported 0.01% stake. Renaissance Limited Liability Co invested in 251,100 shares or 0.03% of the stock. Tiverton Asset Mngmt has invested 0.06% of its portfolio in HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS). Tower Research Ltd Llc (Trc) has invested 0% in HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS). Sit Invest Assoc Inc has 0.07% invested in HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS). Commerce National Bank & Trust holds 0.01% or 6,514 shares in its portfolio. Canada Pension Plan Board holds 5,300 shares. Envestnet Asset Mngmt accumulated 3,499 shares or 0% of the stock. California Employees Retirement System has 0.02% invested in HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) for 87,776 shares.

Since November 12, 2018, it had 0 insider buys, and 14 insider sales for $10.92 million activity. Madeley Hunter had sold 1,000 shares worth $140,560. Shares for $530,541 were sold by Gill Ronald S on Monday, December 10. The insider Halligan Brian sold $1.88M. The insider Shah Dharmesh sold 27,000 shares worth $3.39 million. $1.91 million worth of HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) shares were sold by Sherman J Donald.

The stock of Hubspot Inc (NYSE:HUBS) registered a decrease of 2.74% in short interest. HUBS’s total short interest was 3.58M shares in May as published by FINRA. Its down 2.74% from 3.68M shares, reported previously. With 969,200 shares average volume, it will take short sellers 4 days to cover their HUBS’s short positions. The short interest to Hubspot Inc’s float is 9.73%.

The stock increased 0.60% or $1.1 during the last trading session, reaching $184.49. About 505,512 shares traded. HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) has risen 46.22% since May 1, 2018 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 41.85% the S&P500.

HubSpot, Inc. provides a cloud-based marketing and sales software platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company has market cap of $7.76 billion. The Company’s software platform includes integrated applications, such as social media, search engine optimization, blogging, Website content management, marketing automation, email, CRM, analytics, and reporting that enables businesses to attract visitors to their Websites, convert visitors into leads, and close leads into clients and delight customers. It currently has negative earnings. The firm also offers professional, and phone and email support services.

HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) Ratings Coverage

Among 7 analysts covering HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS), 3 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 43% are positive. HubSpot had 10 analyst reports since November 8, 2018 according to SRatingsIntel. Raymond James maintained HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) on Thursday, November 8 with “Outperform” rating. The stock of HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) has “Equal-Weight” rating given on Thursday, November 8 by Morgan Stanley. The stock of HubSpot, Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) has “Hold” rating given on Wednesday, February 13 by Deutsche Bank. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets with “Sector Perform” on Thursday, November 8. Raymond James maintained the stock with “Outperform” rating in Wednesday, February 13 report. On Wednesday, February 13 the stock rating was maintained by Canaccord Genuity with “Buy”. The stock has “Perform” rating by Oppenheimer on Thursday, January 24.

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