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Neutral952.9%
Bearish15.9%
Hubbell Incorporated · HUBB · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026
Hubbell Maintains 2026 Growth Outlook as Demand Holds
Hubbell's current analysis supports a constructive but conditional outlook: data-center and utility demand, productivity, and acquisitions support growth, while inflation, AMI weakness, tariffs, and integration execution remain the key tests.
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$24.25B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$4.73
Consensus $4.71
EPS surprise
+0.4%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$1.49B
Consensus $1.49B
Revenue surprise
+0.3%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
+1.7%
Event window
SPY move
-0.8%
Same window
Abnormal move
+2.5%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
2.1×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-2.6%
Up to 20 sessions
HUBBSPY benchmark
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Why did HUBB rise 1.7% after beating EPS estimates in FY2025 Q4?What changed in HUBB's guidance and outlook in FY2025 Q4?Give me the bull and bear case for HUBB after FY2025 Q4 earnings.
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What changed
The outlook was maintained after the prior quarter's raise. The current analysis emphasizes continued data-center and utility demand, increasing capex for automation and capacity, and ongoing margin expansion; it also highlights continued AMI and meter weakness.
Guidance delta
Maintained versus the prior quarter's raised outlook; 2026 targets remain 5–7% organic growth and 7–9% total sales growth.
Key takeaways
- Data-center construction and utility transmission and substation investment remain the main demand drivers.
- Management reported 140 basis points of fourth-quarter margin expansion and a 20% adjusted operating margin in HES.
- Automation and capacity investments are intended to expand output in high-growth product lines.
- Pricing and productivity actions are intended to offset cost inflation and raw-material volatility.
Management priorities
- Expand automation and capacity in high-growth product lines
- Launch new solutions across the Electrical and Utility segments
- Pursue targeted bolt-on acquisitions aligned with transmission, distribution, and electrical markets
- Continue productivity investment and return capital as cash flow permits
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$453.6Current
$190Low
$468.5Average
$600High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 30, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | May 4, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | May 4, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | May 1, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Nov 26, 2024 |
| Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Underperform | Upgrade | Aug 11, 2023 |
| UBS | Sell | Sell | Maintain | May 16, 2023 |
| CFRA | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 30, 2020 |
| Gabelli & Co. | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 21, 2019 |
| Oppenheimer | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 8, 2019 |
| JMP Securities | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Barrington Research | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 13, 2016 |
| Wunderlich Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 23, 2012 |
| Wunderlich | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 23, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $453.6. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $531 | $465.88 | +17.1% | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $575 | $441.87 | +26.8% | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $550 | $469.76 | +21.3% | Aug 20, 2026 |
| UBS | Neal Burk | $515 | $510.86 | +13.5% | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Stephens | Analyst unavailable | $600 | $508.43 | +32.3% | May 4, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $503 | $508.43 | +10.9% | May 4, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $565 | $477.97 | +24.6% | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Stephens | Analyst unavailable | $550 | $487.16 | +21.3% | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $575 | $503.86 | +26.8% | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $550 | $503.86 | +21.3% | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Barclays | Julian Mitchell | $481 | $503.86 | +6.0% | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $515 | $468.59 | +13.5% | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Barclays | Julian Mitchell | $465 | $477.46 | +2.5% | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $515 | $477.46 | +13.5% | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $500 | $466.78 | +10.2% | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $575 | $448.13 | +26.8% | Dec 15, 2025 |
| UBS | Neal Burk | $450 | $448.74 | -0.8% | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Seaport Global | Analyst unavailable | $515 | $470.2 | +13.5% | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $500 | $455.34 | +10.2% | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $456 | $455.34 | +0.5% | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $480 | $428.82 | +5.8% | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $490 | $430.15 | +8.0% | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $420 | $410.51 | -7.4% | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $422 | $354.95 | -7.0% | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $450 | $433.96 | -0.8% | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Bernstein | Chad Dillard | $535 | $436.93 | +17.9% | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Christopher Snyder | $445 | $433.66 | -1.9% | Oct 30, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $455 | $440.12 | +0.3% | Oct 29, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Chris Snyder | $407 | $370.42 | -10.3% | Sep 6, 2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | Nicole DeBlase | $441 | $370.42 | -2.8% | Sep 5, 2024 |
| Barclays | Julian Mitchell | $368 | $379.8 | -18.9% | Jul 31, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $397 | $370.52 | -12.5% | May 1, 2024 |
| Barclays | Julian Mitchell | $400 | $416.8 | -11.8% | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $238 | $232.65 | -47.5% | Feb 1, 2023 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $225 | $234.49 | -50.4% | Jan 4, 2023 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $254 | $243.86 | -44.0% | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $206 | $205.03 | -54.6% | Jul 27, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $188 | $180.9 | -58.6% | Jun 29, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Joshua Pokrzywinski | $190 | $197.96 | -58.1% | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $200 | $203.38 | -55.9% | Apr 28, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Brett Linzey | $220 | $185.5 | -51.5% | Feb 7, 2022 |
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Start freeCompany context
Snapshot as of publicationHubbell, Inc. engages in the designing, manufacturing, and sale of electrical and electronic products for non-residential and residential construction, industrial, and utility applications. It operates through the Electrical Solutions and Utility Solutions segments. The Electrical Solutions segment manufactures and sells wiring and electrical, lighting fixtures, and controls for indoor and outdoor applications as well as specialty lighting and communications products. The Utility Solutions segment is involved in the design, manufacture, and sale of electrical distribution, transmission, substation, and telecommunications products. The company was founded by Harvey Hubbell II in 1888 and is headquartered in Shelton, CT.
Historical context
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Sources
- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:36:15.940040+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-09-30T17:56:11.826378+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-09-30T17:56:11.823411+00:00
Methodology
Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.
Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.
By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-09-30. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.