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Hubbell Incorporated HUBB
$475.52 +1.83% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $25.12B
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 3.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 5 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +2.1%).
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth66Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 40%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 49%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 45%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 29%
Quality59Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 28%
- Gross marginTop 35%
- Operating marginTop 11%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 28%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Interest coverTop 19%
Value44Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 35%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 46%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 41%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 20%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 44%
Momentum54Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 46%
- 6-month returnBottom 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Revisions33Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 24%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 24%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 25%
Stability61Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 23%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 18%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.2% | 10.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 13.0% | 8.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 35.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 20.4% | 20.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 14.0% | 14.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.6% | 7.2% | ↑ | Top 40% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.7% | 13.0% | ↓ | Bottom 49% |
| Gross margin | 35.2% | 34.8% | ↑ | Top 35% |
| Operating margin | 20.2% | 20.4% | ↓ | Top 11% |
| Net margin | 14.5% | 14.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.5% | 14.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.6% | — | Top 28% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.7% | — | Top 45% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.18×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +17.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.40×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 13.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.18%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.81%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.99%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 5
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $550.57
- Target vs current price
- +15.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 17
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 41%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +2.4% | -2.9% | -4.4% | -6.3% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +1.6% | -6.9% | -8.0% | -13.2% | -8.8% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | +0.4% | +1.7% | +2.1% | -1.4% | +10.2% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +3.8% | +4.9% | +7.7% | -2.3% | +11.9% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | +13.1% | -2.5% | -2.1% | -0.2% | -0.7% |
| May 1, 2025 | -5.4% | -5.5% | -3.0% | +9.3% | +20.7% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +2.0% | -1.9% | -2.2% | -13.9% | -11.1% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +0.9% | -2.1% | -5.5% | +3.2% | -7.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $5.52 | $5.39 | +2.4% | $1.71B |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $3.93 | $3.87 | +1.6% | $1.52B |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $4.73 | $4.71 | +0.4% | $1.49B |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $5.17 | $4.98 | +3.8% | $1.50B |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $4.93 | $4.36 | +13.1% | $1.48B |
| May 1, 2025 | $3.50 | $3.70 | -5.4% | $1.37B |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $4.10 | $4.02 | +2.0% | $1.33B |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $4.49 | $4.45 | +0.9% | $1.44B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 28.2× | 27.3× | 67th | Top 35% |
| P/E (forward) | 23.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 20.5× | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| EV / Sales | 4.84× | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.59% | — | — | Top 46% |
| Earnings yield | 3.55% | — | — | Top 35% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 21.8× – 31.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +10.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +8.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -3.1%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -2.5%
- RSI (14)
- 57.9
- Relative volume
- 0.94×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 60th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.11
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.57
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2024 | Apr 4, 2025 | -33.1% | 101 days | 143 days (Oct 29, 2025) |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | -21.4% | 99 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Oct 31, 2023 | -20.0% | 72 days | 61 days (Jan 30, 2024) |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Jun 17, 2022 | -18.5% | 118 days | 27 days (Jul 28, 2022) |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Jul 25, 2024 | -16.2% | 78 days | 40 days (Sep 20, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $25.12B
- P/E (TTM)
- 28.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $16.88
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.22B
- Dividend yield
- 1.19%
- 52-week range
- $403.82 – $565.50
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.19B | $4.95B | $5.37B | $5.63B | $5.84B |
| Gross profit | $1.15B | $1.47B | $1.89B | $1.90B | $2.07B |
| Operating income | $532.3M | $709.1M | $1.04B | $1.09B | $1.22B |
| Net income | $399.5M | $545.9M | $759.8M | $777.8M | $887.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.28 | $9.43 | $14.04 | $14.37 | $16.54 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.44B | $1.33B | $1.37B | $1.48B | $1.50B | $1.49B | $1.52B | $1.71B |
| Net income | $226.2M | $197.0M | $169.7M | $244.2M | $255.5M | $224.2M | $181.8M | $240.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.18 | $3.64 | $3.15 | $4.56 | $4.77 | $4.19 | $3.41 | $4.51 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $543.8M | $583.2M | $880.8M | $991.2M | $1.03B |
| Capital expenditure | -$90.2M | -$129.3M | -$165.7M | -$180.4M | -$155.1M |
| Free cash flow | $453.6M | $453.9M | $715.1M | $810.8M | $874.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$216.9M | -$229.6M | -$245.5M | -$267.3M | -$286.6M |
| Net share buybacks | -$11.2M | -$182.0M | -$30.0M | -$40.0M | -$225.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $394.7M
- Total assets
- $11.85B
- Total liabilities
- $7.92B
- Total debt
- $5.37B
- Net debt
- $4.99B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.92B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | $1.42 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $1.42 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $1.42 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $1.42 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $1.32 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $1.32 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $1.32 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $1.32 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,848,108
- Days to cover
- 5.89
- Change vs previous report
- -6.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 12, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Jan 9, 1995
- 21-for-20
- Jan 6, 1992
- 21-for-20
- Jan 7, 1991
- 21-for-20
- Jan 8, 1990
- 21-for-20