How to buy Hubbell Incorporated stock

Hubbell Incorporated is an electrical equipment & parts business based in the US. Hubbell Incorporated shares (HUBB) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Hubbell Incorporated employs 19,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

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Hubbell Incorporated shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-16.

52-week range	$102.73 - $196.05
50-day moving average	$185.25
200-day moving average	$164.23
Wall St. target price	$187.00
PE ratio	29.1322
Dividend yield	$3.71 (2.01%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$6.43

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Is Hubbell Incorporated under- or over-valued?

Valuing Hubbell Incorporated stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Hubbell Incorporated's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Hubbell Incorporated's P/E ratio

Hubbell Incorporated's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 29x. In other words, Hubbell Incorporated shares trade at around 29x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Hubbell Incorporated's PEG ratio

Hubbell Incorporated's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.5908. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Hubbell Incorporated's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Hubbell Incorporated's EBITDA

Hubbell Incorporated's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $696.9 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Hubbell Incorporated's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Hubbell Incorporated financials

Revenue TTM	$4.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	13.13%
Gross profit TTM	$1.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	6.88%
Return on equity TTM	17.6%
Profit margin	8.39%
Book value	$38.06
Market capitalisation	$10.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Hubbell Incorporated shares

There are currently 702,388 Hubbell Incorporated shares held short by investors – that's known as Hubbell Incorporated's "short interest". This figure is 32.2% down from 1.0 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Hubbell Incorporated shares can be evaluated.

Hubbell Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Hubbell Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Hubbell Incorporated shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Hubbell Incorporated shares traded daily (recently around 292661.66666667). Hubbell Incorporated's SIR currently stands at 2.4. In other words for every 100,000 Hubbell Incorporated shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2400 shares are currently held short.

However Hubbell Incorporated's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Hubbell Incorporated shares, or, against the total number of tradable Hubbell Incorporated shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Hubbell Incorporated's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Hubbell Incorporated shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0145% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Hubbell Incorporated shares, roughly 15 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Hubbell Incorporated.

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Hubbell Incorporated's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Hubbell Incorporated.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Hubbell Incorporated's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 28.89

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Hubbell Incorporated's overall score of 28.89 (as at 12/31/2018) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 51st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Hubbell Incorporated is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Hubbell Incorporated's environmental score

Environmental score: 11.08/100

Hubbell Incorporated's environmental score of 11.08 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Hubbell Incorporated is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Hubbell Incorporated's social score

Social score: 16.61/100

Hubbell Incorporated's social score of 16.61 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Hubbell Incorporated is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Hubbell Incorporated's governance score

Governance score: 12.71/100

Hubbell Incorporated's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Hubbell Incorporated is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Hubbell Incorporated's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Hubbell Incorporated scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Hubbell Incorporated has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Hubbell Incorporated was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	28.89
Total ESG percentile	51.3
Environmental score	11.08
Environmental score percentile	6
Social score	16.61
Social score percentile	6
Governance score	12.71
Governance score percentile	6
Level of controversy	1

Hubbell Incorporated share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 49.93% of net profits

Recently Hubbell Incorporated has paid out, on average, around 49.93% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.12% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Hubbell Incorporated shareholders could enjoy a 2.12% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Hubbell Incorporated's case, that would currently equate to about $3.71 per share.

While Hubbell Incorporated's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Hubbell Incorporated may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Hubbell Incorporated's most recent dividend payout was on 14 March 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Hubbell Incorporated's shares ever split?

Hubbell Incorporated's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 11 August 1996. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Hubbell Incorporated shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Hubbell Incorporated shares which in turn could have impacted Hubbell Incorporated's share price.

Hubbell Incorporated share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Hubbell Incorporated's shares have ranged in value from as little as $102.7343 up to $196.05. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Hubbell Incorporated's is 1.198. This would suggest that Hubbell Incorporated's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Hubbell Incorporated overview

Hubbell Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells electrical and electronic products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Electrical Solution and Utility Solution. The Electrical Solution segment offers standard and special application wiring device products, rough-in electrical products, connector and grounding products, lighting fixtures and controls, and other electrical equipment for use in industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities by electrical contractors, maintenance personnel, electricians, utilities, and telecommunications companies, as well as components and assemblies for the natural gas distribution market. It also designs and manufactures various industrial controls, and communication systems for use in the non-residential and industrial markets, as well as in the oil and gas, and mining industries. This segment sells its products through electrical and industrial distributors, home centers, retail and hardware outlets, lighting showrooms, and residential product oriented Internet sites; and special application products primarily through wholesale distributors to contractors, industrial customers, and original equipment manufacturers. The Utility Solution segment designs, manufactures, and sells distribution, transmission, substation, and telecommunications products. This segment sells its products to distributors, as well as directly to users, such as utilities, telecommunication companies, industrial firms, construction and engineering firms, and civil construction, water utility, transportation industries.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Hubbell Incorporated is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.405% of Hubbell Incorporated shares are held by insiders and 85.636% by institutions.

• How many people work for Hubbell Incorporated?

  Latest data suggests 19,100 work at Hubbell Incorporated.

• When does the fiscal year end for Hubbell Incorporated?

  Hubbell Incorporated's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Hubbell Incorporated based?

  Hubbell Incorporated's address is: 40 Waterview Drive, Shelton, CT, United States, 06484-1000

• What is Hubbell Incorporated's ISIN number?

  Hubbell Incorporated's international securities identification number is: US4435106079

• What is Hubbell Incorporated's CUSIP number?

  Hubbell Incorporated's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 443510102