The HubSpot Buyout Looks Dead: Is the Stock a Buy?

Is the sinking stock a buy after Alphabet reportedly walked away? Rumors emerged a few months ago that tech giant Alphabet was considering an acquisition of inbound marketing software provider HubSpot (HUBS -2.79%). HubSpot sports a massive customer base that skews toward small and medium-sized businesses, a potential gold mine for Alphabet as it looks to expand its cloud computing business. Alphabet now appears to have walked away from the bargaining table. A report from Reuters on Wednesday indicated that ...