CluenexHubbell HUBB
Hubbell scores average on business quality (5.9 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What Hubbell does
Hubbell makes electrical and utility solutions, selling grid components, lighting, and specialty equipment to utilities and industrial customers.
- What it does best
Hubbell dominates specialized utility and electrical connections through deep switching costs, delivering a 20.4% operating margin that beats peers like VRT at 19.4%.
- The main risk
Supply chain bottlenecks and rising component costs threaten utility delivery schedules, potentially compressing margins across its core electrical equipment lines.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin hits 20.4% with ROE at 23.7%, showing strong returns on capital as the business scales efficiently within industrial electrical markets.
Operating margin sits in the top quartile of its sector at 79th percentile, anchored by specialized utility switching gear that customers rarely swap out.
Revenue growth registers at 3.9%, moving slowly below historical expansion rates as utility demand normalizes from prior peaks.
Debt-to-equity sits at 0.6x with interest coverage at 13.1x, making debt service manageable while free cash flow reaches $901M, leaving the sheet stable.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
1 sold $284K outside pre-planned sales.
Our sealed record on HUBB
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
Hubbell scores average on the Cluenex quality check (5.9 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is fair, moat fair, growth slow and financial health fair.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 1 sold $284K outside pre-planned sales.
Nov 3, 2026.
See HUBB today
- Today's verdict on HUBB, and why
- Fair value with cautious, base and optimistic cases
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Hubbell (HUBB)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/hubb/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.