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Hub24 shares have crashed 35%. What's going on?

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  • Hub24 Ltd shares are firmly in the line of fire.
  • For a stock once treated as an ASX tech darling, that's a reversal.
  • When a stock trades on lofty multiples built around rapid expansion, like Hub24 shares, even a modest slowdown can wipe out a large chunk of the share price.
  • FY2026 delivered record results: group underlying EBITDA rose 30% to $211.4 million, underlying NPAT climbed 40% to $137.3 million, and total revenue grew 23% to $501.1 million.
  • According to TradingView data, 14 of 18 brokers now rate Hub24 a buy or strong buy.

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Hub24 Ltd shares are firmly in the line of fire. In FY26, net inflows fell 4% year-on-year to $18.9 billion.

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Hub24 Ltd shares are firmly in the line of fire. The ASX financial stock slipped another 1% on Wednesday to $69.31, extending a rough run that's seen it fall 9% over the past month, 28% year to date, and a 35% over the past 12 months.

For a stock once treated as an ASX tech darling, that's a reversal.

In FY26, net inflows fell 4% year-on-year to $18.9 billion.

When a stock trades on lofty multiples built around rapid expansion, like Hub24 shares, even a modest slowdown can wipe out a large chunk of the share price.

Add in a broader wobble across the tech sector with investors reassessing valuations and grappling with how AI could reshape competitive dynamics, and growth stocks like Hub24 have been caught in the crossfire.

FY2026 delivered record results: group underlying EBITDA rose 30% to $211.4 million, underlying NPAT climbed 40% to $137.3 million, and total revenue grew 23% to $501.1 million.

More than 5,200 advisers now use Hub24.

According to TradingView data, 14 of 18 brokers now rate Hub24 a buy or strong buy.

Shortened to 1 minute of reading, this version reads 13.3 on the Niral Score.

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The Motley Fool Australiaas they published this story 28.6 17 4 -0.3 34.2
Mundane Readneutralized from The Motley Fool Australia 17.7 12 4 -0.1 41.3

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