HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTM – Free Report) – Investment analysts at William Blair lifted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of HealthStream in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 25th. William Blair analyst R. Daniels now anticipates that the technology company will earn $0.14 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.13. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for HealthStream’s current full-year earnings is $0.63 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for HealthStream’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.15 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.18 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.64 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.69 EPS.
Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. JMP Securities restated a “market perform” rating on shares of HealthStream in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Canaccord Genuity Group raised their target price on shares of HealthStream from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, HealthStream has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $32.00.
HealthStream Stock Up 1.0 %
Shares of HSTM stock opened at $32.68 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $32.43 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $30.79. The company has a market capitalization of $993.96 million, a PE ratio of 50.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.37 and a beta of 0.39. HealthStream has a 12-month low of $23.92 and a 12-month high of $34.24.
HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The technology company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.13 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $74.24 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $73.55 million. HealthStream had a return on equity of 5.67% and a net margin of 6.84%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.14 EPS.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quarry LP bought a new position in HealthStream in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC bought a new position in HealthStream in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $80,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in HealthStream in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $114,000. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its stake in HealthStream by 1,074.6% in the fourth quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 3,747 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $119,000 after acquiring an additional 3,428 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lee Danner & Bass Inc. bought a new position in HealthStream in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $183,000. 69.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
HealthStream Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.031 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 10th. This is a boost from HealthStream’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.38%. HealthStream’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 18.18%.
HealthStream Company Profile
HealthStream, Inc provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based applications for healthcare organizations in the United States. The company’s solutions help healthcare organizations in meeting their ongoing clinical development, talent management, training, education, assessment, competency management, safety and compliance, and scheduling, as well as provider credentialing, privileging, and enrollment needs.
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