William Blair Reaffirms “Outperform” Rating for HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM)

HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reiterated by stock analysts at William Blair in a report released on Tuesday,RTT News reports. William Blair also issued estimates for HealthStream’s Q1 2025 earnings at $0.14 EPS, 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.

Separately, JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of HealthStream in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $32.00.

HealthStream Stock Performance

Shares of HSTM opened at $32.68 on Tuesday. HealthStream has a 52 week low of $23.92 and a 52 week high of $34.24. The stock has a market capitalization of $993.96 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.28, a PEG ratio of 4.37 and a beta of 0.39. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $32.43 and a 200-day moving average of $30.79.

HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) last announced its earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The technology company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $74.24 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.55 million. HealthStream had a return on equity of 5.67% and a net margin of 6.84%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.14 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that HealthStream will post 0.63 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of HealthStream

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in HealthStream during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in HealthStream during the 4th quarter worth about $80,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of HealthStream in the 4th quarter valued at about $114,000. Bessemer Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of HealthStream by 1,074.6% in the 4th quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 3,747 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $119,000 after buying an additional 3,428 shares during the period. Finally, Lee Danner & Bass Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of HealthStream in the 4th quarter valued at about $183,000. 69.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About HealthStream

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.