HealthStream’s (HSTM) “Outperform” Rating Reiterated at William Blair

William Blair restated their outperform rating on shares of HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) in a report issued 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 reissued 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 assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $32.00.

HealthStream Stock Up 1.8 %

HSTM opened at $33.27 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $1.01 billion, a PE ratio of 51.19, a P/E/G ratio of 4.37 and a beta of 0.39. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $32.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of $30.81. HealthStream has a fifty-two week low of $23.92 and a fifty-two week high of $34.24.

HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The technology company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 quarter last year, the company posted $0.14 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that HealthStream will post 0.63 EPS for the current fiscal year.

HealthStream Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Investors of record on Monday, March 10th will be paid a $0.031 dividend. This is an increase from HealthStream’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.37%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 10th. HealthStream’s dividend payout ratio is currently 18.18%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On HealthStream

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of HealthStream in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,822,000. Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. lifted its position in HealthStream by 62.2% in the 4th quarter. Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. now owns 91,952 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,924,000 after buying an additional 35,252 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp purchased a new stake in HealthStream in the 4th quarter worth approximately $228,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC boosted its stake in shares of HealthStream by 13.2% during the 4th quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 11,257 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $358,000 after buying an additional 1,316 shares during the period. Finally, ProShare Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of HealthStream during the 4th quarter valued at $233,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 69.58% of the company’s stock.

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.