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HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTM – Free Report) – Equities researchers at William Blair raised their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for HealthStream in a research note issued on Tuesday, February 25th. William Blair analyst R. Daniels now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $0.14 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate 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.
HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The technology company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.13 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $74.24 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.55 million. HealthStream had a net margin of 6.84% and a return on equity of 5.67%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.14 earnings per share.
Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on HSTM. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on shares of HealthStream from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. JMP Securities restated a “market perform” rating on shares of HealthStream in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $32.00.
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HealthStream Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:HSTM opened at $32.68 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap 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. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $32.43 and its 200-day moving average is $30.79. HealthStream has a 52 week low of $23.92 and a 52 week high of $34.24.
HealthStream Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Shareholders 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 0.38%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 10th. HealthStream’s payout ratio is 18.18%.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On HealthStream
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. increased its stake in HealthStream by 62.2% in the fourth quarter. Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. now owns 91,952 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,924,000 after purchasing an additional 35,252 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp bought a new stake in HealthStream in the fourth quarter valued at $228,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its stake in HealthStream by 13.2% in the fourth quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 11,257 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $358,000 after purchasing an additional 1,316 shares in the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC bought a new stake in HealthStream in the fourth quarter valued at $233,000. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its stake in HealthStream by 33.2% in the fourth quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 32,478 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,031,000 after purchasing an additional 8,090 shares in the last quarter. 69.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
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.
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