Barrington Research Comments on HealthStream Q1 Earnings

HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTM) – Stock analysts at Barrington Research issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for HealthStream in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 15th. Barrington Research analyst V. Colicchio expects that the technology company will earn $0.16 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for HealthStream’s current full-year earnings is $0.63 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for HealthStream’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.18 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.68 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on HSTM. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of HealthStream in a 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 company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of HealthStream in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, HealthStream presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $32.00.

HealthStream Stock Performance

NASDAQ:HSTM opened at $32.47 on Wednesday. HealthStream has a 52-week low of $23.92 and a 52-week high of $34.24. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $32.37 and a 200 day moving average of $31.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $991.15 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.95, a P/E/G ratio of 4.37 and a beta of 0.42.

HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The technology company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $74.24 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.55 million. HealthStream had a net margin of 6.84% and a return on equity of 5.67%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.14 EPS.

HealthStream Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 10th were given a dividend of $0.031 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 10th. This is a positive change 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 is 18.18%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On HealthStream

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of HSTM. Copeland Capital Management LLC grew its position in HealthStream by 17,363.4% during the fourth quarter. Copeland Capital Management LLC now owns 379,306 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $12,062,000 after acquiring an additional 377,134 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of HealthStream by 3,889.2% during the 4th quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 300,070 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $9,534,000 after purchasing an additional 292,548 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in HealthStream in the 4th quarter worth $3,649,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in HealthStream by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,055,060 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $97,151,000 after purchasing an additional 92,067 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in HealthStream by 47.5% during the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 221,609 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $7,047,000 after buying an additional 71,379 shares during the period. 69.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.