Q1 EPS Estimates for HealthStream Lifted by William Blair

HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTM) – Equities researchers at William Blair boosted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of HealthStream in a research note issued to investors 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 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.

Separately, JMP Securities reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of HealthStream in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $31.50.

HealthStream Stock Performance

Shares of HealthStream stock opened at $32.41 on Wednesday. HealthStream has a 52 week low of $23.92 and a 52 week high of $34.24. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $32.40 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $30.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $985.75 million, a PE ratio of 49.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.37 and a beta of 0.39.

HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) last released its quarterly earnings data 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. HealthStream had a net margin of 6.84% and a return on equity of 5.67%. The company had revenue of $74.24 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $73.55 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.14 EPS.

HealthStream Increases Dividend

The business 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 $0.031 dividend. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 10th. This is a positive change from HealthStream’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. HealthStream’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16.92%.

Institutional Trading of HealthStream

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in HSTM. Copeland Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of HealthStream by 17,363.4% in the 4th quarter. Copeland Capital Management LLC now owns 379,306 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $12,062,000 after buying an additional 377,134 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in HealthStream by 3,889.2% during the fourth 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. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its position in HealthStream by 141.2% during the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 400,033 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $11,537,000 after purchasing an additional 234,148 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of HealthStream in the fourth quarter worth about $3,649,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of HealthStream by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,055,060 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $97,151,000 after buying an additional 92,067 shares in the last quarter. 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.