Barrington Research Predicts HealthStream FY2025 Earnings

HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTM) – Equities research analysts at Barrington Research raised their FY2025 EPS estimates for HealthStream in a research note issued on Thursday, November 13th. Barrington Research analyst V. Colicchio now anticipates that the technology company will post earnings of $0.69 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.67. The consensus estimate for HealthStream’s current full-year earnings is $0.63 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for HealthStream’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.76 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on HSTM. Wall Street Zen raised HealthStream from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 8th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of HealthStream in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on shares of HealthStream from $29.00 to $28.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $28.00.

HealthStream Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of HealthStream stock opened at $24.57 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $728.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.67, a PEG ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 0.43. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $26.99 and its 200-day simple moving average is $27.47. HealthStream has a 52 week low of $24.07 and a 52 week high of $34.24.

HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 3rd. The technology company reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.17 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $76.47 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $75.52 million. HealthStream had a net margin of 6.89% and a return on equity of 5.70%. HealthStream has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS.

Institutional Trading of HealthStream

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its stake in shares of HealthStream by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 68,883 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,906,000 after acquiring an additional 424 shares during the last quarter. Bridge City Capital LLC increased its stake in HealthStream by 0.8% in the second quarter. Bridge City Capital LLC now owns 58,977 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,632,000 after purchasing an additional 441 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its stake in HealthStream by 6.7% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 9,354 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $259,000 after purchasing an additional 586 shares during the period. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey lifted its position in shares of HealthStream by 14.9% during the second quarter. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey now owns 5,843 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $162,000 after purchasing an additional 758 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Snowden Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of HealthStream by 8.7% during the second quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 10,196 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $282,000 after purchasing an additional 816 shares during the period. 69.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at HealthStream

In other news, EVP Kevin P. O’hara sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.97, for a total value of $55,940.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 17,137 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $479,321.89. This trade represents a 10.45% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 20.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

HealthStream Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 17th will be given a dividend of $0.031 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 17th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. HealthStream’s dividend payout ratio is 17.65%.

HealthStream declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, November 11th that authorizes the company to repurchase $10.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the technology company to purchase up to 1.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

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.