Reviewing HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) & CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA (OTCMKTS:CMPUY)

HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) and CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA (OTCMKTS:CMPUY) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for HealthStream and CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HealthStream	0	3	0	0	2.00
CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA	0	0	0	0	0.00

HealthStream currently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.46%. Given HealthStream’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe HealthStream is more favorable than CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

69.6% of HealthStream shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of HealthStream shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares HealthStream and CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HealthStream	$304.06 million	2.74	$18.34 million	$0.72	39.67
CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

HealthStream has higher revenue and earnings than CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA.

Profitability

This table compares HealthStream and CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HealthStream	6.60%	6.81%	4.64%
CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

HealthStream beats CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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. It offers hStream, a technology platform that powers a range of healthcare workforce solutions. The company provides its solutions to customers across a range of entities within the healthcare industry, including private, not-for-profit, and government entities, as well as pharmaceutical and medical device companies through its direct sales teams. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

About CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA

CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA develops and sells software and information technology solutions for the healthcare sector worldwide. The company's Ambulatory Information Systems segment develop and sell practice management software for registered physicians, medical care centers, and physician networks; and offers supplementary internet and intranet solutions. Its Pharmacy Information Systems segment develop and sell administrative and billing related software applications, which includes procuring and shipping, managing and controlling inventory, planning, performing, and monitoring retail activities for pharmacies. Hospital Information Systems segment develop and sells of clinical and administrative solutions for inpatient sector; healthcare services to acute care hospitals, rehabilitation centers, welfare institutions, multi-location hospital networks, healthcare regions, regional care organizations, medical laboratories, and radiologists. The Consumer & Health Management Information Systems segment provides software interfaces for data exchange, portals for retrieving data from the German outpatient healthcare market, medical decision support tools, medication and treatment databases for healthcare service providers, solutions for the insurance industry, and digital healthcare applications, consumer portals, and mobile apps; and operates telematics infrastructure business, which offers secure links, as well as security solutions for service providers. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Koblenz, Germany.