HealthStream (HSTM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HealthStream in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" HSTM shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for HealthStream's shares. Their HSTM share price targets range from $32.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $32.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.8% from the stock's current price.
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HealthStream's stock was trading at $27.03 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, HSTM stock has decreased by 8.1% and is now trading at $24.84.
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HealthStream saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 242,800 shares, a drop of 22.5% from the March 15th total of 313,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 98,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 22nd 2024.
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HealthStream will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 23rd at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTM) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 19th. The technology company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.07. The technology company earned $70.58 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $71.83 million. HealthStream had a net margin of 5.45% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.71%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.08 earnings per share.

HealthStream declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.028 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $0.11 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 8th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03.
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HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.46%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 22.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HSTM will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.97% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) stock in their portfolio include Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF (CAFG), Global X Cloud Computing ETF (CLOU), Fidelity Digital Health ETF (FDHT) and Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF (VFMV).Syntax Stratified SmallCap ETF (SSLY).

HealthStream issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $292.0 million-$296.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $297.0 million.

107 employees have rated HealthStream Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Frist Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Robert A. Frist Jr. has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other HealthStream investors own include Gilead Sciences (GILD), Netflix (NFLX), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Tesla (TSLA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Amgen (AMGN), Activision Blizzard (ATVI) and Boeing (BA).

HealthStream's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.11%) and Diversified Trust Co (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Frank Gordon, J Edward Pearson, Jeffrey L Mclaren, Michael Sousa, Robert A Frist Jr, Tate Deborah Taylor and Trisha L Coady.
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