HealthStream Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:HSTM)

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HealthStream in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" HSTM shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HSTM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for HealthStream's shares. Their HSTM share price targets range from $26.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $26.00 in the next twelve months.
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HealthStream's stock was trading at $24.84 at the start of the year. Since then, HSTM shares have increased by 4.7% and is now trading at $26.00.
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HealthStream saw a decline in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 229,000 shares, a decline of 12.0% from the October 31st total of 260,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 118,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 19th 2024.
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HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTM) released its earnings results on Monday, October, 23rd. The technology company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.04. The technology company earned $70.34 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $70.62 million. HealthStream had a net margin of 4.72% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.10%. HealthStream's quarterly revenue was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.05 earnings per share.

HealthStream announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.025 per share on Friday, December 22nd. This represents a $0.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 8th.
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HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.39%. The dividend payout ratio is 23.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HSTM will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc. (2.75%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (2.52%), Heartland Advisors Inc. (2.10%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (1.38%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (1.17%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Frank Gordon, J Edward Pearson, Jeffrey L Mclaren, Robert A Frist Jr and Tate Deborah Taylor.
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