Healthcare
HealthStream, Inc.(HSTM)
Live Price
Offline$26.00
+0.85% today
1Y Change
-2.99%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $610.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +4.3%
- EPS Growth
- -7.6%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.6%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
HealthStream, Inc. (HSTM) is a Healthcare stock with a market cap of $610.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $26.00 and down 3.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +4.3%, EPS growth of -7.6%, a dividend yield of 0.6%. What stands out right now is revenue +4.3%, EPS -7.6%, free cash flow +102.0% with operating margin 6.7% and ROIC 4.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.6%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 33.5 and price/sales 2.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines HSTM price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Healthcare peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+4.3% vs +7.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+6.7% vs +19.4% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
33.5 vs 36.3 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 4, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +4.3% and EPS is at -7.6%, with operating margin around 6.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.6%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +2.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 4, 2026 | โ | +14.6% | +8.8% | +18.7% |
2026 Feb 23, 2026 | +12.5% | +4.0% | +0.6% | -0.5% |
2025 Nov 3, 2025 | +17.6% | +2.8% | -3.1% | -1.0% |
Benchmark Edge
HSTM vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
HSTM
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
HSTM Max Drawdown
-32.15%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for HSTM and SPY.
Company Overview
HealthStream, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
HealthStream, Inc. provides workforce and provider solutions for healthcare organizations in the United States. It operates through two segments, Workforce Solutions and Provider Solutions. The company offers workforce solutions, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) based services and subscription-based solutions to meet the range of its clinical development, talent management, training, education, certification, scheduling, competency assessment, performance appraisal, and other needs, as well as implementation and account management services. It also provides applications for learning, performance appraisal, competency management, disclosure management, clinical assessment and development, simulation-based education, quality management, and industry training. In addition, the company offers VerityStream that delivers enterprise-class solutions to transform the healthcare provider experience for ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care facilities, clinics, medical groups, and other healthcare organizations; EchoCredentialing and MSOW platforms that manage medical staff credentialing, enrollment, and privileging processes for hospitals; and EchoOneApp, a provider enrollment platform for medical groups. Further, it provides CredentialMyDoc, a credentialing and enrollment SaaS solution for medical groups and surgery centers; CredentialStream, a SaaS-based provider credentialing, privileging, and enrollment solution; and NurseGrid Mobile for nurse managers. The company offers its solutions in healthcare industry companies that include private, not-for-profit, and government entities, as well as pharmaceutical and medical device companies through direct sales teams. HealthStream, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Leadership
- Robert A. Frist Jr.
- IPO Date
- Apr 11, 2000
- Employees
- 1.1k
- Street Address
- 500 11th Avenue North
- Mailing
- Nashville, TN, 37203
- Region
- Nashville, TN, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 615 301 3100
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 33.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.1
- Price/Sales
- 2.0
- Price/Book
- 1.7
Growth
- Revenue
- +4.3%
- EPS
- -7.6%
- Free Cash Flow
- +102.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 64.7%
- Operating Margin
- 6.7%
- Net Margin
- 6.0%
- ROE
- 5.2%
- ROIC
- 4.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.04
- Current Ratio
- 0.96
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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