Seizert Capital Partners LLC Decreases Stake in HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTM)

Seizert Capital Partners LLC cut its holdings in shares of HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSTM) by 2.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 11,157 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 335 shares during the period. Seizert Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in HealthStream were worth $355,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Creative Planning boosted its holdings in shares of HealthStream by 51.2% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 15,844 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $457,000 after acquiring an additional 5,368 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its holdings in HealthStream by 16.0% in the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 60,094 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,733,000 after purchasing an additional 8,308 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in HealthStream by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 39,593 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,142,000 after purchasing an additional 1,793 shares during the period. Quest Partners LLC raised its stake in HealthStream by 30.6% during the 3rd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 21,842 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $630,000 after buying an additional 5,114 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC raised its stake in HealthStream by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 125,164 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,610,000 after buying an additional 2,020 shares during the last quarter. 69.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

HealthStream Stock Performance

NASDAQ HSTM opened at $33.23 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $32.60 and its 200 day moving average is $30.98. The company has a market capitalization of $1.01 billion, a PE ratio of 51.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.37 and a beta of 0.39. HealthStream, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $23.92 and a fifty-two week high of $34.24.

HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 24th. The technology company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.13 by $0.03. HealthStream had a return on equity of 5.67% and a net margin of 6.84%. The company had revenue of $74.24 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.55 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.14 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that HealthStream, Inc. will post 0.63 EPS for the current year.

HealthStream Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 10th will be given a dividend of $0.031 per share. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.37%. This is an increase from HealthStream’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 10th. HealthStream’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 18.18%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently commented on the company. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price objective on HealthStream from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of HealthStream in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Finally, JMP Securities reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of HealthStream in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $32.00.

HealthStream 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.