Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for HSTM in the last 90 days.
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HealthStream (HSTM) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$33.46+0.33 (+1.0%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeHealthStream shares have climbed to new 52-week highs this week, with the stock reaching $33.63 and last trading at $33.46. The move follows continued attention to the company's record Q2 2026 results, including revenue of $83.7 million, up 12.5% year-over-year, and comes alongside an analyst action: Argus raised its target price for HSTM to $33.00. Coverage has also highlighted the stock's year-to-date performance relative to broader benchmarks.
The stock trades at $33.46, up 1% on the day, and sits above both its 50-day average of $29.45 and its 200-day average of $24.80, with the shorter average above the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 42.9, placing HSTM in the Distribution zone. Despite the recent highs, the gap to Gekko Fair Value remains wide, with price sitting 21.7% below the $42.76 fair value estimate.
HealthStream's next earnings report is scheduled for 2 November 2026, 21 days away, placing it inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior report produced a 6.3% reaction, within an average absolute reaction of 8.2% over past quarters. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 7.3% gain over 5 years, rising in 3 of those years. Consensus among covering analysts stands at 1 buy and 2 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $34.50.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
HealthStream price vs fair value
Close $33.46200-day averageGekko Fair Value $42.76
HealthStream quick facts
- Market cap
- $977.5M
- P/E ratio
- 45.1
- Forward P/E
- 33.8
- EPS, TTM
- $0.72
- Revenue, TTM
- $321.1M
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Dividend yield
- 0.41%
- Beta
- 0.42
- Volume
- 159,680 avg 189,036
- 1-year return
- +26.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.3%
- 50-day average
- $29.45
- 200-day average
- $24.80
- Next earnings
- Nov 2
- Shares outstanding
- 30.60M
HealthStream swing-trade checklist
HealthStream scores 3 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $33.46 is above the 50-day ($29.45) and 200-day ($24.80) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
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42.9, Distribution
Reading 42.9 is in the Distribution zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
21.7% below
Price is 21.7% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 21 days
Reports on Nov 2, 2026, 21 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+7.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +7.3% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonality
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HealthStream stock chart and price history
HealthStream closed at $33.46 on Oct 12, 2026, +26.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $19.50 to $33.63.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +14.9%
- 3 months
- +17.7%
- 6 months
- +64.3%
- 1 year
- +26.2%
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About HealthStream
HealthStream builds digital tools that let hospitals and other healthcare employers train, certify, and manage their staff while also handling the paperwork tied to medical providers. Customers use its systems for things like skills coaching, scheduling, performance tracking, and credential checks, and the company has become known for pairing those staff-training tools with provider-administration software in one place.
Its business splits into two parts. One side, called Workforce Solutions, offers subscription software covering learning modules, competency checks, simulation exercises, and staff evaluations. The other, Provider Solutions, includes products such as VerityStream, EchoCredentialing, MSOW, EchoOneApp, CredentialMyDoc, CredentialStream, and NurseGrid Mobile, which help manage credentialing, privileging, and enrollment for doctors and nurses working in hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, and medical groups. HealthStream sells these systems straight to healthcare providers of all kinds, whether private, nonprofit, or government-run, along with drug and device makers.
The company got its start in 1990 and runs out of Nashville, Tennessee. Its stock trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker HSTM.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Packaged software
- Website
- healthstream.com
HealthStream GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
HealthStream’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 42.9, in the Distribution zone, down 2.2 points over five sessions.
42.9Distribution
Down 2.2 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 28 | +1.9% | +2.1% | ||
| Accumulation | 231 | +0.1% | −0.5% | ||
| Neutral | 405 | +0.3% | +1.2% | ||
| Distribution (current zone) | 17 | −2.3% | −2.8% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average HSTM share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Distribution readings averaged +1.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is HealthStream stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
HealthStream trades 21.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $42.76, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what HealthStream shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$42.76
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
21.7% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 38.4% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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HealthStream insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for HealthStream, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in HSTM were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
HealthStream has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $2.58M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.26%
- Trailing four quarters
- $21.21M
From company filings.
HealthStream earnings: next date and track record
HealthStream reports on Nov 2, 2026 (21 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 2, 2026
21 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.16
- Revenue estimate
- $82.24M
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±8.2%average move across the report
6 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 3, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- HealthStream reported a strong Q2 2026 with record revenues of $83.7M (up 12.5% YoY) and record adjusted EBITDA of $20.6M (up 16.9% YoY). Operating income grew 41.4% YoY, net income was $6.7M (up 23.8%), and EPS was $0.23. Management increased full-year revenue and adjusted EBITDA expectations but trimmed net income guidance slightly to fund incremental investments (including 15 new hires for its career networks). The quarter included a $2M cumulative catch-up revenue related to a contingent-fee contract from the 2020 ANSOS acquisition; roughly $1.2M was subscription revenue and $0.8M professional services. Core subscription product lines showed organic growth (CredentialStream +14%, ShiftWizard +30%, Competency Suite +12%, myClinicalExchange +29%) while legacy revenue declined (~$7.4M, down 15% YoY). HealthStream highlighted strategic initiatives: bundling strategies (product bundles and market bundles for post-acute/long-term care/critical access), investment in career networks, monetization of Insights/analytics (Insights+ buy-ups), expansion into payer credentialing supported by the Virsys12 acquisition, and standardizing pricing escalators in renewals. The company has a strong balance sheet ($66.7M cash, untapped credit line, no long-term debt) and remains positioned for M&A or capital deployment.
- Guidance
- Management said they increased expectations for full-year 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA but slightly trimmed net income guidance for 2026 due to accelerated investments. No specific numeric full-year target figures were provided on the call; the updated guidance reflects inclusion of the $2M catch-up and the incremental investments.
- Risks flagged
- - Net income guidance was trimmed due to increased investment spending, which could pressure near-term profitability. - One-time $2M catch-up revenue contributed to Q2 results; similar nonrecurring items may not repeat. - Legacy product revenue is declining (Q2 legacy revenue ~$7.4M, down 15% YoY). - Large deals (payer wins, big bundles) have long sales cycles and can take time to realize revenue. - Some large contract bundles (e.g., resuscitation) carry lower gross margins due to royalties and content costs. - Execution risk as the company scales bundling strategies, market-specific bundles, and new initiatives (career networks, payer credentialing).
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.23 est $0.17 | $83.73M est $80.82M | +6.3% |
| May 4, 2026 | $0.20 est $0.17 | $81.20M est $79.68M | +17.6% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $0.18 est $0.13 | $79.71M est $76.20M | +8.6% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.20 est $0.17 | $76.47M est $76.21M | +5.8% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.18 est $0.17 | $74.40M est $75.73M | +0.4% |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.14 est $0.17 | $73.49M est $75.18M | −21.3% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $0.16 est $0.14 | $74.24M est $73.55M | −1.6% |
| Oct 21, 2024 | $0.19 est $0.13 | $73.10M est $73.55M | +4.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
HealthStream stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for HealthStream is $34.50, +3.1% from the last close, from 3 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$34.50consensus 12-month target, +3.1% from the last close
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 3 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | Barrington | — | — |
| Sep 16 | Canaccord Genuity | $29 | −13.3% |
| Aug 13 | Barrington | — | — |
| Aug 5 | Canaccord Genuity | $29 | −13.3% |
| Aug 3 | William Blair | — | — |
−2.8%average 20-day move after past Distribution readings
+7.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
HealthStream seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, HealthStream averaged +7.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +4.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +5.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +7.3% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +6.5% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, HSTM’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.3%.
HealthStream market cap and key statistics
HealthStream’s market cap is $977.5M, with a P/E ratio of 45.1 and revenue of $321.1M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $977.5M
- P/E ratio
- 45.1
- Forward P/E
- 33.8
- EPS, TTM
- $0.72
- Gekko Fair Value
- $42.76
Trading
- Volume
- 159,680
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 189,036
- 52-week high
- $33.63
- 52-week low
- $19.50
- Shares outstanding
- 30.60M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $321.1M
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Return on equity
- 6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +28.4%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.42
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.3%
- Dividend yield
- 0.41%
HealthStream stock news this week
Coverage of HealthStream this week reads positive: 2 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- HealthStream, Inc. (HSTM) Stock ForecastsYahoo! Finance Canada, Oct 11
- HealthStream Inc (HL5.SG) stock price, news, quote and historyYahoo Finance UK, Oct 8
- HealthStream stock gained 3.60 percent as market value roseAD HOC NEWS, Oct 8
- HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) Reaches New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?Defense World, Oct 5
HealthStream peers
HealthStream’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| MSFTMicrosoft | Neutral | 21.7% above |
| PLTRPalantir Technologies | Distribution | 22.3% above |
| ORCLOracle | Neutral | 24.3% below |
| PANWPalo Alto Networks | Neutral | 21.6% above |
| CRWDCrowdStrike | Neutral | 23.7% above |
| CRMSalesforce | Neutral | 3.6% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
HealthStream stock FAQ
What is HealthStream’s market cap?
HealthStream’s market cap is $977.5M at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $33.46, with 30.60M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 45.1.
What is the HealthStream stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for HealthStream is $34.50, +3.1% from the last close. Of the 3 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is HealthStream stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate HealthStream is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $33.46 is 21.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $42.76. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does HealthStream report earnings next?
HealthStream is expected to report on Nov 2, 2026 (21 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.16 per share on revenue of $82.24M. HealthStream beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 8.2% on average across the report.
What is HealthStream’s 52-week high and low?
HealthStream’s 52-week high is $33.63 and its 52-week low is $19.50; it closed at $33.46 on Oct 12, 2026, +26.2% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $34.24 on Feb 14, 2025.
Is HealthStream stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, fair value and seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (gekkoindex and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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