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HSTM · NASDAQ

Healthstream Inc

Healthcare · Health Information Services

$33.80

+0.21%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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Quality

66

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Quality research reads 66 of 100, an above-average reading in the covered universe. Some underlying measurements are stronger than others.

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Fundamental Momentum

Accelerating

70

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Fundamental Momentum research reads 70 of 100. Stored measurements classify recent reported fundamentals as accelerating. This describes reported financial change already disclosed, with no forward-looking claim.

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Capital Returns

Favorable

64

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 64 of 100, recorded as favorable. Stored records show 4 consecutive years of dividend payments. Share count has been reduced at about 1.5% a year in the stored window.

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Price / earnings
47.1

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What this company does

HealthStream’s focus is and has always been on improving the quality of healthcare through the development and support of the dedicated individuals who deliver care. Like healthcare itself, our mission remains constant, but how we accomplish that mission continues to evolve and improve over time. Originally, we pioneered the use of online learning to hospitals, which began with courses specifically tailored to educate healthcare professionals and meet hospitals' required regulatory needs, and we remain a leading innovator in those areas today. Since our inception, the scope of HealthStream’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions has expanded well beyond our governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) offerings to include a diverse ecosystem of applications that optimize and support the healthcare workforce and the students preparing to enter that workforce. Today, we are characterized by our single platform strategy, which is designed to create interoperability among the various applications in our ecosystem through our proprietary hStream technology platform. Increasingly, our hStream technology platform extends artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to the applications it powers and serves as the system of record on which healthcare workforce AI relies. We believe that our single platform strategy, as represented by hStream, is the best way to realize our mission of improving the quality of care by developing the people who deliver care, and the best way to create value for our shareholders in the process.

For healthcare organizations—our primary customers—HealthStream’s solutions help to effectively onboard, retain, engage, educate, manage, and develop workforce talent; meet rigorous GRC requirements; optimize staff scheduling and capacity management; and automate the management of medical staff credentialing, privileging, and enrollment.

For healthcare professionals and students—our primary end users—HealthStream’s solutions help them to professionally develop their knowledge and skills, manage and fulfill their required continuing education and certifications, manage their schedules, including swapping and filling shifts, engage with peers, provide personalized competency development, and optimize their career pathways. Additionally, our emerging Career Networks provide value directly to healthcare professionals and students, enabling them to evolve their professional identity, skills, portfolio, and career over time.

For both healthcare organizations and healthcare professionals and students, HealthStream’s solutions are generally accessed through SaaS application suites that are increasingly enhanced through our hStream technology platform, including through the functionality it offers and the data it originates and enriches. Our learning, credentialing, and scheduling application suites are designed to help solve the most critical problems facing the healthcare workforce today. This is achieved through a combination of established and cutting-edge technologies, such as initiative and workflow management capabilities; proprietary taxonomy engines; dynamic engagement models; AI and machine learning (ML) driven clinical assessments; physical-based simulations; healthcare-specific benchmarks; and automated license monitoring and validation.

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 27, 2026. Read the filing

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