HealthStream Valuation

Is HL5 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HL5 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HL5 (€30.2) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€35.93)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HL5 is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HL5?

Key metric: As HL5 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HL5. This is calculated by dividing HL5's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HL5's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio49.7x
EarningsUS$19.71m
Market CapUS$979.06m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HL5's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HL5 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.5x
COP CompuGroup Medical SE KGaA
28.9x32.9%€726.9m
NXU Nexus
44.2x17.1%€1.2b
M3V MeVis Medical Solutions
7.8xn/a€45.1m
AJ91 DocCheck
17.2xn/a€42.1m
HL5 HealthStream
49.7x5.8%€979.1m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HL5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (49.7x) compared to the peer average (24.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HL5's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Healthcare Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HL5 49.7xIndustry Avg. 18.6xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HL5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (49.7x) compared to the European Healthcare Services industry average (18.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HL5's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HL5 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio49.7x
Fair PE Ratio16.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HL5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (49.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HL5 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€30.20
€30.57
+1.2%
8.9%€33.35€26.86n/a3
Nov ’25€26.40
€30.57
+15.8%
8.9%€33.35€26.86n/a3
Oct ’25€25.60
€29.49
+15.2%
10.2%€33.18€25.80n/a3
Sep ’25€25.80
€29.49
+14.3%
10.2%€33.18€25.80n/a3
Aug ’25€27.20
€29.49
+8.4%
10.2%€33.18€25.80n/a3
Jul ’25€25.80
€29.58
+14.7%
11.6%€33.63€25.22n/a3
Jun ’25€24.80
€29.58
+19.3%
11.6%€33.63€25.22n/a3
May ’25€24.00
€29.58
+23.3%
11.6%€33.63€25.22n/a3
Apr ’25€23.60
€29.29
+24.1%
11.6%€33.30€24.98n/a3
Mar ’25€24.80
€29.29
+18.1%
11.6%€33.30€24.98n/a3
Feb ’25€24.20
€28.93
+19.5%
11.6%€32.89€24.67n/a3
Jan ’25€24.00
€28.32
+18.0%
20.0%€33.99€22.66n/a2
Dec ’24€23.20
€28.32
+22.1%
20.0%€33.99€22.66n/a2
Nov ’24€24.00
€28.32
+18.0%
20.0%€33.99€22.66€26.402
Oct ’24€20.40
€26.14
+28.1%
24.1%€32.45€19.83€25.602
Sep ’24€19.40
€26.14
+34.7%
24.1%€32.45€19.83€25.802
Aug ’24€20.40
€26.14
+28.1%
24.1%€32.45€19.83€27.202
Jul ’24€22.40
€28.26
+26.2%
16.1%€32.82€23.70€25.802
Jun ’24€21.40
€28.26
+32.1%
16.1%€32.82€23.70€24.802
May ’24€22.40
€28.26
+26.2%
16.1%€32.82€23.70€24.002
Apr ’24€24.00
€29.11
+21.3%
16.1%€33.81€24.42€23.602
Mar ’24€24.00
€29.11
+21.3%
16.1%€33.81€24.42€24.802
Feb ’24€22.00
€30.44
+38.4%
22.0%€37.15€23.73€24.202
Jan ’24€23.20
€30.44
+31.2%
22.0%€37.15€23.73€24.002
Dec ’23€24.20
€30.44
+25.8%
22.0%€37.15€23.73€23.202
Nov ’23€24.80
€30.44
+22.7%
22.0%€37.15€23.73€24.002

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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