HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM – Get Free Report) and CyberAgent (OTCMKTS:CYGIY – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for HealthStream and CyberAgent, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| HealthStream | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| CyberAgent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
HealthStream currently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.57%. Given HealthStream’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe HealthStream is more favorable than CyberAgent.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Risk & Volatility
HealthStream has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CyberAgent has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares HealthStream and CyberAgent”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| HealthStream | $304.06 million | 2.84 | $18.34 million | $0.67 | 44.07 |
| CyberAgent | $5.86 billion | 0.74 | $212.18 million | $0.27 | 15.93 |
CyberAgent has higher revenue and earnings than HealthStream. CyberAgent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HealthStream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dividends
HealthStream pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. CyberAgent pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. HealthStream pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CyberAgent pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. HealthStream has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. CyberAgent is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Profitability
This table compares HealthStream and CyberAgent’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| HealthStream | 6.39% | 6.47% | 4.44% |
| CyberAgent | 4.60% | 18.43% | 9.35% |
Summary
HealthStream beats CyberAgent on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About HealthStream
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. It offers hStream, a technology platform that powers a range of healthcare workforce solutions. The company provides its solutions to customers across a range of entities within the healthcare industry, including private, not-for-profit, and government entities, as well as pharmaceutical and medical device companies through its direct sales teams. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
About CyberAgent
CyberAgent, Inc. engages in the media, internet advertising, game, and investment development businesses primarily in Japan. The company operates Ameba, a blog service; Tapple for online dating; AWA, a music streaming service; and WinTicket for online betting. It also offers internet advertising agency and ad technology services; and smartphone games. In addition, the company operates a programming school for kids and provides application and reward points exchange platform services; artificial intelligence services; and digital transformation services. CyberAgent, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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