Contrasting AMN Healthcare Services (AMN) & Its Rivals

AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) is one of 233 publicly-traded companies in the “Healthcare Providers & Services” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare AMN Healthcare Services to related companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares AMN Healthcare Services and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMN Healthcare Services	3.10%	23.42%	7.19%
AMN Healthcare Services Competitors	-7.86%	-135.41%	-1.59%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of shares of all “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of shares of all “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AMN Healthcare Services and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMN Healthcare Services	$2.73 billion	-$95.70 million	13.84
AMN Healthcare Services Competitors	$21.44 billion	$301.67 million	-1.73

AMN Healthcare Services’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than AMN Healthcare Services. AMN Healthcare Services is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for AMN Healthcare Services and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMN Healthcare Services	1	4	4	0	2.33
AMN Healthcare Services Competitors	1877	7751	13384	833	2.55

AMN Healthcare Services presently has a consensus price target of $39.17, suggesting a potential upside of 2.94%. As a group, “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies have a potential upside of 13.51%. Given AMN Healthcare Services’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AMN Healthcare Services has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services’ competitors have a beta of 0.98, meaning that their average stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AMN Healthcare Services competitors beat AMN Healthcare Services on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

AMN Healthcare Services Company Profile

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. is a healthcare workforce solutions company that helps healthcare organizations recruit and manage clinical and nonclinical staff. Its clients include hospitals, health systems, physician groups and other care providers. The company’s services include temporary and permanent staffing for nurses, physicians and allied healthcare professionals; locum tenens staffing; and workforce management programs. AMN also provides language interpretation and related services, as well as technology and consulting solutions to support workforce planning and recruitment.