Barclays PLC Buys 104,838 Shares of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AMN)

Barclays PLC increased its holdings in AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AMN - Free Report) by 114.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 196,639 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 104,838 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC owned about 0.52% of AMN Healthcare Services worth $4,704,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in AMN. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in shares of AMN Healthcare Services by 33.4% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,505 shares of the company's stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 377 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake in AMN Healthcare Services by 46.3% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,381 shares of the company's stock worth $57,000 after buying an additional 754 shares in the last quarter. KBC Group NV lifted its holdings in AMN Healthcare Services by 110.9% in the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 2,478 shares of the company's stock worth $59,000 after buying an additional 1,303 shares during the period. Covestor Ltd boosted its position in AMN Healthcare Services by 41.0% during the 4th quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 2,914 shares of the company's stock valued at $70,000 after acquiring an additional 848 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its holdings in shares of AMN Healthcare Services by 189.6% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,018 shares of the company's stock worth $72,000 after acquiring an additional 1,976 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.23% of the company's stock.

AMN Healthcare Services Stock Up 0.7 %

AMN stock traded up $0.15 during trading on Friday, hitting $20.57. 120,012 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 912,618. The stock has a market cap of $785.55 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.39 and a beta of -0.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.49, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 1.18. AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. has a 1 year low of $17.45 and a 1 year high of $70.07. The firm's 50 day moving average is $22.45 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.37.

AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.23. AMN Healthcare Services had a negative net margin of 4.93% and a positive return on equity of 15.22%. The firm had revenue of $734.71 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $694.38 million. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. will post 1.33 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently weighed in on AMN. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on AMN Healthcare Services from $38.00 to $33.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 24th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of AMN Healthcare Services from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 25th. JMP Securities reiterated a "market outperform" rating and issued a $34.00 price target on shares of AMN Healthcare Services in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of AMN Healthcare Services from $40.00 to $25.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $38.67.

About AMN Healthcare Services

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc provides healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services to healthcare facilities in the United States. It operates through three segments: Nurse and Allied Solutions, Physician and Leadership Solutions, and Technology and Workforce Solutions. The Nurse and Allied Solutions segment offers travel nurse staffing, labor disruption staffing, local staffing, international nurse and allied permanent placement, and allied staffing solutions.