AMN vs. AMED, MD, CCRN, LH, DGX, DVA, CHE, CRVL, NSP, and ASGN
Should you be buying AMN Healthcare Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMN Healthcare Services include Amedisys (AMED), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Laboratory Co. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), CorVel (CRVL), Insperity (NSP), and ASGN (ASGN).
AMN Healthcare Services vs.
Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) and AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Amedisys has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMN Healthcare Services. AMN Healthcare Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amedisys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amedisys received 47 more outperform votes than AMN Healthcare Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.34% of users gave AMN Healthcare Services an outperform vote while only 58.63% of users gave Amedisys an outperform vote.
Amedisys has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amedisys has a net margin of 3.57% compared to AMN Healthcare Services' net margin of -4.93%. AMN Healthcare Services' return on equity of 15.22% beat Amedisys' return on equity.
94.4% of Amedisys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Amedisys shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AMN Healthcare Services had 7 more articles in the media than Amedisys. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services and 6 mentions for Amedisys. Amedisys' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat AMN Healthcare Services' score of 1.16 indicating that Amedisys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amedisys presently has a consensus target price of $100.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. AMN Healthcare Services has a consensus target price of $32.08, suggesting a potential upside of 40.04%. Given AMN Healthcare Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Amedisys.
Summary
Amedisys beats AMN Healthcare Services on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AMN) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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