AMN vs. CCRN, EYE, MEDP, WBA, VEEV, WST, MD, LH, DGX, and DVA
Should you be buying AMN Healthcare Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMN Healthcare Services include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), National Vision (EYE), Medpace (MEDP), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Veeva Systems (VEEV), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), Labcorp (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), and DaVita (DVA).
AMN Healthcare Services vs. Its Competitors
Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) are both small-cap health care services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
Cross Country Healthcare has a net margin of -1.41% compared to AMN Healthcare Services' net margin of -5.80%. AMN Healthcare Services' return on equity of 13.39% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.
Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cross Country Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMN Healthcare Services. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMN Healthcare Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, AMN Healthcare Services had 3 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services and 2 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. AMN Healthcare Services' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 0.20 indicating that AMN Healthcare Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $17.93, suggesting a potential upside of 36.97%. AMN Healthcare Services has a consensus target price of $32.08, suggesting a potential upside of 45.83%. Given AMN Healthcare Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Cross Country Healthcare.
Summary
AMN Healthcare Services beats Cross Country Healthcare on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AMN) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
