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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
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, Cross Country Healthcare had 3 more articles in the media than AMN Healthcare Services. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare and 4 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services. AMN Healthcare Services' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 1.47 indicating that AMN Healthcare Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $17.93, suggesting a potential upside of 27.16%. AMN Healthcare Services has a consensus target price of $28.25, suggesting a potential upside of 36.06%. Given AMN Healthcare Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Cross Country Healthcare.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cross Country Healthcare has a net margin of -0.70% compared to AMN Healthcare Services' net margin of -10.75%. AMN Healthcare Services' return on equity of 11.09% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.
Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AMN Healthcare Services beats Cross Country Healthcare on 9 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 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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