MD vs. AMN, CCRN, LH, DGX, DVA, CHE, RCM, CRVL, AMED, and EHC
Should you be buying Pediatrix Medical Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pediatrix Medical Group include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Laboratory Co. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), R1 RCM (RCM), CorVel (CRVL), Amedisys (AMED), and Encompass Health (EHC).
Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) 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 media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.
AMN Healthcare Services has higher revenue and earnings than Pediatrix Medical Group. Pediatrix Medical Group 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 5 more articles in the media than Pediatrix Medical Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services and 1 mentions for Pediatrix Medical Group. AMN Healthcare Services' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Pediatrix Medical Group's score of 0.28 indicating that AMN Healthcare Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AMN Healthcare Services has a net margin of 4.13% compared to Pediatrix Medical Group's net margin of -3.53%. AMN Healthcare Services' return on equity of 31.39% beat Pediatrix Medical Group's return on equity.
Pediatrix Medical Group presently has a consensus price target of $8.70, indicating a potential upside of 5.58%. AMN Healthcare Services has a consensus price target of $75.57, indicating a potential upside of 19.46%. Given AMN Healthcare Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Pediatrix Medical Group.
Pediatrix Medical Group received 62 more outperform votes than AMN Healthcare Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.87% of users gave AMN Healthcare Services an outperform vote while only 60.90% of users gave Pediatrix Medical Group an outperform vote.
97.7% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pediatrix Medical Group has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AMN Healthcare Services beats Pediatrix Medical Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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