AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN – Get Free Report) and BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Risk & Volatility
AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSpring Health Services has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares AMN Healthcare Services and BrightSpring Health Services”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AMN Healthcare Services | $2.73 billion | 0.48 | -$95.70 million | $2.68 | 12.74 |
| BrightSpring Health Services | $12.91 billion | 0.91 | $190.67 million | $1.66 | 35.90 |
BrightSpring Health Services has higher revenue and earnings than AMN Healthcare Services. AMN Healthcare Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BrightSpring Health Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of BrightSpring Health Services shares are held by 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.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for AMN Healthcare Services and BrightSpring Health Services, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AMN Healthcare Services | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.22 |
| BrightSpring Health Services | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3.10 |
AMN Healthcare Services currently has a consensus target price of $31.43, suggesting a potential downside of 7.96%. BrightSpring Health Services has a consensus target price of $70.71, suggesting a potential upside of 18.65%. Given BrightSpring Health Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BrightSpring Health Services is more favorable than AMN Healthcare Services.
Profitability
This table compares AMN Healthcare Services and BrightSpring Health Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AMN Healthcare Services | 3.06% | 19.92% | 5.93% |
| BrightSpring Health Services | 2.55% | 16.73% | 5.24% |
Summary
BrightSpring Health Services beats AMN Healthcare Services on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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. The Physician and Leadership Solutions segment provides locum tenens staffing, healthcare interim leadership staffing, executive search, and physician permanent placement solutions. The Technology and Workforce Solutions segment offers language services, vendor management systems, workforce optimization, and outsourced solutions. The company also provides allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, medical and radiology technologists, lab technicians, speech pathologists, rehabilitation assistants, and pharmacists. It offers its services under the brands, including AMN Healthcare, Nursefinders, HealthSource Global Staffing, O'Grady Peyton International, Connetics, Medical Search International, DRW Healthcare Staffing, and B.E. Smith. AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
About BrightSpring Health Services
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. operates a home and community-based healthcare services platform in the United States. The company's platform focuses on delivering pharmacy and provider services, including clinical and supportive care in home and community settings to Medicare, Medicaid, and insured populations. It serves patients through clinical providers and pharmacists. The company was formerly known as Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. and changed its name to BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. in May 2021. BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
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