Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of AMN Q1 Earnings

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AMN) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of AMN Healthcare Services in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 22nd. Zacks Research analyst D. Dey now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.29 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.30. The consensus estimate for AMN Healthcare Services’ current full-year earnings is $3.07 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AMN Healthcare Services’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.37 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.34 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.33 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.55 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.01 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.57 EPS.

AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.03. AMN Healthcare Services had a net margin of 1.73% and a return on equity of 17.16%. The firm had revenue of $687.51 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $670.08 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.97 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of AMN Healthcare Services in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Truist Financial decreased their price target on shares of AMN Healthcare Services from $50.00 to $47.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, November 8th. William Blair lowered shares of AMN Healthcare Services from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. JMP Securities reduced their price objective on shares of AMN Healthcare Services from $66.00 to $57.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 22nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of AMN Healthcare Services from $41.00 to $27.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $48.33.

AMN Healthcare Services Price Performance

AMN Healthcare Services stock opened at $27.78 on Friday. AMN Healthcare Services has a 52 week low of $22.47 and a 52 week high of $79.74. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $25.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $39.94. The company has a quick ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27. The stock has a market cap of $1.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.13 and a beta of 0.05.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Jeffrey R. Knudson sold 2,461 shares of AMN Healthcare Services stock in a transaction on Saturday, November 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $36.90, for a total transaction of $90,810.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 37,550 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,385,595. The trade was a 6.15 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 0.93% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of AMN Healthcare Services

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in AMN. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AMN Healthcare Services by 152.4% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,640,599 shares of the company’s stock worth $196,715,000 after acquiring an additional 2,801,663 shares during the last quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. bought a new stake in AMN Healthcare Services in the fourth quarter worth $12,341,000. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its stake in AMN Healthcare Services by 54.5% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 773,015 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,768,000 after purchasing an additional 272,552 shares during the last quarter. Weiss Asset Management LP bought a new stake in AMN Healthcare Services in the third quarter worth $10,026,000. Finally, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. lifted its stake in AMN Healthcare Services by 23.6% in the third quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 1,096,965 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,499,000 after purchasing an additional 209,180 shares during the last quarter. 99.23% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.