PINC vs. AMN, VCEL, RXRX, PTCT, INDV, MYGN, PDCO, ACAD, DYN, and RYTM
Should you be buying Premier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Vericel (VCEL), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), Indivior (INDV), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), Patterson Companies (PDCO), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), Dyne Therapeutics (DYN), and Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Premier (NASDAQ:PINC) and AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Premier currently has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.53%. AMN Healthcare Services has a consensus price target of $75.57, suggesting a potential upside of 28.79%. Given AMN Healthcare Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Premier.
In the previous week, AMN Healthcare Services had 4 more articles in the media than Premier. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services and 7 mentions for Premier. AMN Healthcare Services' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Premier's score of 0.23 indicating that AMN Healthcare Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.4% of Premier shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Premier 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Premier received 174 more outperform votes than AMN Healthcare Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.07% of users gave Premier an outperform vote while only 68.98% of users gave AMN Healthcare Services an outperform vote.
Premier has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AMN Healthcare Services has higher revenue and earnings than Premier. AMN Healthcare Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Premier has a net margin of 6.01% compared to AMN Healthcare Services' net margin of 4.13%. AMN Healthcare Services' return on equity of 31.39% beat Premier's return on equity.
Summary
AMN Healthcare Services beats Premier on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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