Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD – Get Free Report) and AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Brookdale Senior Living and AMN Healthcare Services”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Brookdale Senior Living | $3.19 billion | 0.68 | -$262.69 million | ($0.58) | -15.72 |
| AMN Healthcare Services | $2.73 billion | 0.51 | -$95.70 million | $2.68 | 13.34 |
AMN Healthcare Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookdale Senior Living. Brookdale Senior Living 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.
Risk and Volatility
Brookdale Senior Living has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Brookdale Senior Living and AMN Healthcare Services, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Brookdale Senior Living | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.00 |
| AMN Healthcare Services | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.33 |
Brookdale Senior Living currently has a consensus target price of $17.40, suggesting a potential upside of 90.89%. AMN Healthcare Services has a consensus target price of $38.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.22%. Given Brookdale Senior Living’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Brookdale Senior Living is more favorable than AMN Healthcare Services.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Brookdale Senior Living shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Brookdale Senior Living and AMN Healthcare Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Brookdale Senior Living | -4.53% | -15,050.32% | -1.09% |
| AMN Healthcare Services | 3.10% | 24.06% | 7.14% |
Summary
AMN Healthcare Services beats Brookdale Senior Living on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Brookdale Senior Living
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. owns, manages, and operates senior living communities in the United States. It operates in three segments: Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care, and Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs). The Independent Living segment owns or leases communities comprising independent and assisted living units in a single community that are primarily designed for middle to upper income seniors. The Assisted Living and Memory Care segment owns or leases communities consisting of freestanding, multi-story communities and freestanding, single-story communities, which offer housing and 24-hour assistance with activities of daily living for the Company’s residents. This segment also operates memory care communities for residents with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. The CCRCs segment owns or leases communities that provides various living arrangements, such as independent and assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing; and services to accommodate various levels of physical ability and healthcare needs. It also manages communities on behalf of others. Brookdale Senior Living Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.
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.
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