Head to Head Contrast: Amplifon (OTCMKTS:AMFPF) vs. AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN)

Amplifon (OTCMKTS:AMFPF) and AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

Amplifon has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Amplifon and AMN Healthcare Services”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amplifon	$2.61 billion	1.01	$157.31 million	$0.78	15.40
AMN Healthcare Services	$2.73 billion	0.41	-$95.70 million	($0.87)	-33.44

Amplifon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMN Healthcare Services. AMN Healthcare Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amplifon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Amplifon and AMN Healthcare Services, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amplifon	0	2	2	0	2.50
AMN Healthcare Services	2	3	4	0	2.22

AMN Healthcare Services has a consensus price target of $25.29, indicating a potential downside of 13.09%. Given AMN Healthcare Services’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Amplifon.

Profitability

This table compares Amplifon and AMN Healthcare Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amplifon	4.74%	14.28%	3.89%
AMN Healthcare Services	-0.95%	18.01%	5.19%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by company 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.

About Amplifon

Amplifon S.p.A. engages in the distribution of hearing solutions and the fitting of customized products that help people rediscover various emotions of sound in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers Ampli-easy, Ampli-connect, Ampli-energy, and Ampli-mini hearing devices. It also operates Ampli-care, a platform to deliver audiological care experience; and Amplifon App to manage the device functions in real-time directly from smartphone. Amplifon S.p.A. was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. Amplifon S.p.A.

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.