AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN – Get Free Report) and SeaStar Medical (NASDAQ:ICU – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Profitability
This table compares AMN Healthcare Services and SeaStar Medical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AMN Healthcare Services | -3.51% | 8.05% | 2.38% |
| SeaStar Medical | -984.60% | -188.47% | -106.42% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares AMN Healthcare Services and SeaStar Medical”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 | 0.26 | -$95.70 million | ($2.49) | -7.46 |
| SeaStar Medical | $1.23 million | 13.50 | -$12.15 million | ($8.30) | -0.50 |
SeaStar Medical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AMN Healthcare Services. AMN Healthcare Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SeaStar Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SeaStar Medical has a beta of -1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 221% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for AMN Healthcare Services and SeaStar Medical, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AMN Healthcare Services | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.22 |
| SeaStar Medical | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
AMN Healthcare Services presently has a consensus price target of $22.64, suggesting a potential upside of 21.83%. SeaStar Medical has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.88%. Given SeaStar Medical’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SeaStar Medical is more favorable than AMN Healthcare Services.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of SeaStar Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of SeaStar Medical shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
AMN Healthcare Services beats SeaStar Medical on 10 of the 14 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 SeaStar Medical
SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation, a medical device company, develops a platform therapy to reduce the consequences of hyperinflammation on vital organs in the United States. The company offers inflammatory response to fend off infections and repair damaged tissue in the body. It is also developing products in various therapeutic areas, including pediatric and adult acute kidney injury on CRRT; cardiorenal syndrome in congestive heart failure; myocardial stunning in end stage renal disease; and hepatorenal syndrome. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
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