With 0.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.87 million shares. The 52-week range on AMN shows that it touched its highest point at $70.07 and its lowest point at $17.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $26.54. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.19.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AMN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 9.98%, but this was down by -2.56% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.29% while six-month performance fell -16.10%. The stock lost -59.32% in the past year, while it has lost -7.82% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AMN yields -4.32 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.39. For the next quarter, that number is 0.18. This implies an EPS growth rate of -66.31% for this year and 25.02% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 38.21 million AMN shares are outstanding with a float of 37.99 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AMN since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.13231 being high and $3.01336 being low. For AMN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.0431.
