Traders Buy High Volume of AMN Healthcare Services Call Options (NYSE:AMN)

AMN Healthcare Services Inc (NYSE:AMN) was the target of unusually large options trading activity on Wednesday. Investors purchased 3,154 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 474% compared to the typical daily volume of 549 call options.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMN has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. UBS Group raised their target price on AMN Healthcare Services from $18.00 to $20.50 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on AMN Healthcare Services from $20.00 to $24.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Zacks Research raised AMN Healthcare Services from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of AMN Healthcare Services in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Citizens Jmp cut their price target on shares of AMN Healthcare Services from $24.00 to $22.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, December 19th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, AMN Healthcare Services presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $22.36.

Trending Headlines about AMN Healthcare Services

Here are the key news stories impacting AMN Healthcare Services this week:

• Positive Sentiment: BMO Capital Markets raised its price target to $25 and kept an “outperform” rating, signaling material upside vs. the current trading level; this upgrade likely supported the recent surge in the shares. BMO price-target raise
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research raised near-term EPS estimates for Q1 2027 (to $0.38) and Q3 2026 (to $0.20), which suggests some analysts see improving quarterly profitability in the nearer term.
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage pieces and analyst-roundups point to volatile trading after a recent one‑day jump (reported ~27.6%); commentators note the rally was on heavy volume but that follow-through will depend on sustained estimate revisions and operational trends. Zacks jump analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Aggregator/deep-dive stories summarize mixed analyst views (multiple ratings) and highlight valuation and operational metrics — useful context but not new catalyst information. Benzinga analyst deep dive
• Neutral Sentiment: News explainers (MSN and others) recount why the shares spiked, serving as narrative drivers for momentum trading but offering limited new fundamental data. MSN coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks cut its Q3 2027 EPS forecast from $0.27 to $0.19, signaling downside risk to later‑year profitability expectations and contributing downward pressure on the shares.
• Negative Sentiment: Mixed estimate revisions plus a consensus “Hold” rating leave the story ambiguous; AMN’s most recent quarter showed revenue down ~7.7% year-over-year (despite an EPS beat), a negative net margin, and structural leverage — factors that can limit multiple expansion absent clearer demand recovery.

Institutional Trading of AMN Healthcare Services

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AMN. Woodline Partners LP purchased a new position in AMN Healthcare Services during the third quarter valued at $19,176,000. Millennium Management LLC grew its stake in shares of AMN Healthcare Services by 262.1% in the third quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 1,287,918 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,934,000 after acquiring an additional 932,269 shares during the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. increased its holdings in shares of AMN Healthcare Services by 307.2% during the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 651,409 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,465,000 after acquiring an additional 491,454 shares in the last quarter. CenterBook Partners LP raised its position in shares of AMN Healthcare Services by 321.4% in the 2nd quarter. CenterBook Partners LP now owns 639,863 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,226,000 after purchasing an additional 488,029 shares during the last quarter. Finally, McElhenny Sheffield Capital Management LLC bought a new position in AMN Healthcare Services in the 2nd quarter worth about $8,227,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.23% of the company’s stock.

AMN Healthcare Services Stock Down 2.8%

AMN stock traded down $0.54 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $18.92. The stock had a trading volume of 914,874 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,540,649. The business has a 50-day moving average of $16.34 and a two-hundred day moving average of $18.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 1.05. The firm has a market cap of $726.72 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.64 and a beta of 0.20. AMN Healthcare Services has a 52-week low of $14.86 and a 52-week high of $30.49.

AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $634.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $618.08 million. AMN Healthcare Services had a negative net margin of 10.14% and a positive return on equity of 10.89%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.61 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that AMN Healthcare Services will post 1.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About AMN Healthcare Services

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc (NYSE: AMN) is a leading provider of healthcare workforce solutions in the United States. The company specializes in staffing and recruitment services for a broad range of clinical and allied health professionals, including travel nurses, permanent placement of nursing staff, locum tenens physicians, and allied health personnel. In addition to direct staffing, AMN Healthcare offers comprehensive workforce management solutions such as vendor management systems (VMS), recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), and compliance and credentialing services through its technology platforms.

Founded in 1985 as American Mobile Nurses, the company rebranded to AMN Healthcare in 2010 to reflect its expanding portfolio of services.