Kforce (KFRC) Competitors

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) and AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KFRC or AMN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kforce	$1.53B	0.72	$61.08M	$2.90	19.95
AMN Healthcare Services	$3.79B	0.25	$210.68M	$1.38	18.14

Does the media refer more to KFRC or AMN?

In the previous week, AMN Healthcare Services had 2 more articles in the media than Kforce. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services and 4 mentions for Kforce. Kforce's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat AMN Healthcare Services' score of 0.26 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kforce	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AMN Healthcare Services	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer KFRC or AMN?

Kforce currently has a consensus target price of $66.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.22%. AMN Healthcare Services has a consensus target price of $48.33, suggesting a potential upside of 93.10%. Given AMN Healthcare Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Kforce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kforce	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
AMN Healthcare Services	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KFRC or AMN?

AMN Healthcare Services received 30 more outperform votes than Kforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.57% of users gave AMN Healthcare Services an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kforce	Outperform Votes 415 62.22%	Underperform Votes 252 37.78%
AMN Healthcare Services	Outperform Votes 445 68.57%	Underperform Votes 204 31.43%

Is KFRC or AMN more profitable?

Kforce has a net margin of 3.86% compared to AMN Healthcare Services' net margin of 1.73%. Kforce's return on equity of 33.50% beat AMN Healthcare Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kforce	3.86%	33.50%	15.12%
AMN Healthcare Services	1.73%	17.16%	5.27%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in KFRC or AMN?

92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Kforce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, KFRC or AMN?

Kforce has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kforce beats AMN Healthcare Services on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.