Increased Number of U.S. Companies Expected to Reduce Hiring in Late 2025
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Source: WSJ
Hiring Trends: One in five U.S. employers plans to slow hiring in the second half of 2025, a significant increase from last year’s expectations.
Survey Insights: The findings come from a Conference Board survey involving over 1,000 public and private corporations.
Declining Optimism: This marks the second consecutive year that many chief human resource officers are anticipating fewer new hires.
Previous Outlook: The last period of widespread optimism about hiring was in Q2 2023, when more than half of executives expected to increase their workforce.
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Analyst Views on AMN
Wall Street analysts forecast AMN stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AMN is 21.50 USD with a low forecast of 20.50 USD and a high forecast of 22.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
7 Analyst Rating
3 Buy
3 Hold
1 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 20.490
Low
20.50
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21.50
High
22.00
Current: 20.490
Low
20.50
Averages
21.50
High
22.00
About AMN
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. is a provider of total talent solutions for healthcare organizations across the United States. The Company provides access to a comprehensive network of quality healthcare professionals through its recruitment strategies and breadth of career opportunities. Its segments include nurse and allied solutions, physician and leadership solutions, and technology and workforce solutions. The nurse and allied solutions segment includes its travel nurse staffing, labor disruption staffing, local staffing, international nurse permanent placement, and allied staffing businesses. The physician and leadership solutions segment includes its locum tenens staffing, healthcare interim leadership staffing, executive search, and physician permanent placement businesses. The technology and workforce solutions segment includes the Company’s language services, vendor management systems (VMS), workforce optimization, and outsourced solutions businesses.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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