ADV vs. PHR, LZ, VVX, NVEE, GB, TASK, UPBD, OLO, FLYW, and ASTH
Should you be buying Advantage Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advantage Solutions include Phreesia (PHR), LegalZoom.com (LZ), V2X (VVX), NV5 Global (NVEE), Global Blue Group (GB), TaskUs (TASK), Upbound Group (UPBD), OLO (OLO), Flywire (FLYW), and Astrana Health (ASTH). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Advantage Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Phreesia (NYSE:PHR) and Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and profitability.
Phreesia currently has a consensus target price of $31.64, suggesting a potential upside of 18.31%. Advantage Solutions has a consensus target price of $2.25, suggesting a potential upside of 46.10%. Given Advantage Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Advantage Solutions is more favorable than Phreesia.
92.1% of Phreesia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Phreesia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Phreesia has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Solutions has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Phreesia had 7 more articles in the media than Advantage Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Phreesia and 4 mentions for Advantage Solutions. Advantage Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Phreesia's score of 0.80 indicating that Advantage Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Phreesia has a net margin of -9.83% compared to Advantage Solutions' net margin of -10.71%. Phreesia's return on equity of -16.23% beat Advantage Solutions' return on equity.
Phreesia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Advantage Solutions. Phreesia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Phreesia beats Advantage Solutions on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:ADV) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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