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
Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ:ADV) and Phreesia (NYSE:PHR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Phreesia has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Phreesia had 6 more articles in the media than Advantage Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Phreesia and 5 mentions for Advantage Solutions. Phreesia's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Advantage Solutions' score of 0.64 indicating that Phreesia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Advantage Solutions has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phreesia has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Advantage Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 41.96%. Phreesia has a consensus price target of $31.64, indicating a potential upside of 10.95%. Given Advantage Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Advantage Solutions is more favorable than Phreesia.
49.8% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Phreesia shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Advantage Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Phreesia shares are held by 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.
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.
Summary
Phreesia beats Advantage Solutions on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:ADV) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
