Phreesia (PHR) Competitors

Phreesia (NYSE:PHR) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Do analysts rate PHR or LYFT?

Phreesia currently has a consensus target price of $31.64, indicating a potential upside of 20.45%. Lyft has a consensus target price of $16.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. Given Phreesia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Phreesia is more favorable than Lyft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Phreesia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	25 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Is PHR or LYFT more profitable?

Lyft has a net margin of 0.39% compared to Phreesia's net margin of -20.43%. Lyft's return on equity of 8.03% beat Phreesia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Phreesia	-20.43%	-32.78%	-22.37%
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PHR or LYFT?

92.1% of Phreesia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Phreesia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PHR or LYFT?

Lyft received 169 more outperform votes than Phreesia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.89% of users gave Phreesia an outperform vote while only 50.70% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Phreesia	Outperform Votes 155 68.89%	Underperform Votes 70 31.11%
Lyft	Outperform Votes 324 50.70%	Underperform Votes 315 49.30%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PHR or LYFT?

Lyft has higher revenue and earnings than Phreesia. Phreesia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, 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
Phreesia	$434.53M	3.60	-$136.88M	-$0.74	-35.49
Lyft	$5.96B	1.05	$22.78M	$0.15	100.15

Does the media refer more to PHR or LYFT?

In the previous week, Lyft had 9 more articles in the media than Phreesia. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Lyft and 12 mentions for Phreesia. Phreesia's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Lyft's score of 0.31 indicating that Phreesia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Phreesia	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lyft	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, PHR or LYFT?

Phreesia has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lyft beats Phreesia on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.