Phreesia (PHR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHR or MARA?

MARA received 161 more outperform votes than Phreesia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.64% of users gave Phreesia an outperform vote while only 53.70% of users gave MARA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Phreesia	Outperform Votes 151 68.64%	Underperform Votes 69 31.36%
MARA	Outperform Votes 312 53.70%	Underperform Votes 269 46.30%

Which has more risk & volatility, PHR or MARA?

Phreesia has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MARA has a beta of 6.82, indicating that its stock price is 582% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PHR or MARA?

MARA has higher revenue and earnings than Phreesia. Phreesia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MARA, 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	$419.81M	3.42	-$136.88M	-$1.02	-23.64
MARA	$705.06M	7.46	$261.17M	-$1.45	-10.30

Does the media refer more to PHR or MARA?

In the previous week, MARA had 17 more articles in the media than Phreesia. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for MARA and 9 mentions for Phreesia. Phreesia's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat MARA's score of 0.52 indicating that Phreesia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Phreesia	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MARA	10 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PHR or MARA more profitable?

MARA has a net margin of 27.48% compared to Phreesia's net margin of -20.43%. MARA's return on equity of -8.40% beat Phreesia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Phreesia	-20.43%	-32.78%	-22.37%
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PHR or MARA?

92.1% of Phreesia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Phreesia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MARA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer PHR or MARA?

Phreesia currently has a consensus target price of $31.33, suggesting a potential upside of 29.94%. MARA has a consensus target price of $20.72, suggesting a potential upside of 38.68%. Given MARA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MARA is more favorable than Phreesia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Phreesia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
MARA	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Summary

MARA beats Phreesia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.