IBEX (IBEX) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, PHR or IBEX?

Phreesia has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IBEX has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHR or IBEX?

Phreesia received 114 more outperform votes than IBEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.06% of users gave Phreesia an outperform vote while only 41.77% of users gave IBEX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Phreesia	Outperform Votes 147 68.06%	Underperform Votes 69 31.94%
IBEX	Outperform Votes 33 41.77%	Underperform Votes 46 58.23%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PHR or IBEX?

IBEX has higher revenue and earnings than Phreesia. Phreesia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IBEX, 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	$356.30M	4.60	-$136.88M	-$1.47	-19.18
IBEX	$521.73M	0.65	$33.65M	$2.13	12.06

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PHR or IBEX?

92.1% of Phreesia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of IBEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Phreesia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of IBEX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PHR or IBEX more profitable?

IBEX has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Phreesia's net margin of -20.43%. IBEX's return on equity of 25.29% beat Phreesia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Phreesia	-20.43%	-32.78%	-22.37%
IBEX	7.08%	25.29%	13.16%

Do analysts prefer PHR or IBEX?

Phreesia currently has a consensus price target of $31.15, indicating a potential upside of 10.49%. IBEX has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.69%. Given Phreesia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Phreesia is more favorable than IBEX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Phreesia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
IBEX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor PHR or IBEX?

In the previous week, Phreesia had 6 more articles in the media than IBEX. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Phreesia and 9 mentions for IBEX. IBEX's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Phreesia's score of 0.30 indicating that IBEX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Phreesia	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IBEX	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Phreesia and IBEX tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.