On average, over time, stock markets tend to rise higher. This makes investing attractive. But not every stock you buy will perform as well as the overall market. Over the last year the Phreesia, Inc. (NYSE:PHR) share price is up 18%, but that's less than the broader market return. The longer term returns have not been as good, with the stock price only 13% higher than it was three years ago.

After a strong gain in the past week, it's worth seeing if longer term returns have been driven by improving fundamentals.

Check out our latest analysis for Phreesia

Because Phreesia made a loss in the last twelve months, we think the market is probably more focussed on revenue and revenue growth, at least for now. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally hope to see good revenue growth. That's because it's hard to be confident a company will be sustainable if revenue growth is negligible, and it never makes a profit.

In the last year Phreesia saw its revenue grow by 20%. That's a fairly respectable growth rate. The share price gain of 18% in that time is better than nothing, but far from outlandish Its possible that shareholders had expected higher growth. But this one could be a worth watching - a maiden profit would likely catch the market's attention.

You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

Phreesia is a well known stock, with plenty of analyst coverage, suggesting some visibility into future growth. Given we have quite a good number of analyst forecasts, it might be well worth checking out this free chart depicting consensus estimates.

A Different Perspective

Phreesia provided a TSR of 18% over the last twelve months. But that return falls short of the market. But at least that's still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 1.2% per year, over five years. It could well be that the business is stabilizing. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. To that end, you should be aware of the 1 warning sign we've spotted with Phreesia .

But note: Phreesia may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).

Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on American exchanges.

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