Impax Asset Management Group (IPX) Competitors

Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) and Impax Asset Management Group (LON:IPX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HSL or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group received 121 more outperform votes than Henderson Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.60% of users gave Impax Asset Management Group an outperform vote while only 68.64% of users gave Henderson Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 81 68.64%	Underperform Votes 37 31.36%
Impax Asset Management Group	Outperform Votes 202 78.60%	Underperform Votes 55 21.40%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HSL or IPX?

27.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate HSL or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group has a consensus target price of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 53.85%. Given Henderson Smaller Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than Henderson Smaller Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Henderson Smaller Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Impax Asset Management Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HSL or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Smaller Companies. Henderson Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Impax Asset Management Group, 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
Henderson Smaller Companies	-£54.04M	-11.24	-£60.89M	-£0.81	-1,004.94
Impax Asset Management Group	£178.37M	3.27	£39.22M	£0.30	1,516.67

Is HSL or IPX a better dividend stock?

Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Impax Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Impax Asset Management Group pays out 9,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is HSL or IPX more profitable?

Impax Asset Management Group has a net margin of 21.99% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 0.00%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 28.82% beat Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson Smaller Companies	N/A	-9.37%	-4.82%
Impax Asset Management Group	21.99%	28.82%	17.30%

Which has more volatility and risk, HSL or IPX?

Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HSL or IPX?

In the previous week, Impax Asset Management Group had 4 more articles in the media than Henderson Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Impax Asset Management Group and 0 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies. Impax Asset Management Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Henderson Smaller Companies' score of 0.73 indicating that Henderson Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson Smaller Companies	Positive
Impax Asset Management Group	Positive

Summary

Impax Asset Management Group beats Henderson Smaller Companies on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.