APAX vs. BUR, EMG, HICL, CTY, BPT, MNKS, HGT, INPP, HVPE, and AJB
Should you be buying Apax Global Alpha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apax Global Alpha include Burford Capital (BUR), Man Group (EMG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), City of London (CTY), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Apax Global Alpha vs. Its Competitors
Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) and Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Apax Global Alpha had 1 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Apax Global Alpha and 0 mentions for Burford Capital. Apax Global Alpha's average media sentiment score of 0.30 equaled Burford Capital'saverage media sentiment score.
Burford Capital received 309 more outperform votes than Apax Global Alpha when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.76% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 67.26% of users gave Apax Global Alpha an outperform vote.
Burford Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, suggesting a potential upside of 68.16%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Apax Global Alpha.
16.5% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Apax Global Alpha pays out 1,866.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Apax Global Alpha has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 64.53% compared to Apax Global Alpha's net margin of 45.55%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 6.70% beat Apax Global Alpha's return on equity.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Apax Global Alpha. Burford Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apax Global Alpha, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Burford Capital beats Apax Global Alpha on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:APAX) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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