GCL vs. IPX, WPC, JETI, AAEV, AJOT, DIVI, JUSC, SMIF, SCP, and ASLI
Should you be buying Geiger Counter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Geiger Counter include Impax Asset Management Group (IPX), Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC (WPC.L) (WPC), JPMorgan European Investment Trust Income Pool (JETI), Albion Enterprise VCT (AAEV), AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT), Diverse Income Trust (DIVI), JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (SMIF), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), and abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Geiger Counter vs. Its Competitors
Geiger Counter (LON:GCL) and Impax Asset Management Group (LON:IPX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Impax Asset Management Group has higher revenue and earnings than Geiger Counter. Geiger Counter 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.
Geiger Counter has a net margin of 135.81% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 22.60%. Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity of 32.67% beat Geiger Counter's return on equity.
Geiger Counter has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Impax Asset Management Group had 1 more articles in the media than Geiger Counter. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Impax Asset Management Group and 1 mentions for Geiger Counter. Impax Asset Management Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Geiger Counter's score of 0.00 indicating that Impax Asset Management Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Impax Asset Management Group has a consensus price target of GBX 300, indicating a potential upside of 62.95%. Given Impax Asset Management Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than Geiger Counter.
25.7% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Impax Asset Management Group beats Geiger Counter on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GCL) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
