Impax Environmental Markets (IEM) Competitors

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BPT or IEM?

33.5% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, BPT or IEM?

Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BPT or IEM?

Bridgepoint Group has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Environmental Markets. Impax Environmental Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint 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
Bridgepoint Group	£444.20M	6.31	£45.58M	£0.05	6,407.55
Impax Environmental Markets	-£43.08M	-18.21	-£9.32M	-£0.21	-1,890.39

Do analysts recommend BPT or IEM?

Bridgepoint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 388, suggesting a potential upside of 14.25%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Impax Environmental Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgepoint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Impax Environmental Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BPT or IEM a better dividend stock?

Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 173.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Impax Environmental Markets pays out -24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is BPT or IEM more profitable?

Bridgepoint Group has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -691.26%. Bridgepoint Group's return on equity of 6.10% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgepoint Group	16.74%	6.10%	3.47%
Impax Environmental Markets	-691.26%	-0.93%	-0.44%

Does the media prefer BPT or IEM?

In the previous week, Impax Environmental Markets had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgepoint Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Impax Environmental Markets and 0 mentions for Bridgepoint Group. Impax Environmental Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Impax Environmental Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bridgepoint Group	Neutral
Impax Environmental Markets	Positive

Summary

Bridgepoint Group beats Impax Environmental Markets on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.