IEM vs. ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, BUR, JGGI, RCP, BPT, MNKS, EMG, and CTY
Should you be buying Impax Environmental Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Impax Environmental Markets include abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Burford Capital (BUR), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), Man Group (EMG), and City of London (CTY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Impax Environmental Markets vs. Its Competitors
Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and dividends.
abrdn has a net margin of 21.19% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -691.26%. abrdn's return on equity of 6.46% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.
Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Environmental Markets. Impax Environmental Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
abrdn has a consensus price target of GBX 184.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.14%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Impax Environmental Markets.
41.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, abrdn had 9 more articles in the media than Impax Environmental Markets. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for abrdn and 0 mentions for Impax Environmental Markets. Impax Environmental Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat abrdn's score of 0.65 indicating that Impax Environmental Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Impax Environmental Markets pays out -124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
abrdn beats Impax Environmental Markets on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:IEM) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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