IEM vs. BPT, RCP, PHLL, MNKS, CTY, HICL, HGT, QLT, INPP, and AJB
Should you be buying Impax Environmental Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Impax Environmental Markets include Bridgepoint Group (BPT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Monks (MNKS), City of London (CTY), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), HgCapital Trust (HGT), Quilter (QLT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Impax Environmental Markets vs. Its Competitors
Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) and Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
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.
14.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.5% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bridgepoint Group has a consensus price target of GBX 388, indicating a potential upside of 18.95%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Impax Environmental Markets.
Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Impax Environmental Markets pays out -24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
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 media.
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.
Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bridgepoint Group beats Impax Environmental Markets on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IEM) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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