Impax Environmental Markets (IEM) Competitors

3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) and Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.

Does the media refer more to 3IN or IEM?

In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Impax Environmental Markets. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for 3i Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Impax Environmental Markets. 3i Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Impax Environmental Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that 3i Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
3i Infrastructure	Positive
Impax Environmental Markets	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 3IN or IEM?

3i Infrastructure received 115 more outperform votes than Impax Environmental Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.99% of users gave Impax Environmental Markets an outperform vote while only 65.95% of users gave 3i Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
3i Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 184 65.95%	Underperform Votes 95 34.05%
Impax Environmental Markets	Outperform Votes 69 66.99%	Underperform Votes 34 33.01%

Is 3IN or IEM a better dividend stock?

3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 3i Infrastructure pays out 3,157.9% 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 -124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 3IN or IEM?

55.1% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, 3IN or IEM?

3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is 3IN or IEM more profitable?

3i Infrastructure has a net margin of 92.78% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -691.26%. 3i Infrastructure's return on equity of 10.77% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
3i Infrastructure	92.78%	10.77%	4.83%
Impax Environmental Markets	-691.26%	-0.93%	-0.44%

Which has better valuation & earnings, 3IN or IEM?

3i Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Environmental Markets. Impax Environmental Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Infrastructure, 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
3i Infrastructure	£374M	8.02	£347M	£0.38	855.79
Impax Environmental Markets	£1.35M	598.42	-£9.32M	-£4.02	-86.42

Summary

3i Infrastructure beats Impax Environmental Markets on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.