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GBX 427.03 -7.47 (-1.72%)
As of 07/16/2026 12:00 PM Eastern
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IEM vs. BGFD, GCP, IIG, SYNC, and BRSC

Should you buy Impax Environmental Markets stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Impax Environmental Markets with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Impax Environmental Markets include The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), Syncona (SYNC), and BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

How does Impax Environmental Markets compare to The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) and Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a net margin of 158.45% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -449.13%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity of 19.34% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust158.45% 19.34% 0.31%
Impax Environmental Markets -449.13%-1.74%-0.44%

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Environmental Markets. Impax Environmental Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust£154.29M4.31£65.49M£188.955.30
Impax Environmental Markets-£10.94M-15.17-£9.32M-£6.93N/A

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.808, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 1.2241185, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Impax Environmental Markets. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust and 0 mentions for Impax Environmental Markets. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Impax Environmental Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Positive
Impax Environmental Markets Neutral

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Impax Environmental Markets pays out -73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Impax Environmental Markets is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

8.8% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust beats Impax Environmental Markets on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Impax Environmental Markets compare to GCP Infrastructure Investments?

Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) and GCP Infrastructure Investments (LON:GCP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Impax Environmental Markets pays out -73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays out 168.7% 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 has a beta of 1.2241185, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, GCP Infrastructure Investments has a beta of 0.394, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the broader market.

GCP Infrastructure Investments has a net margin of 47.75% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -449.13%. GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity of 4.17% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Impax Environmental Markets-449.13% -1.74% -0.44%
GCP Infrastructure Investments 47.75%4.17%0.89%

GCP Infrastructure Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Environmental Markets. Impax Environmental Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCP Infrastructure Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Impax Environmental Markets-£10.94M-15.17-£9.32M-£6.93N/A
GCP Infrastructure Investments£38.32M17.45£15.58M£4.1519.95

14.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, GCP Infrastructure Investments had 2 more articles in the media than Impax Environmental Markets. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments and 0 mentions for Impax Environmental Markets. GCP Infrastructure Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Impax Environmental Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that GCP Infrastructure Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Impax Environmental Markets Neutral
GCP Infrastructure Investments Positive

Summary

GCP Infrastructure Investments beats Impax Environmental Markets on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Impax Environmental Markets compare to Intuitive Investments Group?

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

Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 1.2241185, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Intuitive Investments Group has a beta of 0.697, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the broader market.

14.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Intuitive Investments Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Intuitive Investments Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Intuitive Investments Group has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Environmental Markets. Impax Environmental Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuitive Investments Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Impax Environmental Markets-£10.94M-15.17-£9.32M-£6.93N/A
Intuitive Investments Group£152.88M3.91-£2.34M£69.453.60

Impax Environmental Markets has a net margin of -449.13% compared to Intuitive Investments Group's net margin of -5,705.75%. Intuitive Investments Group's return on equity of 36.76% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Impax Environmental Markets-449.13% -1.74% -0.44%
Intuitive Investments Group -5,705.75%36.76%-0.20%

In the previous week, Impax Environmental Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Intuitive Investments Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Impax Environmental Markets Neutral
Intuitive Investments Group Neutral

Summary

Intuitive Investments Group beats Impax Environmental Markets on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Impax Environmental Markets compare to Syncona?

Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) and Syncona (LON:SYNC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 1.2241185, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Syncona has a beta of 0.351, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the broader market.

Syncona has a net margin of -15.36% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -449.13%. Syncona's return on equity of -0.86% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Impax Environmental Markets-449.13% -1.74% -0.44%
Syncona -15.36%-0.86%0.40%

14.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Syncona shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Syncona shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Syncona has a consensus target price of GBX 189, indicating a potential upside of 76.64%. Given Syncona's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Syncona is more favorable than Impax Environmental Markets.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Impax Environmental Markets
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Syncona
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Impax Environmental Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Syncona'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Impax Environmental Markets Neutral
Syncona Neutral

Impax Environmental Markets has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Syncona. Syncona is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Impax Environmental Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Impax Environmental Markets-£10.94M-15.17-£9.32M-£6.93N/A
Syncona£55.89M11.64-£16.90M-£1.45N/A

Summary

Syncona beats Impax Environmental Markets on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Impax Environmental Markets compare to BlackRock Smaller Companies?

Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) and BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) 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 risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, BlackRock Smaller Companies had 10 more articles in the media than Impax Environmental Markets. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BlackRock Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for Impax Environmental Markets. BlackRock Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Impax Environmental Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Impax Environmental Markets Neutral
BlackRock Smaller Companies Very Positive

Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 1.2241185, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.936, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the broader market.

14.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.8% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 8.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Impax Environmental Markets pays out -73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a net margin of 89.65% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -449.13%. BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of 10.11% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Impax Environmental Markets-449.13% -1.74% -0.44%
BlackRock Smaller Companies 89.65%10.11%-2.39%

BlackRock Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Environmental Markets. Impax Environmental Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Smaller Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Impax Environmental Markets-£10.94M-15.17-£9.32M-£6.93N/A
BlackRock Smaller Companies£61.45M10.78£120.17M£29.009.31

Summary

BlackRock Smaller Companies beats Impax Environmental Markets on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IEM vs. The Competition

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MetricImpax Environmental MarketsAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£169.81M£2.50B£6.23B£2.86B
Dividend Yield1.17%6.00%5.24%6.12%
P/E Ratio-61.6262.7729.67368.59
Price / Sales-15.171,843.381,177.0784,769.40
Price / Cash80.7760.50117.4027.89
Price / Book1.041.326.537.56
Net Income-£9.32M£265.96M£1.13B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.79%-0.26%-0.10%0.24%
1 Month Performance-8.56%0.06%0.22%-1.15%
1 Year Performance10.34%7.50%15.21%62.40%

Impax Environmental Markets Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 427.03
-1.7%		N/A+11.5%£169.81M-£10.94MN/AN/A
BGFD
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
N/AGBX 1,010.08
+0.0%		N/A+24.9%£669.75M£154.29M5.35N/A
GCP
GCP Infrastructure Investments
N/AGBX 83.70
-0.1%		N/A+9.8%£668.43M£38.32M20.171,950
IIG
Intuitive Investments Group
N/AGBX 270
-1.8%		N/A+108.3%£659.53M£152.88M3.895
SYNC
Syncona
N/AGBX 107
-0.7%		GBX 189
+76.6%		+12.2%£655.63M£55.89MN/A1,208

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