Impax Asset Management Group (IPX) Competitors

Impax Asset Management Group (LON:IPX) and TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, IPX or TRY?

Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IPX or TRY a better dividend stock?

Impax Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. TR Property Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Impax Asset Management Group pays out 89.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TR Property Investment Trust pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to IPX or TRY?

In the previous week, Impax Asset Management Group had 1 more articles in the media than TR Property Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Impax Asset Management Group and 1 mentions for TR Property Investment Trust. Impax Asset Management Group's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat TR Property Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Impax Asset Management Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Impax Asset Management Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TR Property Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IPX or TRY?

TR Property Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Asset Management Group. TR Property Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Impax Asset Management 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
Impax Asset Management Group	£175.00M	1.49	£39.55M	£31.39	6.55
TR Property Investment Trust	£311.14M	3.37	£284.71M	£89.42	3.69

Do analysts rate IPX or TRY?

Impax Asset Management Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 300, indicating a potential upside of 45.95%. Given Impax Asset Management Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than TR Property Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Impax Asset Management Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TR Property Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IPX or TRY?

66.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.6% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of TR Property Investment Trust 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.

Is IPX or TRY more profitable?

TR Property Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.50% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 22.60%. Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity of 32.67% beat TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Impax Asset Management Group	22.60%	32.67%	20.72%
TR Property Investment Trust	91.50%	24.54%	-24.58%

Summary

Impax Asset Management Group beats TR Property Investment Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.