Impax Asset Management Group (IPX) Competitors

Impax Asset Management Group (LON:IPX) and Murray Income Trust (LON:MUT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, IPX or MUT?

Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IPX or MUT?

Impax Asset Management Group received 108 more outperform votes than Murray Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.01% of users gave Impax Asset Management Group an outperform vote while only 60.37% of users gave Murray Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Impax Asset Management Group	Outperform Votes 207 79.01%	Underperform Votes 55 20.99%
Murray Income Trust	Outperform Votes 99 60.37%	Underperform Votes 65 39.63%

Is IPX or MUT a better dividend stock?

Impax Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 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. Murray Income Trust pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IPX or MUT?

66.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is IPX or MUT more profitable?

Murray Income Trust has a net margin of 92.34% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 22.60%. Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity of 32.67% beat Murray Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Impax Asset Management Group	22.60%	32.67%	20.72%
Murray Income Trust	92.34%	9.57%	4.65%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, IPX or MUT?

Murray Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Impax Asset Management Group. Impax Asset Management Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murray Income Trust, 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	1.30	£39.55M	£31.39	5.71
Murray Income Trust	£97.96M	8.71	£90.45M	£90.76	9.41

Do analysts prefer IPX or MUT?

Impax Asset Management Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 84.15%. Given Impax Asset Management Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than Murray Income 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
Murray Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer IPX or MUT?

In the previous week, Impax Asset Management Group had 2 more articles in the media than Murray Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Impax Asset Management Group and 1 mentions for Murray Income Trust. Murray Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Impax Asset Management Group's score of 1.06 indicating that Murray Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Impax Asset Management Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Murray Income Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Impax Asset Management Group beats Murray Income Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.