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Impax Asset Management Group (IPX) Competitors

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GBX 179.20 +13.80 (+8.34%)
As of 11:47 AM Eastern

IPX vs. MUT, IEM, NBPE, OCI, MRCH, TFIF, AGT.LN, JESC, ICGT, and BGSC

Should you be buying Impax Asset Management Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Impax Asset Management Group include Murray Income Trust (MUT), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), and BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Impax Asset Management Group vs.

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.

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Impax Asset Management GroupOutperform Votes
207
79.01%
Underperform Votes
55
20.99%
Murray Income TrustOutperform Votes
99
60.37%
Underperform Votes
65
39.63%

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.

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.

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 Group22.60% 32.67% 20.72%
Murray Income Trust 92.34%9.57%4.65%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Impax Asset Management Group£175.00M1.30£39.55M£31.395.71
Murray Income Trust£97.96M8.71£90.45M£90.769.41

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

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.

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IPX vs. The Competition

MetricImpax Asset Management GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£227.03M£1.20B£5.33B£2.66B
Dividend Yield2.16%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio5.7121.9312.85129.21
Price / Sales1.302,357.201,725.47221,406.01
Price / Cash7.9460.4649.7128.02
Price / Book1.781.151.353.79
Net Income£39.55M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance5.91%0.14%0.55%0.63%
1 Month Performance31.76%18.11%11.31%22.11%
1 Year Performance-65.20%2.26%13.11%120.87%

Impax Asset Management Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IPX
Impax Asset Management Group
3.2839 of 5 stars
GBX 179.20
+8.3%
GBX 330
+84.2%
-68.5%£227.03M£175.00M5.71300News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
MUT
Murray Income Trust
N/AGBX 863
+0.6%
N/A-1.5%£862.21M£97.96M9.51147,000Dividend Cut
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 371.33
+0.5%
N/A-6.1%£862.03M£1.35M-92.36N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
NBPE
NB Private Equity Partners
N/AGBX 1,484.41
+0.7%
N/A-10.3%£860.97M£12.90M-38.93N/A
OCI
Oakley Capital Investments
N/AGBX 485.50
+0.1%
N/A-0.6%£856.47M£99.08M9.73N/ANews Coverage
MRCH
The Merchants Trust
N/AGBX 561.61
+0.8%
N/A-2.7%£835.29M£119.93M7.67N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
TFIF
TwentyFour Income
N/AGBX 109.96
+0.3%
N/A+6.2%£823.08M£55.96M0.95N/ANews Coverage
AGT.LN
AVI Global Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£812.93M£51.62M20.82N/AHigh Trading Volume
JESC
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£795.72M£114.05M7.60N/A
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,225.59
-0.2%
N/A+5.2%£792.08M£55.63M24.47N/APositive News
BGSC
BMO Global Smaller Companies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/A

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