IPX vs. RICA, TMPL, ICGT, CGT, JEO, APEO, OCI, SAIN, SLPE, and IEM
Should you be buying Impax Asset Management Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Impax Asset Management Group include Ruffer Investment (RICA), Temple Bar (TMPL), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Capital Gearing (CGT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), and Impax Environmental Markets (IEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Impax Asset Management Group vs. Its Competitors
Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) and Impax Asset Management Group (LON:IPX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Impax Asset Management Group had 1 more articles in the media than Ruffer Investment. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Impax Asset Management Group and 0 mentions for Ruffer Investment. Impax Asset Management Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Ruffer Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Impax Asset Management Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Impax Asset Management Group has a consensus target price of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 72.77%. Given Impax Asset Management Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than Ruffer Investment.
Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Impax Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Ruffer Investment pays out 181.9% 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 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. Impax Asset Management Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ruffer Investment has a net margin of 51.94% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 22.60%. Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity of 32.67% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.
Impax Asset Management Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. Impax Asset Management Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Impax Asset Management Group beats Ruffer Investment on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IPX) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
