IPX vs. ASHM, AGT, FSV, GSS, CGT, BBGI, JPE, TRY, IEM, and BRWM
Should you be buying Impax Asset Management Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Impax Asset Management Group include Ashmore Group (ASHM), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Impax Asset Management Group vs.
Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) and Impax Asset Management Group (LON:IPX) 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 profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Ashmore Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 174, indicating a potential upside of 6.21%. Impax Asset Management Group has a consensus price target of GBX 510, indicating a potential upside of 134.93%. Given Impax Asset Management Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than Ashmore Group.
37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ashmore Group has a net margin of 47.42% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 22.60%. Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity of 32.67% beat Ashmore Group's return on equity.
Ashmore Group received 436 more outperform votes than Impax Asset Management Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.93% of users gave Impax Asset Management Group an outperform vote while only 49.38% of users gave Ashmore Group an outperform vote.
Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ashmore Group has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Asset Management Group. Impax Asset Management Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashmore Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ashmore Group had 3 more articles in the media than Impax Asset Management Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ashmore Group and 0 mentions for Impax Asset Management Group. Ashmore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Impax Asset Management Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ashmore Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ashmore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Impax Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Ashmore Group pays out 120.5% 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.
Summary
Impax Asset Management Group beats Ashmore Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IPX) was last updated on 2/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff