Impax Asset Management Group (IPX) Competitors

Impax Asset Management Group (LON:IPX) and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (LON:HVPE) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Does the media refer more to IPX or HVPE?

In the previous week, Impax Asset Management Group had 3 more articles in the media than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Impax Asset Management Group and 1 mentions for HarbourVest Global Private Equity. Impax Asset Management Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's score of 0.20 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, IPX or HVPE?

Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate IPX or HVPE?

Impax Asset Management Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 620, suggesting a potential upside of 53.47%. Given Impax Asset Management Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than HarbourVest Global Private Equity.

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
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IPX or HVPE?

Impax Asset Management Group received 141 more outperform votes than HarbourVest Global Private Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.76% of users gave Impax Asset Management Group an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave HarbourVest Global Private Equity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Impax Asset Management Group	Outperform Votes 204 78.76%	Underperform Votes 55 21.24%
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	Outperform Votes 63 63.64%	Underperform Votes 36 36.36%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IPX or HVPE?

HarbourVest Global Private Equity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Impax Asset Management Group. HarbourVest Global Private Equity 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	£178.37M	2.91	£39.22M	£0.30	1,346.67
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	£171.22M	12.09	£153.14M	-£0.66	-4,075.76

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of IPX or HVPE?

67.6% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are held by institutional investors. 19.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IPX or HVPE more profitable?

HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a net margin of 89.44% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 21.99%. Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity of 28.82% beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Impax Asset Management Group	21.99%	28.82%	17.30%
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	89.44%	3.95%	2.51%

Summary

Impax Asset Management Group beats HarbourVest Global Private Equity on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.