Impax Asset Management Group (IPX) Competitors

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GBX 217.08 -0.42 (-0.19%)
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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ashmore Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Impax Asset Management Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ashmore Group47.42% 10.71% 4.52%
Impax Asset Management Group 22.60%32.67%20.72%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ashmore GroupOutperform Votes
642
49.38%
Underperform Votes
658
50.62%
Impax Asset Management GroupOutperform Votes
206
78.93%
Underperform Votes
55
21.07%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ashmore Group£199.65M5.50£94.67M£14.1111.61
Impax Asset Management Group£175.00M1.57£39.55M£31.396.92

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ashmore Group Neutral
Impax Asset Management Group Neutral

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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IPX vs. The Competition

MetricImpax Asset Management GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£275.02M£1.23B£4.21B£2.62B
Dividend Yield2.16%4.76%4.45%5.15%
P/E Ratio6.9223.7614.52159.55
Price / Sales1.572,380.501,773.95311,848.07
Price / Cash7.9460.7348.6927.76
Price / Book2.161.155.235.22
Net Income£39.55M£272.92M£1.28B£5.66B
7 Day Performance1.32%0.34%0.52%0.17%
1 Month Performance7.20%2.76%5.26%3.32%
1 Year Performance-55.47%11.14%16.36%40.11%

Impax Asset Management Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IPX
Impax Asset Management Group
2.6588 of 5 stars
GBX 217.08
-0.2%
GBX 510
+134.9%
-55.3%£275.02M£175.00M6.92300Dividend Increase
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.8362 of 5 stars
GBX 166.90
-0.8%
GBX 174
+4.3%
-23.8%£1.11B£186.80M1,192.14283
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 243.50
-0.2%
N/A+8.8%£1.10B£137.36M869.64N/APositive News
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 328.50
+0.5%
N/A+21.6%£1.06B£11.88M-32,850.0025,000
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,870
+0.1%
N/A+7.2%£1.04B£-9,860,000.00-7,730.16N/ANews Coverage
BBGI
BBGI Global Infrastructure
N/AGBX 142.80
flat
N/A+16.3%£1.02B£68.47M1,785.001,160High Trading Volume
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 313
+1.8%
N/A-1.0%£993.31M£-528,720,000.00-177.8426
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 395.50
+0.1%
N/A+3.1%£993.02M£1.57M-9,887.50N/A
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 511
+1.2%
N/A+0.6%£976.93M£8.72M-7,300.00147,000Dividend Increase
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