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International Biotechnology (IBT) Competitors

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GBX 546 +10.00 (+1.87%)
As of 04/17/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

IBT vs. IEM, ICGT, MRCH, SLS, TRG, SDP, GSCT, VOF, PEY, and ESCT

Should you be buying International Biotechnology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Biotechnology include Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), Princess Private Equity (PEY), and The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

International Biotechnology vs.

Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) and International Biotechnology (LON:IBT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

International Biotechnology has a net margin of 90.66% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -691.26%. International Biotechnology's return on equity of 13.67% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Impax Environmental Markets-691.26% -0.93% -0.44%
International Biotechnology 90.66%13.67%3.57%

Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Biotechnology has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. International Biotechnology pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Impax Environmental Markets pays out -124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Biotechnology pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

International Biotechnology received 67 more outperform votes than Impax Environmental Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.71% of users gave International Biotechnology an outperform vote while only 66.99% of users gave Impax Environmental Markets an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Impax Environmental MarketsOutperform Votes
69
66.99%
Underperform Votes
34
33.01%
International BiotechnologyOutperform Votes
136
77.71%
Underperform Votes
39
22.29%

41.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of International Biotechnology shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of International Biotechnology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

International Biotechnology has higher revenue and earnings than Impax Environmental Markets. Impax Environmental Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Biotechnology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Impax Environmental Markets£1.35M568.97-£9.32M-£4.02-82.17
International Biotechnology£41.82M4.69£37.91M£104.805.21

In the previous week, Impax Environmental Markets had 1 more articles in the media than International Biotechnology. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Impax Environmental Markets and 0 mentions for International Biotechnology. Impax Environmental Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled International Biotechnology'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Impax Environmental Markets Neutral
International Biotechnology Neutral

Summary

International Biotechnology beats Impax Environmental Markets on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IBT vs. The Competition

MetricInternational BiotechnologyAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£196.13M£1.10B£3.69B£2.51B
Dividend Yield4.20%4.36%4.15%4.79%
P/E Ratio5.2123.5713.96130.40
Price / Sales4.692,228.241,654.46234,760.40
Price / Cash155.7460.9950.4028.32
Price / Book0.711.103.344.43
Net Income£37.91M£261.75M£1.24B£5.89B
1 Month Performance-16.00%1.31%0.35%-1.34%
1 Year Performance-10.49%1.64%14.75%41.47%

International Biotechnology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IBT
International Biotechnology
N/AGBX 546
+1.9%
N/A-10.8%£196.13M£41.82M5.21N/A
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 323
+3.0%
N/A-14.2%£749.84M£1.35M-80.34N/A
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,154.80
+7.9%
N/A-3.2%£746.33M£55.63M23.06N/APositive News
MRCH
The Merchants Trust
N/AGBX 493
+4.0%
N/A-1.5%£733.25M£119.93M6.73N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SLS
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710
TRG
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.52M£340.08M2.13N/A
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 483.60
+1.7%
N/A-0.8%£683.17M£134.70M5.64N/APositive News
GSCT
The Global Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 141.89
+3.9%
N/A-8.2%£682.12M£70.77M1.14N/APositive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VOF
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund
N/AGBX 380
-2.8%
N/A-16.5%£673.81M£115.59M10.13125News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PEY
Princess Private Equity
N/AGBX 9.64
+3.4%
N/A-7.0%£666.62M£5.19B29.17N/ANegative News
Gap Up
ESCT
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 168.65
+3.5%
N/A+4.7%£665.22M£96.24M7.95305

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This page (LON:IBT) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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