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Impax Environmental Markets (IEM) Competitors

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GBX 398.75 +2.25 (+0.57%)
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IEM vs. ATST, ABDN, PHLL, 3IN, JGGI, RCP, BUR, BPT, MNKS, and HVPE

Should you be buying Impax Environmental Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Impax Environmental Markets include Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Burford Capital (BUR), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Impax Environmental Markets vs. Its Competitors

Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) and Impax Environmental Markets (LON:IEM) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.17% compared to Impax Environmental Markets' net margin of -691.26%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Impax Environmental Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alliance Trust92.17% 17.93% 10.95%
Impax Environmental Markets -691.26%-0.93%-0.44%

6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of Impax Environmental Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Impax Environmental Markets 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.

Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Environmental Markets has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alliance Trust£652.76M0.00£601.66M£2.12N/A
Impax Environmental Markets£1.35M686.78-£9.32M-£4.02-99.18

Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. Impax Environmental Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% 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 Environmental Markets pays out -124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Impax Environmental Markets is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Alliance Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Impax Environmental Markets. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Alliance Trust and 0 mentions for Impax Environmental Markets. Alliance Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Impax Environmental Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Alliance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Alliance Trust Very Positive
Impax Environmental Markets Neutral

Summary

Alliance Trust beats Impax Environmental Markets on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IEM vs. The Competition

MetricImpax Environmental MarketsAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£925.70M£1.31B£6.47B£3.22B
Dividend Yield2.00%4.41%4.18%5.04%
P/E Ratio-99.1822.7214.42164.63
Price / Sales686.782,483.881,791.73310,107.36
Price / Cash80.7760.62127.2127.93
Price / Book0.971.425.135.90
Net Income-£9.32M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.47%0.64%0.84%48.33%
1 Month Performance2.90%1.10%2.47%49.98%
1 Year Performance3.30%7.56%24.89%127.65%

Impax Environmental Markets Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 398.75
+0.6%
N/A+2.1%£925.70M£1.35M-99.18N/A
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
ABDN
abrdn
2.3391 of 5 stars
GBX 196.30
-1.1%
GBX 206.60
+5.2%
+29.7%£3.51B£1.49B11.164,719News Coverage
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Gap Down
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 235.50
-0.4%
GBX 296.67
+26.0%
+5.1%£3.20B£706.00M9.56N/A
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 346
-1.1%
N/A-0.2%£3.19B£374M910.53N/ANews Coverage
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 580
flat
N/A+1.2%£2.99B£660.56M4.78N/APositive News
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,986
-0.7%
N/A+6.5%£2.86B£103.46M17.1762
BUR
Burford Capital
N/AGBX 1,016
-1.4%
GBX 1,600
+57.5%
-0.5%£2.80B£299.55M18.17140News Coverage
Gap Down
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
N/AGBX 337
-0.1%
GBX 388
+15.1%
+10.4%£2.78B£272.35M61.22391
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,387.11
+1.0%
N/A+19.4%£2.67B£610.03M4.50N/ATrending News
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
N/AGBX 2,785
+0.9%
N/A+6.7%£2.57B£32.28M261.88N/ANews Coverage

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