Impax Asset Management Group (IPX) Competitors

Impax Asset Management Group (LON:IPX) and Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IPX or APAX?

Impax Asset Management Group has higher revenue and earnings than Apax Global Alpha. Impax Asset Management Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apax Global Alpha, 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	£175.00M	1.33	£39.55M	£31.39	5.87
Apax Global Alpha	£9.05M	104.68	£4.12M	£0.59	275.19

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IPX or APAX?

66.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is IPX or APAX more profitable?

Apax Global Alpha has a net margin of 45.55% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 22.60%. Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity of 32.67% beat Apax Global Alpha's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Impax Asset Management Group	22.60%	32.67%	20.72%
Apax Global Alpha	45.55%	0.27%	2.57%

Do analysts prefer IPX or APAX?

Impax Asset Management Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 300, indicating a potential upside of 62.69%. Given Impax Asset Management Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than Apax Global Alpha.

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
Apax Global Alpha	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is IPX or APAX a better dividend stock?

Impax Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. 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. Apax Global Alpha pays out 1,866.2% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, IPX or APAX?

Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apax Global Alpha has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to IPX or APAX?

In the previous week, Apax Global Alpha had 2 more articles in the media than Impax Asset Management Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Apax Global Alpha and 1 mentions for Impax Asset Management Group. Impax Asset Management Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Apax Global Alpha's score of 0.00 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apax Global Alpha	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Impax Asset Management Group beats Apax Global Alpha on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.