Impax Asset Management Group (IPX) Competitors

Personal Assets (LON:PNL) and Impax Asset Management Group (LON:IPX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PNL or IPX?

46.0% of Personal Assets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Personal Assets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PNL or IPX more profitable?

Personal Assets has a net margin of 66.46% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 23.03%. Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity of 34.24% beat Personal Assets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Personal Assets	66.46%	2.49%	1.96%
Impax Asset Management Group	23.03%	34.24%	20.72%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PNL or IPX?

Personal Assets has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Impax Asset Management Group. Impax Asset Management Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Assets, 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
Personal Assets	£66.59M	24.22	£44.26M	£0.12	4,129.17
Impax Asset Management Group	£176.56M	2.37	£40.67M	£0.31	1,055.20

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PNL or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group received 97 more outperform votes than Personal Assets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.85% of users gave Impax Asset Management Group an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Personal Assets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Personal Assets	Outperform Votes 108 61.02%	Underperform Votes 69 38.98%
Impax Asset Management Group	Outperform Votes 205 78.85%	Underperform Votes 55 21.15%

Do analysts rate PNL or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group has a consensus target price of GBX 560, indicating a potential upside of 71.20%. Given Impax Asset Management Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than Personal Assets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Personal Assets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Impax Asset Management Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is PNL or IPX a better dividend stock?

Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Impax Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Personal Assets pays out 5,000.0% 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 9,032.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, PNL or IPX?

Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PNL or IPX?

In the previous week, Personal Assets and Personal Assets both had 1 articles in the media. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Impax Asset Management Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Personal Assets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Personal Assets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Impax Asset Management Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Impax Asset Management Group beats Personal Assets on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.