Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (MIG3) Competitors

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (LON:MIG3) and Impax Asset Management Group (LON:IPX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, MIG3 or IPX?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MIG3 or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group has higher revenue and earnings than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3. Impax Asset Management Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3, 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
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	£2.78M	22.15	£728.80K	£0.58	84.49
Impax Asset Management Group	£175.00M	1.41	£39.55M	£31.39	6.21

Is MIG3 or IPX more profitable?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 has a net margin of 26.21% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 22.60%. Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity of 32.67% beat Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	26.21%	1.12%	-2.94%
Impax Asset Management Group	22.60%	32.67%	20.72%

Do analysts prefer MIG3 or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group has a consensus target price of GBX 510, indicating a potential upside of 161.54%. Given Impax Asset Management Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MIG3 or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group received 92 more outperform votes than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.93% of users gave Impax Asset Management Group an outperform vote while only 67.06% of users gave Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	Outperform Votes 114 67.06%	Underperform Votes 56 32.94%
Impax Asset Management Group	Outperform Votes 206 78.93%	Underperform Votes 55 21.07%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MIG3 or IPX?

66.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to MIG3 or IPX?

In the previous week, Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 had 1 more articles in the media than Impax Asset Management Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 and 0 mentions for Impax Asset Management Group. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Impax Asset Management Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3	Very Positive
Impax Asset Management Group	Neutral

Is MIG3 or IPX a better dividend stock?

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Impax Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays out 513.1% 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 Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.