Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FEML or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group has a consensus target price of GBX 700, suggesting a potential upside of 35.66%. Given Impax Asset Management Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Impax Asset Management Group is more favorable than Fidelity Emerging Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity Emerging Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
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 media refer more to FEML or IPX?

In the previous week, Impax Asset Management Group's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Fidelity Emerging Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Impax Asset Management Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Emerging Markets	Neutral
Impax Asset Management Group	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FEML or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group received 202 more outperform votes than Fidelity Emerging Markets when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Emerging Markets	N/A	N/A
Impax Asset Management Group	Outperform Votes 202 78.60%	Underperform Votes 55 21.40%

Is FEML or IPX more profitable?

Fidelity Emerging Markets has a net margin of 35.86% compared to Impax Asset Management Group's net margin of 21.99%. Impax Asset Management Group's return on equity of 28.82% beat Fidelity Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Emerging Markets	35.86%	1.83%	2.59%
Impax Asset Management Group	21.99%	28.82%	17.30%

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

83.5% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Impax Asset Management Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FEML or IPX?

Impax Asset Management Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Emerging Markets. Impax Asset Management Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Emerging Markets, 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
Fidelity Emerging Markets	£40.57M	16.04	£14.55M	£0.13	5,493.85
Impax Asset Management Group	£178.37M	3.71	£39.22M	£0.30	1,720.00

Which has more risk and volatility, FEML or IPX?

Fidelity Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impax Asset Management Group has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FEML or IPX a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Impax Asset Management Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Fidelity Emerging Markets pays out 11,538.5% 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 9,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Impax Asset Management Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Impax Asset Management Group beats Fidelity Emerging Markets on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.