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Impax Environmental Markets

IEM.L
42
Asset Management · Financial Services
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Impax Environmental Markets is a closed-end investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange. It pools money from investors and uses it to buy shares in companies that work on environmental problems — things like clean energy, water treatment, waste recycling, and pollution control. The fund is managed by Impax Asset Management, a specialist firm focused entirely on the transition to a more sustainable global economy.

The trust makes money by charging management fees on the assets it holds, which is a common model for investment funds. It invests mainly in small and mid-sized companies across developed markets in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, giving it broad geographic exposure. Its focus on a single theme — environmental solutions — is both its competitive edge and its main risk, since performance depends heavily on policy support for green industries, interest rates, and investor appetite for ESG-related strategies, all of which can shift quickly.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

>+1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+694.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

6.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£903M cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Impax Environmental Markets grew revenue 9561% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
89.6%
Premium pricing power — 89.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
87.4%
Excellent — 87.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-0.6%
Weak — -0.6% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
257.1%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (257.1%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.11
Conservative — low debt load (0.11)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.15%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.15% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+21.1%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (21.1% YoY)

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