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StepStone Group (STEP) Competitors

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$60.13
-1.18 (-1.92%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

STEP vs. VCTR, AMK, VRTS, BSIG, SCU, TPL, TPG, HOOD, BAM, and LINE

Should you be buying StepStone Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StepStone Group include Victory Capital (VCTR), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Sculptor Capital Management (SCU), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), TPG (TPG), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), and Lineage (LINE).

StepStone Group vs.

StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) and Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

In the previous week, StepStone Group had 4 more articles in the media than Victory Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for StepStone Group and 4 mentions for Victory Capital. Victory Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.32 indicating that Victory Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
StepStone Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Victory Capital
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

StepStone Group currently has a consensus price target of $54.69, indicating a potential downside of 10.80%. Victory Capital has a consensus price target of $59.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.30%. Given Victory Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Victory Capital is more favorable than StepStone Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
StepStone Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Victory Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Victory Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. StepStone Group pays out 126.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Victory Capital pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Victory Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Victory Capital has higher revenue and earnings than StepStone Group. Victory Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StepStone Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
StepStone Group$720.02M9.42$58.09M$0.7680.67
Victory Capital$850.96M4.70$213.16M$3.2618.93

Victory Capital has a net margin of 27.87% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of 0.00%. Victory Capital's return on equity of 29.74% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
StepStone GroupN/A 10.02% 4.55%
Victory Capital 27.87%29.74%12.65%

StepStone Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victory Capital has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Victory Capital received 176 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.70% of users gave Victory Capital an outperform vote while only 31.76% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
StepStone GroupOutperform Votes
27
31.76%
Underperform Votes
58
68.24%
Victory CapitalOutperform Votes
203
56.70%
Underperform Votes
155
43.30%

55.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Victory Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of StepStone Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Victory Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Victory Capital beats StepStone Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STEP vs. The Competition

MetricStepStone GroupInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.78B$11.91B$9.77B$8.61B
Dividend Yield1.58%24.40%10.42%4.20%
P/E Ratio80.6731.5150.1017.76
Price / Sales9.426.243,316.8694.03
Price / Cash34.0918.3529.9833.56
Price / Book4.104.382.924.64
Net Income$58.09M$316.83M$952.27M$225.71M
7 Day Performance-0.99%0.02%0.08%0.66%
1 Month Performance7.88%6.69%1.15%2.80%
1 Year Performance116.64%39.70%26.86%34.26%

StepStone Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STEP
StepStone Group
3.3284 of 5 stars
$60.13
-1.9%
$54.69
-9.1%
+112.1%$6.65B$720.02M79.121,010Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
VCTR
Victory Capital
3.8747 of 5 stars
$61.21
+1.0%
$59.67
-2.5%
+109.5%$3.97B$850.96M17.24481Upcoming Earnings
AMK
AssetMark Financial
0.8891 of 5 stars
$35.24
flat
$36.67
+4.0%
N/A$2.62B$751.44M18.45870Upcoming Earnings
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
2.4259 of 5 stars
$225.28
-0.1%
$233.50
+3.6%
+25.5%$1.59B$845.27M13.69770Gap Up
BSIG
BrightSphere Investment Group
3.8158 of 5 stars
$26.31
-0.5%
$27.00
+2.6%
+66.0%$993.57M$453.20M15.85350Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
SCU
Sculptor Capital Management
N/A$12.72
flat
N/AN/A$797.10M$397.84M-8.54343
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
1.054 of 5 stars
$1,108.90
+1.7%
$694.17
-37.4%
+88.6%$25.48B$631.59M57.04100Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
TPG
TPG
3.3473 of 5 stars
$68.44
+0.3%
$52.25
-23.7%
+147.4%$24.97B$2.39B-195.541,850Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
3.5511 of 5 stars
$28.03
+0.5%
$24.97
-10.9%
+210.7%$24.63B$2.24B84.942,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
4.5735 of 5 stars
$53.55
+0.3%
$47.41
-11.5%
+85.0%$23.76B$390M48.682,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
LINE
Lineage
2.8815 of 5 stars
$76.10
-0.2%
$93.50
+22.9%
N/A$18.54B$5.33B-5.5726,127Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:STEP) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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