StepStone Group (STEP) Competitors

Nomura (NYSE:NMR) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Does the media refer more to NMR or STEP?

In the previous week, StepStone Group had 3 more articles in the media than Nomura. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for StepStone Group and 11 mentions for Nomura. StepStone Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Nomura's score of 0.11 indicating that StepStone Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nomura	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
StepStone Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, NMR or STEP?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nomura, 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
Nomura	$1.67T	0.01	$1.14B	$0.73	7.63
StepStone Group	$1.15B	5.03	$58.09M	-$1.69	-29.59

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NMR or STEP?

15.1% of Nomura shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nomura shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of StepStone Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NMR or STEP more profitable?

Nomura has a net margin of 7.96% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -11.29%. StepStone Group's return on equity of 12.04% beat Nomura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomura	7.96%	9.19%	0.56%
StepStone Group	-11.29%	12.04%	5.03%

Which has more risk & volatility, NMR or STEP?

Nomura has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend NMR or STEP?

StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $61.64, suggesting a potential upside of 23.26%. Given StepStone Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Nomura.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nomura	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
StepStone Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is NMR or STEP a better dividend stock?

Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Nomura pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. StepStone Group pays out -56.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NMR or STEP?

Nomura received 206 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.74% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote while only 32.29% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomura	Outperform Votes 237 53.74%	Underperform Votes 204 46.26%
StepStone Group	Outperform Votes 31 32.29%	Underperform Votes 65 67.71%

Summary

StepStone Group beats Nomura on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.