STEP vs. CBOE, TPG, NMR, CG, FUTU, AMH, REG, WPC, GLPI, and HLI
Should you be buying StepStone Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StepStone Group include Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), TPG (TPG), Nomura (NMR), The Carlyle Group (CG), Futu (FUTU), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Regency Centers (REG), W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), and Houlihan Lokey (HLI). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
StepStone Group vs.
Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Cboe Global Markets has higher revenue and earnings than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cboe Global Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cboe Global Markets had 6 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Cboe Global Markets and 14 mentions for StepStone Group. Cboe Global Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.84 indicating that Cboe Global Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
StepStone Group received 23 more outperform votes than Cboe Global Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 32.29% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Cboe Global Markets an outperform vote.
Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Cboe Global Markets pays out 33.0% 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. Cboe Global Markets has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and StepStone Group has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. StepStone Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of StepStone Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cboe Global Markets has a net margin of 18.64% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -11.29%. Cboe Global Markets' return on equity of 22.02% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.
Cboe Global Markets currently has a consensus price target of $219.64, indicating a potential downside of 3.77%. StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $61.64, indicating a potential upside of 9.61%. Given StepStone Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.
Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cboe Global Markets beats StepStone Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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