StepStone Group (STEP) Competitors

StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) and Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STEP or TPL?

Texas Pacific Land received 238 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.60% of users gave Texas Pacific Land an outperform vote while only 31.63% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
StepStone Group	Outperform Votes 31 31.63%	Underperform Votes 67 68.37%
Texas Pacific Land	Outperform Votes 269 70.60%	Underperform Votes 112 29.40%

Is STEP or TPL more profitable?

Texas Pacific Land has a net margin of 64.32% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -11.29%. Texas Pacific Land's return on equity of 40.23% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
StepStone Group	-11.29%	12.04%	5.03%
Texas Pacific Land	64.32%	40.23%	36.33%

Is STEP or TPL a better dividend stock?

StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Texas Pacific Land pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. StepStone Group pays out -40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Pacific Land pays out 32.0% 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. StepStone Group has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Texas Pacific Land has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. StepStone Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer STEP or TPL?

In the previous week, Texas Pacific Land had 7 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Texas Pacific Land and 8 mentions for StepStone Group. Texas Pacific Land's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.87 indicating that Texas Pacific Land is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
StepStone Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Texas Pacific Land	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, STEP or TPL?

StepStone Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, STEP or TPL?

Texas Pacific Land has lower revenue, but higher earnings than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Pacific Land, 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
StepStone Group	$1.17B	5.34	$58.09M	-$2.39	-22.54
Texas Pacific Land	$727.66M	35.32	$405.64M	$19.99	55.94

Do insiders and institutionals believe in STEP or TPL?

55.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of StepStone Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate STEP or TPL?

StepStone Group presently has a consensus target price of $62.57, suggesting a potential upside of 16.17%. Texas Pacific Land has a consensus target price of $917.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.99%. Given StepStone Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Texas Pacific Land.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
StepStone Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Texas Pacific Land	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Texas Pacific Land beats StepStone Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.