STEP vs. CG, HLNE, TPG, APO, ARES, BX, EVR, JHG, KKR, and OWL
Should you be buying StepStone Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StepStone Group include Carlyle Group (CG), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), TPG (TPG), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Blackstone (BX), Evercore (EVR), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), and Blue Owl Capital (OWL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
StepStone Group vs. Its Competitors
Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.
Carlyle Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -17.10%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.60% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.
Carlyle Group currently has a consensus target price of $60.87, suggesting a potential upside of 0.52%. StepStone Group has a consensus target price of $69.71, suggesting a potential upside of 10.71%. Given StepStone Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
Carlyle Group has higher revenue and earnings than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlyle Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carlyle Group has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Carlyle Group had 7 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Carlyle Group and 13 mentions for StepStone Group. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.25 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Carlyle Group pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. StepStone Group pays out -36.4% 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. Carlyle Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and StepStone Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Carlyle Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Carlyle Group beats StepStone Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:STEP) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
