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StepStone Group (STEP) Competitors

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$57.08 +0.07 (+0.12%)
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STEP vs. CG, HLNE, TPG, APO, ARES, BN, BX, EVR, JHG, and KKR

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), Brookfield (BN), Blackstone (BX), Evercore (EVR), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), and KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

In the previous week, Carlyle Group had 10 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Carlyle Group and 3 mentions for StepStone Group. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.62 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Carlyle Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
StepStone Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Carlyle Group has a net margin of 19.00% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -15.28%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.78% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carlyle Group19.00% 23.78% 6.40%
StepStone Group -15.28%15.21%5.81%

Carlyle Group currently has a consensus price target of $53.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.62%. StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $62.57, suggesting a potential upside of 9.62%. Given StepStone Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Carlyle Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Carlyle Group
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
StepStone Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Carlyle Group$5.43B3.66$1.02B$2.9518.64
StepStone Group$1.17B5.66-$179.56M-$2.39-23.88

Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Carlyle Group pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. StepStone Group pays out -40.2% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and StepStone Group has raised 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.

Summary

Carlyle Group beats StepStone Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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STEP vs. The Competition

MetricStepStone GroupFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.65B$7.53B$11.89B$8.93B
Dividend Yield1.68%4.75%5.52%4.01%
P/E Ratio-23.8817.8019.9620.06
Price / Sales5.665.2225.75117.54
Price / Cash22.8522.5818.7228.59
Price / Book4.782.672.255.56
Net Income-$179.56M$306.40M$990.08M$248.56M
7 Day Performance2.85%4.88%1.38%7.56%
1 Month Performance-1.69%8.34%3.40%8.54%
1 Year Performance25.62%24.78%542.06%21.81%

StepStone Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STEP
StepStone Group
1.459 of 5 stars
$57.08
+0.1%
$62.57
+9.6%
+25.4%$6.65B$1.17B-23.881,130
CG
Carlyle Group
4.2704 of 5 stars
$51.40
+0.4%
$53.00
+3.1%
+38.0%$18.56B$5.43B17.422,100
HLNE
Hamilton Lane
4.3259 of 5 stars
$142.12
-1.4%
$164.29
+15.6%
+15.7%$7.61B$712.96M26.37530
TPG
TPG
3.9458 of 5 stars
$52.45
-1.2%
$60.23
+14.8%
+32.9%$19.38B$3.50B-158.941,110
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.651 of 5 stars
$142.22
-0.5%
$159.00
+11.8%
+21.9%$81.28B$26.11B24.912,540
ARES
Ares Management
4.5073 of 5 stars
$173.17
0.0%
$174.94
+1.0%
+28.7%$56.55B$3.88B101.862,550
BN
Brookfield
3.5307 of 5 stars
$61.88
+0.5%
$66.13
+6.9%
+51.3%$101.98B$86.01B221.00250,000Positive News
BX
Blackstone
4.5245 of 5 stars
$149.84
-0.8%
$155.65
+3.9%
+26.4%$109.33B$10.71B45.134,895Positive News
EVR
Evercore
4.5113 of 5 stars
$270.85
+0.7%
$250.57
-7.5%
+35.0%$10.60B$3.09B25.922,380Analyst Forecast
JHG
Janus Henderson Group
4.3971 of 5 stars
$38.88
+0.4%
$42.78
+10.0%
+18.2%$6.13B$2.54B15.432,300News Coverage
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9498 of 5 stars
$133.24
-0.8%
$149.47
+12.2%
+30.7%$118.67B$15.09B56.224,834

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This page (NASDAQ:STEP) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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