STEP vs. AB, MC, LAZ, APAM, CNS, FHI, DBRG, VCTR, JHG, and AMK
Should you be buying StepStone Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StepStone Group include AllianceBernstein (AB), Moelis & Company (MC), Lazard (LAZ), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Federated Hermes (FHI), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), Victory Capital (VCTR), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), and AssetMark Financial (AMK). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) and AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
AllianceBernstein received 360 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.68% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote while only 32.35% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.
StepStone Group presently has a consensus target price of $35.21, suggesting a potential downside of 1.69%. AllianceBernstein has a consensus target price of $40.44, suggesting a potential upside of 24.61%. Given AllianceBernstein's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AllianceBernstein is more favorable than StepStone Group.
StepStone Group has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AllianceBernstein has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AllianceBernstein has a net margin of 6.36% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of 0.00%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 14.88% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.
55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of StepStone Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of AllianceBernstein 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.
In the previous week, StepStone Group and StepStone Group both had 8 articles in the media. StepStone Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat AllianceBernstein's score of 0.48 indicating that StepStone Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. StepStone Group pays out 93.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AllianceBernstein pays out 132.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
AllianceBernstein has higher revenue and earnings than StepStone Group. AllianceBernstein is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StepStone Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AllianceBernstein beats StepStone Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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