StepStone Group (STEP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $61.58 -0.22 (-0.36%) Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$61.57 -0.01 (-0.01%) As of 10/17/2025 05:23 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock StepStone Group Short Interest DataStepStone Group (STEP) has a short interest of 2.83 million shares. This marks a 21.46% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.4, indicating that it would take 4.4 days of the average trading volume of 766,048 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest2,830,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest2,330,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+21.46%Dollar Volume Sold Short$184.83 millionShort Interest Ratio4.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 30, 2025Outstanding Shares116,420,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted2.43%Today's Trading Volume506,861 sharesAverage Trading Volume766,048 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average66% Short Selling StepStone Group? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for StepStone Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSTEP Short Interest Over TimeSTEP Days to Cover Over TimeSTEP Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time StepStone Group Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/30/20252,830,000 shares $184.83 million +21.5%N/A4.4 $65.31 9/15/20252,330,000 shares $141.66 million -6.8%N/A3.7 $60.80 8/31/20252,500,000 shares $155.15 million +25.0%2.6%4.4 $62.06 8/15/20252,000,000 shares $122.92 million +2.6%N/A3.1 $61.46 7/31/20251,950,000 shares $115.75 million -12.6%2.0%3.2 $59.36 7/15/20252,230,000 shares $131.24 million -9.7%N/A3.7 $58.85 6/30/20252,470,000 shares $137.09 million -11.8%2.6%3.8 $55.50 6/15/20252,800,000 shares $150.81 million +8.1%2.9%4.3 $53.86 5/31/20252,590,000 shares $149.73 million +5.3%2.7%3.6 $57.81 5/15/20252,460,000 shares $144.53 million -1.2%2.6%3.6 $58.75 Get the Latest News and Ratings for STEP and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for StepStone Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/30/20252,490,000 shares $124.52 million +3.8%N/A3.8 $50.01 4/15/20252,400,000 shares $114.74 million -6.3%2.5%3.7 $47.81 3/31/20252,560,000 shares $133.71 million +9.4%2.7%4.1 $52.23 3/15/20252,340,000 shares $125.59 million -1.7%2.5%4.1 $53.67 2/28/20252,380,000 shares $143.18 million +8.7%2.5%4.1 $60.16 2/15/20252,190,000 shares $136.81 million +6.3%2.3%4 $62.47 1/31/20252,060,000 shares $132.00 million -5.9%N/A3.5 $64.08 1/15/20252,190,000 shares $131.93 million +8.4%N/A3.8 $60.24 12/31/20242,020,000 shares $116.92 million +38.4%N/A3.5 $57.88 12/15/20241,460,000 shares $90.45 million -39.2%N/A2.4 $61.95 11/30/20242,400,000 shares $158.14 million +26.3%N/A3.6 $65.89 11/15/20241,900,000 shares $123.50 million -13.6%N/A3.1 $65.00 10/31/20242,200,000 shares $132.29 million -22.0%N/A3.5 $60.13 10/15/20242,820,000 shares $166.83 million -1.7%N/A4.4 $59.16 9/30/20242,870,000 shares $163.10 million +14.8%N/A4.2 $56.83 9/15/20242,500,000 shares $129.55 million -17.8%N/A3.5 $51.82 8/31/20243,040,000 shares $166.29 million +25.1%N/A3.5 $54.70 8/15/20242,430,000 shares $129.42 million -10.0%N/A2.9 $53.26 7/31/20242,700,000 shares $135.70 million -11.8%N/A3.3 $50.26 7/15/20243,060,000 shares $143.79 million -13.1%N/A4 $46.99 6/30/20243,520,000 shares $161.53 million +83.3%N/A5 $45.89 6/15/20241,920,000 shares $81.79 million No ChangeN/A2.8 $42.60 5/31/20241,920,000 shares $82.44 million +39.1%N/A4.5 $42.94 5/15/20241,380,000 shares $53.43 million +14.1%N/A3.6 $38.72 4/30/20241,210,000 shares $43.64 million +8.0%N/A3.1 $36.07 4/15/20241,120,000 shares $39.75 million -15.8%N/A3 $35.49 3/31/20241,330,000 shares $47.53 million -11.9%N/A3.7 $35.74 3/15/20241,510,000 shares $50.39 million -7.4%N/A4.5 $33.37 2/29/20241,630,000 shares $56.61 million +52.3%N/A4.7 $34.73 2/15/20241,070,000 shares $37.67 million -23.6%N/A3.6 $35.21 1/31/20241,400,000 shares $46.83 million +40.9%N/A4.9 $33.45 1/15/2024993,300 shares $31.83 million -8.9%N/A3.6 $32.04 12/31/20231,090,000 shares $34.69 million +7.9%N/A4 $31.83 12/15/20231,010,000 shares $28.96 million No ChangeN/A3.8 $28.67 11/30/20231,010,000 shares $25.88 million -16.5%N/A4 $25.62 11/15/20231,210,000 shares $32.68 million No ChangeN/A4.5 $27.01 10/31/20231,210,000 shares $34.24 million +10.0%N/A4.8 $28.30 10/15/20231,100,000 shares $33 million -14.7%N/A4.3 $30.00 9/30/20231,290,000 shares $40.74 million +8.4%N/A5.1 $31.58 9/15/20231,190,000 shares $38.32 million -4.0%N/A4.8 $32.20 8/31/20231,240,000 shares $38.28 million +22.8%N/A4.6 $30.87 8/15/20231,010,000 shares $29.23 million -1.0%N/A3.6 $28.94 7/31/20231,020,000 shares $28.63 million +19.6%N/A3.6 $28.07 7/15/2023852,700 shares $21.91 million +8.6%N/A3 $25.70 6/30/2023785,100 shares $19.48 million -11.6%N/A2.8 $24.81 6/15/2023888,200 shares $22.00 million -17.8%N/A3 $24.77 5/31/20231,080,000 shares $23.23 million -4.4%N/A3.6 $21.51 5/15/20231,130,000 shares $24.86 million +13.4%N/A3.9 $22.00 4/30/2023996,300 shares $21.95 million -1.4%N/A3.2 $22.03 4/15/20231,010,000 shares $23.08 million -3.8%N/A3.2 $22.85 3/31/20231,050,000 shares $25.48 million +11.0%N/A3.4 $24.27 3/15/2023945,900 shares $22.78 million -9.9%N/A3.1 $24.08 2/28/20231,050,000 shares $30.03 million +40.5%N/A3.9 $28.60 2/15/2023747,600 shares $22.01 million -1.0%N/A2.9 $29.44 1/31/2023754,900 shares $22.04 million -8.3%N/A2.9 $29.19 1/15/2023823,000 shares $23.66 million -22.4%N/A3.4 $28.75 12/30/20221,060,000 shares $26.69 million +23.3%N/A4.3 $25.18 12/15/2022859,700 shares $23.61 million -23.9%N/A3.6 $27.46 11/30/20221,130,000 shares $33.88 million +13.0%N/A4.9 $29.98 11/15/20221,000,000 shares $31.33 million -21.3%N/A4.2 $31.33 10/31/20221,270,000 shares $37.49 million -10.6%N/A5.6 $29.52 10/15/20221,420,000 shares $35.27 million +19.3%N/A6.4 $24.84 9/30/20221,190,000 shares $29.17 million -4.0%N/A4.7 $24.51 9/15/20221,240,000 shares $35.45 million -23.5%N/A4.1 $28.59 8/31/20221,620,000 shares $44.21 million +38.5%N/A4.5 $27.29 8/15/20221,170,000 shares $35.46 million -15.8%N/A3 $30.31 7/31/20221,390,000 shares $37.03 million -1.4%N/A3.6 $26.64 7/15/20221,410,000 shares $34.26 million -14.0%N/A3.6 $24.30 6/30/20221,640,000 shares $42.69 million -5.2%N/A4.3 $26.03 6/15/20221,730,000 shares $45.41 million +50.4%N/A5 $26.25 5/31/20221,150,000 shares $31.35 million +1.8%N/A4.2 $27.26 5/15/20221,130,000 shares $28.59 million -7.4%N/A4.4 $25.30 4/30/20221,220,000 shares $31.26 million -6.2%N/A4.3 $25.62 4/15/20221,300,000 shares $36.79 million -9.7%N/A4.4 $28.30 3/31/20221,440,000 shares $47.61 million +19.0%N/A4.6 $33.06 3/15/20221,210,000 shares $38.01 million -1.6%N/A3.8 $31.41 2/28/20221,230,000 shares $42.47 million -12.1%N/A3.6 $34.53 2/15/20221,400,000 shares $50.26 million -1.4%N/A3.5 $35.90 1/31/20221,420,000 shares $49.71 million +26.8%N/A3 $35.01 1/15/20221,120,000 shares $41.62 million +2.8%N/A2.4 $37.16 12/31/20211,090,000 shares $45.31 million +11.0%N/A2.4 $41.57 12/15/2021982,100 shares $41.73 million +43.8%N/A2.1 $42.49 11/30/2021682,900 shares $28.25 million -8.9%N/A1.5 $41.37 11/15/2021749,500 shares $41.22 million -15.4%N/A1.8 $54.99 10/29/2021886,000 shares $41.62 million -13.1%N/A2.9 $46.98 10/15/20211,020,000 shares $43.91 million -11.3%N/A3.5 $43.05 9/30/20211,150,000 shares $49.04 million +42.9%4.4%4.1 $42.64 9/15/2021804,900 shares $37.39 million -16.2%N/A2.4 $46.45 8/31/2021960,400 shares $45.97 million +43.4%N/A2.8 $47.87 8/13/2021669,800 shares $30.98 million -18.4%N/A2 $46.26 7/30/2021821,200 shares $37.37 million +2.8%N/A2.5 $45.51 7/15/2021799,000 shares $30.78 million -35.6%N/A2.5 $38.52 6/30/20211,240,000 shares $42.66 million +177.3%N/A3.8 $34.40 6/15/2021447,200 shares $14.12 million +23.2%N/A1.6 $31.57 5/28/2021363,100 shares $11.51 million -7.6%N/A1 $31.70 5/14/2021392,900 shares $12.08 million +7.7%1.4%1.1 $30.74 4/30/2021364,800 shares $12.38 million +46.1%1.3%1 $33.94 4/15/2021249,700 shares $8.69 million -17.7%0.9%0.7 $34.80 3/31/2021303,500 shares $10.34 million -53.2%1.1%0.8 $34.08 3/15/2021648,600 shares $19.76 million +12.7%2.3%1.6 $30.47 2/26/2021575,600 shares $20.47 million +11.1%2.1%1.9 $35.56 2/12/2021518,300 shares $19.89 million -58.2%1.9%1.7 $38.38 1/29/20211,240,000 shares $44.52 million -8.8%4.4%4.2 $35.90 1/15/20211,360,000 shares $51.53 million No Change4.9%4.5 $37.89 STEP Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is StepStone Group's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of StepStone Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, traders have sold 2,830,000 shares of STEP short. Learn More on StepStone Group's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for StepStone Group? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. STEP shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on StepStone Group's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting StepStone Group? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of StepStone Group: Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is StepStone Group's short interest increasing or decreasing? StepStone Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,830,000 shares, an increase of 21.5% from the previous total of 2,330,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does StepStone Group's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to StepStone Group: Carlyle Group Inc. (5.80%), Hamilton Lane Inc. (7.30%), TPG Inc. (4.43%), Apollo Global Management Inc. (5.32%), Ares Management Corporation (2.23%), Blackstone Inc. (1.60%), Evercore Inc (2.75%), Janus Henderson Group plc (1.67%), KKR & Co. Inc. (0.98%), Blue Owl Capital Inc. (7.83%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($15.71 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($7.56 billion), Reddit Inc. ($4.55 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.53 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($4.43 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.94 billion), IonQ, Inc. ($3.78 billion), TC Energy Corporation ($3.13 billion), and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short StepStone Group stock? Short selling STEP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from StepStone Group as its price is falling. STEP shares are trading down $0.22 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against StepStone Group? A short squeeze for StepStone Group occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of STEP, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is StepStone Group's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including STEP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Carlyle Group Short Squeeze Hamilton Lane Short Squeeze TPG Short Squeeze Apollo Global Management Short Squeeze Ares Management Short Squeeze Blackstone Short Squeeze Evercore Short Squeeze Janus Henderson Group Short Squeeze KKR & Co. Inc. 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