DBRG vs. STEP, CTRE, AHR, HLNE, JHG, TFPM, EPRT, RITM, BULL, and VIRT
Should you be buying DigitalBridge Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DigitalBridge Group include StepStone Group (STEP), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Rithm Capital (RITM), Webull (BULL), and Virtu Financial (VIRT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
DigitalBridge Group vs. Its Competitors
StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
StepStone Group presently has a consensus price target of $69.57, suggesting a potential upside of 6.51%. DigitalBridge Group has a consensus price target of $16.14, suggesting a potential upside of 16.72%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than StepStone Group.
DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 18.57% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -17.10%. StepStone Group's return on equity of 16.07% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, StepStone Group and StepStone Group both had 10 articles in the media. DigitalBridge Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.47 indicating that DigitalBridge Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DigitalBridge Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than StepStone Group. DigitalBridge Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StepStone Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
StepStone Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. StepStone Group pays out -36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DigitalBridge Group pays out -100.0% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. StepStone Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
DigitalBridge Group beats StepStone Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:DBRG) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
