MC vs. STEP, APAM, AMK, CNS, VCTR, FHI, PJT, HLNE, LAZ, and GCMG
Should you be buying Moelis & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moelis & Company include StepStone Group (STEP), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Victory Capital (VCTR), Federated Hermes (FHI), PJT Partners (PJT), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Lazard (LAZ), and Grosvenor Capital Management (GCMG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Moelis & Company vs.
Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Moelis & Company had 1 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Moelis & Company and 2 mentions for StepStone Group. Moelis & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat StepStone Group's score of -0.47 indicating that Moelis & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Moelis & Company has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moelis & Company received 287 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.81% of users gave Moelis & Company an outperform vote while only 42.55% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.
Moelis & Company has a net margin of 15.26% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of 0.00%. Moelis & Company's return on equity of 37.77% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.
Moelis & Company currently has a consensus target price of $38.86, suggesting a potential downside of 0.47%. StepStone Group has a consensus target price of $33.80, suggesting a potential upside of 41.96%. Given StepStone Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Moelis & Company.
StepStone Group has higher revenue and earnings than Moelis & Company. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moelis & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.4% of Moelis & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Moelis & Company shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of StepStone Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Moelis & Company pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Moelis & Company pays out 111.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. StepStone Group pays out -1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Moelis & Company beats StepStone Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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