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WT vs. STEP, CTRE, JHG, HLNE, BULL, AHR, TFPM, EPRT, RITM, and MC

Should you be buying WisdomTree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WisdomTree include StepStone Group (STEP), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Webull (BULL), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Rithm Capital (RITM), and Moelis & Company (MC). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

WisdomTree vs. Its Competitors

WisdomTree (NYSE:WT) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

In the previous week, WisdomTree had 5 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for WisdomTree and 11 mentions for StepStone Group. WisdomTree's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.47 indicating that WisdomTree is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WisdomTree
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
StepStone Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

WisdomTree pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. WisdomTree pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. StepStone Group pays out -36.4% 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 raised 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.

WisdomTree has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WisdomTree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WisdomTree$427.74M4.53$66.69M$0.3933.78
StepStone Group$1.17B6.47-$179.56M-$3.08-21.21

WisdomTree has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

WisdomTree has a net margin of 16.25% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -17.10%. WisdomTree's return on equity of 25.17% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WisdomTree16.25% 25.17% 9.94%
StepStone Group -17.10%16.07%5.30%

WisdomTree currently has a consensus target price of $14.07, suggesting a potential upside of 6.80%. StepStone Group has a consensus target price of $69.57, suggesting a potential upside of 6.51%. Given WisdomTree's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe WisdomTree is more favorable than StepStone Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WisdomTree
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
StepStone Group
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

78.6% of WisdomTree shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of WisdomTree shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by 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.

Summary

WisdomTree beats StepStone Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WT vs. The Competition

MetricWisdomTreeFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.96B$8.03B$12.66B$21.89B
Dividend Yield0.90%4.90%5.56%3.62%
P/E Ratio33.7816.5329.9830.12
Price / Sales4.536.9930.3966.72
Price / Cash18.3431.4422.8024.26
Price / Book4.812.812.324.70
Net Income$66.69M$310.95M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.09%0.52%0.27%0.49%
1 Month Performance-4.94%4.52%-0.10%1.61%
1 Year Performance28.29%22.71%535.76%13.30%

WisdomTree Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WT
WisdomTree
2.9583 of 5 stars
$13.18
-1.3%
$14.07
+6.8%
+29.5%$1.96B$427.74M33.78270
STEP
StepStone Group
3.3783 of 5 stars
$67.82
+1.3%
$68.71
+1.3%
+10.4%$7.80B$1.17B33.991,130News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CTRE
CareTrust REIT
1.7788 of 5 stars
$35.07
-1.2%
N/AN/A$7.74B$296.29M21.7720
JHG
Janus Henderson Group
4.6688 of 5 stars
$45.61
0.0%
$47.00
+3.0%
+11.0%$7.12B$2.47B12.432,300Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
HLNE
Hamilton Lane
4.7944 of 5 stars
$125.09
-2.0%
$164.38
+31.4%
-31.8%$7.10B$712.96M24.06530Analyst Upgrade
BULL
Webull
3.1387 of 5 stars
$13.71
-3.4%
$18.50
+34.9%
N/A$7.02B$390.23M0.001,194High Trading Volume
AHR
American Healthcare REIT
2.5258 of 5 stars
$41.02
+0.3%
$44.11
+7.5%
+71.3%$6.89B$2.07B26.22110Analyst Forecast
TFPM
Triple Flag Precious Metals
2.6491 of 5 stars
$30.47
+2.4%
$24.00
-21.2%
+96.4%$6.15B$268.99M38.667Positive News
Analyst Revision
EPRT
Essential Properties Realty Trust
3.9705 of 5 stars
$29.29
-2.0%
$35.17
+20.1%
-9.6%$5.92B$449.61M24.8240Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
RITM
Rithm Capital
4.305 of 5 stars
$10.90
-2.2%
$14.25
+30.7%
+0.6%$5.91B$5.21B8.386,045
MC
Moelis & Company
3.7069 of 5 stars
$67.58
-1.0%
$70.29
+4.0%
-3.3%$5.36B$1.19B26.611,309Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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