STEP vs. VCTR, AMK, VRTS, BSIG, SCU, BAM, TPG, CG, MORN, and BEN
Should you be buying StepStone Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StepStone Group include Victory Capital (VCTR), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Sculptor Capital Management (SCU), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), The Carlyle Group (CG), Morningstar (MORN), and Franklin Resources (BEN).
Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Victory Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Victory Capital pays out 45.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Victory Capital has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and StepStone Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Victory Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, StepStone Group had 16 more articles in the media than Victory Capital. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for StepStone Group and 6 mentions for Victory Capital. StepStone Group's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Victory Capital's score of 0.63 indicating that Victory Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Victory Capital received 174 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.81% of users gave Victory Capital an outperform vote while only 31.88% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.
Victory Capital has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Victory Capital presently has a consensus target price of $49.57, suggesting a potential downside of 4.27%. StepStone Group has a consensus target price of $35.79, suggesting a potential downside of 17.14%. Given StepStone Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Victory Capital is more favorable than StepStone Group.
87.7% of Victory Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Victory Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Victory Capital has higher revenue and earnings than StepStone Group. Victory Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StepStone Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Victory Capital has a net margin of 26.28% compared to Victory Capital's net margin of 0.00%. StepStone Group's return on equity of 29.23% beat Victory Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Victory Capital beats StepStone Group on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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