STEP vs. CG, HLNE, TPG, APO, ARES, BN, BX, EVR, JHG, and KKR
Should you be buying StepStone Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StepStone Group include Carlyle Group (CG), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), TPG (TPG), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Brookfield (BN), Blackstone (BX), Evercore (EVR), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), and KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
StepStone Group vs. Its Competitors
StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) and Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
StepStone Group presently has a consensus price target of $62.57, suggesting a potential upside of 9.84%. Carlyle Group has a consensus price target of $53.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.66%. Given StepStone Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
Carlyle Group has a net margin of 19.00% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -15.28%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.78% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Carlyle Group had 12 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Carlyle Group and 2 mentions for StepStone Group. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.94 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.4% of StepStone Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Carlyle Group has higher revenue and earnings than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlyle Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. StepStone Group pays out -40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carlyle Group pays out 47.5% 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 and Carlyle Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Carlyle Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
StepStone Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Carlyle Group beats StepStone Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:STEP) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
