STEP vs. VCTR, AMK, VRTS, BSIG, SCU, TPG, BAM, CG, NMR, and JEF
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), TPG (TPG), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), The Carlyle Group (CG), Nomura (NMR), and Jefferies Financial Group (JEF).
StepStone Group vs.
Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Victory Capital received 179 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.75% of users gave Victory Capital an outperform vote while only 31.03% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.
Victory Capital currently has a consensus price target of $63.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.93%. StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $64.36, suggesting a potential downside of 1.37%. Given StepStone Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Victory Capital.
87.7% of Victory Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Victory Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of StepStone Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, StepStone Group had 7 more articles in the media than Victory Capital. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for StepStone Group and 5 mentions for Victory Capital. StepStone Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Victory Capital's score of 0.63 indicating that StepStone Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Victory Capital pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. StepStone Group pays out 160.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Victory Capital has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Victory Capital has a net margin of 30.82% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of 0.00%. Victory Capital's return on equity of 29.92% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.
Summary
Victory Capital beats StepStone Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:STEP) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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