StepStone Group (STEP) Competitors

StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) and Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Is STEP or BAM a better dividend stock?

StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. StepStone Group pays out -56.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 115.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, STEP or BAM?

StepStone Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STEP or BAM?

Brookfield Asset Management received 525 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.49% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
StepStone Group	Outperform Votes 31 33.33%	Underperform Votes 62 66.67%
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 556 65.49%	Underperform Votes 293 34.51%

Is STEP or BAM more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 54.47% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -11.29%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 81.16% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
StepStone Group	-11.29%	12.04%	5.03%
Brookfield Asset Management	54.47%	81.16%	60.52%

Does the media prefer STEP or BAM?

In the previous week, Brookfield Asset Management had 12 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management and 2 mentions for StepStone Group. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.51 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
StepStone Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Asset Management	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend STEP or BAM?

StepStone Group currently has a consensus price target of $69.21, indicating a potential upside of 18.13%. Brookfield Asset Management has a consensus price target of $56.71, indicating a potential downside of 2.97%. Given StepStone Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
StepStone Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Do institutionals and insiders believe in STEP or BAM?

55.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of StepStone Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, STEP or BAM?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
StepStone Group	$1.15B	5.89	$58.09M	-$1.69	-34.67
Brookfield Asset Management	$3.98B	6.51	$2.17B	$1.32	44.28

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats StepStone Group on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.