DigitalBridge Group (DBRG) Competitors

DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, DBRG or STEP?

DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DBRG or STEP a better dividend stock?

DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. DigitalBridge Group pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. StepStone Group pays out -56.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. StepStone Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DBRG or STEP?

DigitalBridge Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, 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
DigitalBridge Group	$607.03M	2.66	$185.28M	$0.03	309.00
StepStone Group	$1.15B	5.75	$58.09M	-$1.69	-33.82

Does the media favor DBRG or STEP?

In the previous week, StepStone Group had 2 more articles in the media than DigitalBridge Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for StepStone Group and 7 mentions for DigitalBridge Group. StepStone Group's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.84 indicating that StepStone Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DigitalBridge Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
StepStone Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate DBRG or STEP?

DigitalBridge Group presently has a consensus target price of $16.39, indicating a potential upside of 76.79%. StepStone Group has a consensus target price of $69.21, indicating a potential upside of 21.09%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than StepStone Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DigitalBridge Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10
StepStone Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DBRG or STEP?

92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of StepStone Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DBRG or STEP?

DigitalBridge Group received 9 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.34% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DigitalBridge Group	Outperform Votes 40 56.34%	Underperform Votes 31 43.66%
StepStone Group	Outperform Votes 31 33.33%	Underperform Votes 62 66.67%

Is DBRG or STEP more profitable?

DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 10.98% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -11.29%. StepStone Group's return on equity of 12.04% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigitalBridge Group	10.98%	4.29%	2.06%
StepStone Group	-11.29%	12.04%	5.03%

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats StepStone Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.