STEP vs. LAZ, MC, AB, CNS, APAM, AMG, VCTR, JHG, FHI, and AMK
Should you be buying StepStone Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StepStone Group include Lazard (LAZ), Moelis & Company (MC), AllianceBernstein (AB), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Victory Capital (VCTR), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Federated Hermes (FHI), and AssetMark Financial (AMK). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) and Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.
StepStone Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lazard. Lazard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StepStone Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of Lazard shares are held by institutional investors. 18.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lazard 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.
Lazard received 597 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.61% of users gave Lazard an outperform vote while only 32.35% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.
StepStone Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lazard's net margin of -0.63%. Lazard's return on equity of 37.27% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.
StepStone Group currently has a consensus target price of $35.21, suggesting a potential downside of 6.25%. Lazard has a consensus target price of $45.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.06%. Given Lazard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lazard is more favorable than StepStone Group.
StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Lazard pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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. Lazard pays out -571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lazard is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
StepStone Group has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lazard has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lazard had 4 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lazard and 3 mentions for StepStone Group. Lazard's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Lazard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Lazard beats StepStone Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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