MC vs. STEP, CNS, APAM, LAZ, VCTR, FHI, DBRG, JHG, AMK, and AMG
Should you be buying Moelis & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moelis & Company include StepStone Group (STEP), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Lazard (LAZ), Victory Capital (VCTR), Federated Hermes (FHI), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), AssetMark Financial (AMK), and Affiliated Managers Group (AMG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) and Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Moelis & Company had 20 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Moelis & Company and 7 mentions for StepStone Group. Moelis & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.42 indicating that StepStone Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
StepStone Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Moelis & Company. Moelis & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StepStone Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
StepStone Group presently has a consensus price target of $35.21, suggesting a potential downside of 1.11%. Moelis & Company has a consensus price target of $50.80, suggesting a potential upside of 3.02%. Given StepStone Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Moelis & Company is more favorable than StepStone Group.
StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Moelis & Company pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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. Moelis & Company pays out -1,263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. StepStone Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Moelis & Company is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
StepStone Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moelis & Company has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moelis & Company received 285 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.85% of users gave Moelis & Company 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 StepStone Group's net margin of -1.33%. Moelis & Company's return on equity of 7.94% beat StepStone Group's return on equity.
55.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Moelis & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.9% of StepStone Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Moelis & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
StepStone Group beats Moelis & Company on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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