STEP vs. MC, LAZ, AB, APAM, CNS, VCTR, AMG, JHG, FHI, and AMK
Should you be buying StepStone Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StepStone Group include Moelis & Company (MC), Lazard (LAZ), AllianceBernstein (AB), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Victory Capital (VCTR), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Federated Hermes (FHI), and AssetMark Financial (AMK). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Moelis & Company had 13 more articles in the media than StepStone Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Moelis & Company and 4 mentions for StepStone Group. Moelis & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.57 indicating that StepStone Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Moelis & Company pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Moelis & Company pays out -1,263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. StepStone Group has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Moelis & Company is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
91.5% of Moelis & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Moelis & Company shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of StepStone Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 higher revenue and earnings 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 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.
Moelis & Company has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moelis & Company presently has a consensus price target of $50.80, indicating a potential downside of 10.34%. StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $35.21, indicating a potential downside of 5.64%. Given Moelis & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Moelis & Company.
Summary
StepStone Group beats Moelis & Company on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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