StepStone Group Inc.

NasdaqGS:STEP Stock Report

Market Cap: US$7.0b

StepStone Group Valuation

Is STEP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of STEP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: STEP ($60.26) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($18.6)

Significantly Below Fair Value: STEP is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for STEP?

Key metric: As STEP is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for STEP. This is calculated by dividing STEP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is STEP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio105.4x
EarningsUS$41.56m
Market CapUS$7.03b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does STEP's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for STEP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22x
JHG Janus Henderson Group
17.2x9.8%US$6.8b
AMG Affiliated Managers Group
10.4x3.0%US$5.7b
CNS Cohen & Steers
35x18.5%US$4.7b
BEN Franklin Resources
25.3x17.9%US$10.9b
STEP StepStone Group
105.4xn/aUS$7.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: STEP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (105.4x) compared to the peer average (22x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does STEP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

22 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
3.7xn/aUS$2.30b
CET Central Securities
4.5xn/aUS$1.31b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.3xn/aUS$1.21b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
STEP 105.4xIndustry Avg. 23.3xNo. of Companies72PE020406080100+
22 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: STEP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (105.4x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is STEP's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

STEP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio105.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate STEP's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst STEP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$60.26
US$70.79
+17.5%
8.2%US$84.00US$65.00n/a7
Dec ’25US$65.89
US$71.36
+8.3%
5.0%US$78.00US$65.00n/a7
Nov ’25US$59.00
US$60.29
+2.2%
9.5%US$73.00US$55.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$58.08
US$54.86
-5.5%
6.0%US$61.00US$51.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$54.70
US$53.36
-2.5%
3.8%US$56.00US$51.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$49.00
US$48.00
-2.0%
9.9%US$58.00US$43.00n/a7
Jul ’25US$45.73
US$45.86
+0.3%
12.4%US$57.00US$40.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$42.94
US$44.32
+3.2%
14.5%US$57.00US$38.00n/a7
May ’25US$35.49
US$41.71
+17.5%
15.2%US$54.00US$37.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$34.83
US$39.00
+12.0%
10.1%US$48.00US$35.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$34.75
US$37.25
+7.2%
4.1%US$40.00US$35.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$33.70
US$33.75
+0.1%
3.8%US$35.00US$31.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$31.83
US$30.29
-4.8%
9.3%US$34.00US$27.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$25.78
US$29.79
+15.6%
9.8%US$34.00US$27.00US$65.896
Nov ’24US$28.20
US$31.42
+11.4%
8.4%US$35.00US$28.00US$59.006
Oct ’24US$31.58
US$30.33
-3.9%
7.0%US$33.00US$27.00US$58.086
Sep ’24US$30.83
US$30.00
-2.7%
6.7%US$33.00US$27.00US$54.706
Aug ’24US$28.13
US$27.33
-2.8%
8.1%US$31.00US$24.00US$49.006
Jul ’24US$24.81
US$27.33
+10.2%
9.4%US$32.00US$24.00US$45.736
Jun ’24US$22.98
US$27.00
+17.5%
10.0%US$32.00US$24.00US$42.946
May ’24US$22.43
US$28.83
+28.5%
13.0%US$36.00US$24.00US$35.496
Apr ’24US$24.27
US$32.20
+32.7%
8.4%US$36.00US$30.00US$34.835
Mar ’24US$29.02
US$33.71
+16.2%
9.9%US$40.00US$30.00US$34.757
Feb ’24US$29.64
US$32.07
+8.2%
13.3%US$40.00US$28.00US$33.707
Jan ’24US$25.18
US$31.71
+26.0%
14.6%US$40.00US$26.00US$31.837
Dec ’23US$30.29
US$31.86
+5.2%
14.2%US$40.00US$26.00US$25.787

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/24 07:02
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

StepStone Group Inc. is covered by 9 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Waqar SyedATB Capital Markets
Benjamin BudishBarclays
Jeremy CampbellBarclays