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 ($37.97) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($25.26)

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?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

STEP key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue6.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA16.6x
PEG Ration/a

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 Average10.7x
JHG Janus Henderson Group
12.4x-3.3%US$5.3b
AMG Affiliated Managers Group
7.3x-7.0%US$5.0b
APAM Artisan Partners Asset Management
14.6x10.1%US$3.6b
PSTH Pershing Square Tontine Holdings
8.4xn/aUS$4.0b
STEP StepStone Group
44.4xn/aUS$4.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: STEP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.4x) compared to the peer average (11.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a12.9%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: STEP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.4x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (22.4x).


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 Ratio44.4x
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$37.97
US$41.71
+9.9%
15.2%US$54.00US$37.00n/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$27.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$28.20
US$31.42
+11.4%
8.4%US$35.00US$28.00n/a6
Oct ’24US$31.58
US$30.33
-3.9%
7.0%US$33.00US$27.00n/a6
Sep ’24US$30.83
US$30.00
-2.7%
6.7%US$33.00US$27.00n/a6
Aug ’24US$28.13
US$27.33
-2.8%
8.1%US$31.00US$24.00n/a6
Jul ’24US$24.81
US$27.33
+10.2%
9.4%US$32.00US$24.00n/a6
Jun ’24US$22.98
US$27.00
+17.5%
10.0%US$32.00US$24.00n/a6
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
Nov ’23US$29.98
US$31.29
+4.4%
14.5%US$40.00US$26.00US$28.207
Oct ’23US$24.51
US$32.71
+33.5%
14.5%US$42.00US$26.00US$31.587
Sep ’23US$26.70
US$31.50
+18.0%
9.7%US$36.00US$26.00US$30.836
Aug ’23US$26.95
US$31.50
+16.9%
12.3%US$38.00US$26.00US$28.135
Jul ’23US$26.78
US$35.10
+31.1%
19.1%US$46.00US$26.00US$24.815
Jun ’23US$26.22
US$37.60
+43.4%
14.7%US$46.00US$31.00US$22.985
May ’23US$25.62
US$39.30
+53.4%
16.3%US$50.00US$31.00US$22.435

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


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