StepStone Group Inc.
STEP scores 40.1 on the Conservative profile, blending a fundamental score (80% weight, emphasizing quality and stability (84% of fundamental weight)) with a machine-learning signal (20% weight) trained on 82 features across 30 years of data.
Minor adjustments (-1.6 points) applied. STEP's rank of #855 primarily reflects its factor profile relative to the conservative weight vector.
These features are direct inputs to the machine learning model. The model was trained on these signals alongside 100 features (including 12 momentum/technical indicators) to produce the ML percentile score.
| Stock | Score | P/E | Rev Growth | Margin | Mkt Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEP | 40.1 | 21.6 | 65.1% | -15.3% | $7.1B |
| CME | 84.9 | 27.2 | 9.9% | 57.5% | $109.0B |
| CINF | 82.3 | 10.7 | 11.4% | 18.9% | $25.4B |
| ACT | 82.0 | 8.9 | 2.4% | 54.6% | $6.0B |
| SEIC | 80.9 | 14.0 | 10.7% | 27.3% | $9.6B |
| TROW | 79.3 | 10.1 | 3.1% | 28.5% | $20.5B |
| FHB | 78.3 | 11.8 | 3.2% | 24.2% | $3.3B |
| MCHB | 77.7 | 0.0 | 123.7% | 23.2% | $3.4B |
| TRMK | 75.6 | 11.9 | 34.8% | 19.3% | $2.7B |
| BCAL | 74.3 | 9.9 | 26.2% | 27.1% | $613M |
| NMIH | 73.9 | 7.7 | 8.4% | 55.1% | $3.0B |
| FFIN | 73.2 | 18.8 | 11.7% | 30.7% | $4.8B |
| TW | 73.1 | 30.0 | 18.9% | 39.6% | $24.8B |
| VCTR | 73.1 | 18.3 | 8.8% | 32.3% | $4.9B |
| VLY | 72.4 | 12.5 | -2.2% | 17.1% | $7.5B |
| QQQX | 72.3 | 10.4 | 48.6% | 257.3% | $1.4B |
| Sector Average | 45.8 | 49.4 | 13.4% | -2.8% | â |
StepStone Group Inc. is an investment firm specializing in direct, fund of funds, secondary direct, and secondary indirect investments. For direct investment, it seeks to invest in venture debt, incubation, mezzanine, distressed/vulture, seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, later stage, turnaround, growth capital, industry consolidation, recapitalization, and buyout investments in mature and middle market companies. It prefers to invest in natural resources, technology, healthcare, services, materials, manufacturing, consumer durables, apparel, hotels, restaurants and leisure, media, retailing, consumer staples, financials, telecommunication services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and real asset. The firm invests globally with a focus on United States, North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, New Zealand, China, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Australia region. It typically invests between $15 million and $200 million in firms with enterprise value between $150 million and $25000 million. The firm invests between 5% and 40% in emerging markets. For fund of fund investment, it seeks to invest in private equity funds, venture capital funds, Special situation funds, Real estate funds, Infrastructure funds, mezzanine funds, and turnaround/distressed funds. It considers investments in both domestic and international funds. It also seeks to make co-investments and follow-on investments and considers partial interests in funds. StepStone Group Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices across North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
Stock is in a downtrend below the 200-day moving average. Price is below both the 50-day and 200-day SMAs, indicating sustained selling pressure.
| Metric | Q3 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q1 2025 | Q4 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $587M | $454M | $364M | $378M |
| Gross Profit | $298M | $207M | $173M | $37M |
| Operating Income | $-221M | $-723M | $-59M | $-6M |
| Net Income | $-123M | $-366M | $-38M | $-19M |
| EPS (Diluted) | $-1.55 | $-4.66 | $-0.49 | $-0.24 |
| Gross Margin | 50.8% | 45.6% | 47.4% | 9.8% |
| Operating Margin | -37.7% | -159.1% | -16.2% | -1.6% |
| Net Margin | -21.0% | -80.6% | -10.5% | -4.9% |
| Year | Low | High | Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $28.52 | $55.19 | 63.7% | Wide |
| 2022 | $22.39 | $42.33 | 61.6% | Wide |
| 2023 | $19.83 | $32.39 | 48.1% | Wide |
| 2024 | $30.46 | $70.38 | 79.2% | Wide |
| 2025 | $40.07 | $68.41 | 52.2% | Wide |
Growth estimates have been dampened based on technical and fundamental signals. This is a post-hoc adjustment to prevent overly optimistic projections for stocks showing declining momentum or deteriorating fundamentals.
Scores are generated by a multi-stage ML pipeline combining fundamental analysis, ensemble predictions, and structural risk signals. All data is for research purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.