StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP – Get Free Report) and Resolute Holdings Management (NYSE:RHLD – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares StepStone Group and Resolute Holdings Management’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| StepStone Group | -26.88% | 37.69% | 4.78% |
| Resolute Holdings Management | 7.70% | 17.89% | 8.08% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
55.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of Resolute Holdings Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| StepStone Group | $1.99 billion | 2.43 | -$535.81 million | ($6.80) | -5.98 |
| Resolute Holdings Management | $462.05 million | 2.62 | -$5.92 million | $6.89 | 21.23 |
Resolute Holdings Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resolute Holdings Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for StepStone Group and Resolute Holdings Management, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| StepStone Group | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Resolute Holdings Management | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
StepStone Group currently has a consensus target price of $71.88, suggesting a potential upside of 76.81%. Given StepStone Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Resolute Holdings Management.
Volatility & Risk
StepStone Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resolute Holdings Management has a beta of -1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 264% less volatile than the S&P 500.
About StepStone Group
StepStone Group Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct, fund of funds, secondary direct, and secondary indirect investments. For direct investment, it seeks to invest in private debt, venture debt, incubation, mezzanine, distressed/vulture, seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, later stage, turnaround, growth capital, industry consolidation, recapitalization, 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, power, utilities consumer staples, financials, telecommunication services, clean energy/renewables, transport, social, natural capital, infrastructure, corporate, real estate, credit 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. 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.
About Resolute Holdings Management
Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. operates as an alternative asset management platform company. The company was incorporated in 2024 and is based in New York, New York.
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