P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ) (OTCMKTS:PIOIQ) & StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) Financial Contrast

P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ) (OTCMKTS:PIOIQ) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.6% of P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ) and StepStone Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
StepStone Group	$1.99 billion	2.95	-$535.81 million	($7.72)	-6.37

P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StepStone Group.

Profitability

This table compares P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ) and StepStone Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ)	N/A	N/A	N/A
StepStone Group	-30.53%	43.38%	4.40%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ) and StepStone Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ)	0	0	0	0	0.00
StepStone Group	1	2	7	0	2.60

StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $70.88, indicating a potential upside of 44.05%. Given StepStone Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ).

Summary

StepStone Group beats P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ) on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About P10 Holdings Inc (PIOIQ)

P10 Holdings Inc, formerly P10 Industries, Inc., focuses on monetizing intellectual property assets. The Company also focuses on acquiring businesses in the commercial and industrial markets. The Company has a range of patents available for licensing. The Company’s patent portfolio includes thermal and compressed air storage technology, which can be used in backup power applications.

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.