The stock price of StepStone Group Inc (NASDAQ: STEP) has jumped by 1.73 compared to previous close of 52.67. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -5.68% in its stock price over the last five trading days. globenewswire.com reported 2025-06-13 that NEW YORK, June 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — StepStone Real Estate (SRE), the real estate arm of private markets investment firm StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP), announced today that it was the recipient of the 2025 IPE Real Estate Global Awards’ Investment Consultancy of the Year.
Is It Worth Investing in StepStone Group Inc (NASDAQ: STEP) Right Now?
Moreover, the 36-month beta value for STEP is 1.40. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for STEP is 66.89M and currently, short sellers hold a 3.87% of that float. On June 19, 2025, STEP’s average trading volume was 695.79K shares.
STEP’s Market Performance
The stock of StepStone Group Inc (STEP) has seen a -5.68% decrease in the past week, with a -9.18% drop in the past month, and a -3.38% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.39%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.92% for STEP. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -5.26% for STEP’s stock, with a -6.78% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of STEP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for STEP stocks, with JP Morgan repeating the rating for STEP by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for STEP in the upcoming period, according to JP Morgan is $49 based on the research report published on April 11, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Oppenheimer, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see STEP reach a price target of $48. The rating they have provided for STEP stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on March 20th, 2024.
BofA Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to STEP, setting the target price at $42 in the report published on September 07th of the previous year.
STEP Trading at 0.23% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought STEP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -23.33% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at STEP starting from McCabe Michael I, who sale 67,718 shares at the price of $56.54 back on Jun 12 ’25. After this action, McCabe Michael I now owns 423,864 shares of StepStone Group Inc, valued at $3,828,776 using the latest closing price.
MICHAEL MCCABE, the Officer of StepStone Group Inc, proposed sale 67,718 shares at $56.54 during a trade that took place back on Jun 12 ’25, which means that MICHAEL MCCABE is holding shares at $3,828,884 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for STEP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.25 for the present operating margin
- 0.48 for the gross margin
The net margin for StepStone Group Inc stands at -0.2. The total capital return value is set at -0.06. Equity return is now at value -71.28, with -4.29 for asset returns.
When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.83. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.19.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of StepStone Group Inc (STEP) has been bad in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
