Contrasting StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) and Resolute Holdings Management (NYSE:RHLD)

StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) and Resolute Holdings Management (NYSE:RHLD) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares StepStone Group and Resolute Holdings Management”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
StepStone Group	$1.99 billion	2.45	-$535.81 million	($6.80)	-6.02
Resolute Holdings Management	$462.05 million	2.21	-$5.92 million	$6.89	17.98

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.

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%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of Resolute Holdings Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

StepStone Group has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resolute Holdings Management has a beta of -1.63, indicating that its share price is 263% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for StepStone Group and Resolute Holdings Management, as provided 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 price target of $71.88, indicating a potential upside of 75.69%. Given StepStone Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Resolute Holdings Management.

Summary

StepStone Group beats Resolute Holdings Management on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.