StepStone Group Inc. (STEP) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Financial Services · Asset Management
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $53.64: Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10 and A.R:R 2.0:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend.
StepStone Group is a global private markets investment firm with $189B AUM and $520B AUA, serving institutional clients (pension funds, sovereign wealth, endowments, insurance) through SMAs, commingled funds, and advisory/data services across private equity, infrastructure,... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $53.64: Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10 and A.R:R 2.0:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: RSI 58 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA) and earnings proximity 1d<=7d. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — StepStone Group Inc.
Latest news
- CORRECTION: StepStone Group Q4 Adj. EPS $0.57 Beats $0.51 Estimate, Sales $305.841M Beat $300.365M Estimate — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- StepStone Group Q4 Adj. EPS $0.57 Beats $0.51 Estimate, Sales $969.719M — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- Earnings Scheduled For May 20, 2026 — benzinga May 20, 2026 neutral
- StepStone Group And Morningstar Subsidiary PitchBook Announce Partnership To Provide Access To StepStone's Deal-Level Be — benzinga May 6, 2026 positive
- Evercore ISI Group Maintains Outperform on StepStone Group, Raises Price Target to $59 — benzinga Apr 21, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Unprofitable operations — net margin -30.7%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $53.64: Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10 and A.R:R 2.0:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: RSI 58 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $49.89. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $62.10 (+15.8% upside). Prior stop was $49.89. Stop-loss: $49.89.
Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0).
StepStone Group Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 21.4). TrendMatrix value score: 7.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
14 analysts cover STEP with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $71.
What does StepStone Group Inc. do?StepStone Group is a global private markets investment firm with $189B AUM and $520B AUA, serving institutional clients...
StepStone Group is a global private markets investment firm with $189B AUM and $520B AUA, serving institutional clients (pension funds, sovereign wealth, endowments, insurance) through SMAs, commingled funds, and advisory/data services across private equity, infrastructure, private debt, and real estate. Management/advisory fees grew at 27% CAGR from $235M (FY2020) to $767M (FY2025).