Head to Head Contrast: Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) versus StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP)

Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Webull and StepStone Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Webull	$390.23 million	9.82	-$22.69 million	($1.12)	-6.82
StepStone Group	$1.17 billion	7.37	-$179.56 million	($8.00)	-9.16

Webull has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Webull, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Webull and StepStone Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Webull	N/A	-5.05%	1.37%
StepStone Group	-40.06%	21.53%	5.22%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.5% of Webull shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 35.0% of Webull shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Webull and StepStone Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Webull	1	0	1	2	3.00
StepStone Group	1	2	4	2	2.78

Webull currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 115.97%. StepStone Group has a consensus target price of $80.71, indicating a potential upside of 10.18%. Given Webull’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Webull is more favorable than StepStone Group.

Risk and Volatility

Webull has a beta of -0.1, indicating that its share price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Webull beats StepStone Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Webull

Webull Corp. engages in the provision of financial services. It offers trading, wealth management product distribution, market data and information, user community, and investor education. The company was founded by An Quan Wang in 2016 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

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.