STEP Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Gladstone Investment has a net margin of 6.49% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of 99.99%. StepStone Group's return on equity of 2.26% beat Gladstone Investment's return on equity of 8.06%.

StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $69.71, signalling upside risk potential of 18.2%. On the other hand Gladstone Investment has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 3.61%. Given that StepStone Group has higher upside potential than Gladstone Investment, analysts believe StepStone Group is more attractive than Gladstone Investment.

StepStone Group has a beta of 0.000, which suggesting that the stock is 100% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Gladstone Investment has a beta of 1.306, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 30.622%.

StepStone Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.78%. Gladstone Investment offers a yield of 7.37% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share. StepStone Group pays 117.87% of its earnings as a dividend. Gladstone Investment pays out 89.16% of its earnings as a dividend. Gladstone Investment's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but StepStone Group's is not.

StepStone Group quarterly revenues are $271.7M, which are larger than Gladstone Investment quarterly revenues of $15.5M. StepStone Group's net income of $17.6M is higher than Gladstone Investment's net income of $15.5M. Notably, StepStone Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 95.13x while Gladstone Investment's PE ratio is 12.41x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for StepStone Group is 4.97x versus 13.08x for Gladstone Investment. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Golub Capital BDC has a net margin of 6.49% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of 98.44%. StepStone Group's return on equity of 2.26% beat Golub Capital BDC's return on equity of 8.68%.

StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $69.71, signalling upside risk potential of 18.2%. On the other hand Golub Capital BDC has an analysts' consensus of $17.00 which suggests that it could grow by 8.12%. Given that StepStone Group has higher upside potential than Golub Capital BDC, analysts believe StepStone Group is more attractive than Golub Capital BDC.

StepStone Group has a beta of 0.000, which suggesting that the stock is 100% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Golub Capital BDC has a beta of 0.628, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 37.151%.

StepStone Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.78%. Golub Capital BDC offers a yield of 10.98% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share. StepStone Group pays 117.87% of its earnings as a dividend. Golub Capital BDC pays out 123.53% of its earnings as a dividend. Neither of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

StepStone Group quarterly revenues are $271.7M, which are larger than Golub Capital BDC quarterly revenues of $94.2M. StepStone Group's net income of $17.6M is lower than Golub Capital BDC's net income of $95.2M. Notably, StepStone Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 95.13x while Golub Capital BDC's PE ratio is 10.66x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for StepStone Group is 4.97x versus 11.10x for Golub Capital BDC. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 6.49% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of 89.54%. StepStone Group's return on equity of 2.26% beat MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 9.95%.

StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $69.71, signalling upside risk potential of 18.2%. On the other hand MidCap Financial Investment has an analysts' consensus of $14.91 which suggests that it could grow by 12.25%. Given that StepStone Group has higher upside potential than MidCap Financial Investment, analysts believe StepStone Group is more attractive than MidCap Financial Investment.

StepStone Group has a beta of 0.000, which suggesting that the stock is 100% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.490, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 48.968%.

StepStone Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.78%. MidCap Financial Investment offers a yield of 11.45% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share. StepStone Group pays 117.87% of its earnings as a dividend. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 103.97% of its earnings as a dividend. Neither of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

StepStone Group quarterly revenues are $271.7M, which are larger than MidCap Financial Investment quarterly revenues of $29.8M. StepStone Group's net income of $17.6M is lower than MidCap Financial Investment's net income of $26.7M. Notably, StepStone Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 95.13x while MidCap Financial Investment's PE ratio is 8.51x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for StepStone Group is 4.97x versus 7.14x for MidCap Financial Investment. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Oaktree Specialty Lending has a net margin of 6.49% compared to StepStone Group's net margin of -121.48%. StepStone Group's return on equity of 2.26% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity of 3.84%.

StepStone Group has a consensus price target of $69.71, signalling upside risk potential of 18.2%. On the other hand Oaktree Specialty Lending has an analysts' consensus of $17.70 which suggests that it could grow by 12.18%. Given that StepStone Group has higher upside potential than Oaktree Specialty Lending, analysts believe StepStone Group is more attractive than Oaktree Specialty Lending.

StepStone Group has a beta of 0.000, which suggesting that the stock is 100% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.076, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 7.634%.

StepStone Group has a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.78%. Oaktree Specialty Lending offers a yield of 14.59% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.55 per share. StepStone Group pays 117.87% of its earnings as a dividend. Oaktree Specialty Lending pays out 305.35% of its earnings as a dividend. Neither of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

StepStone Group quarterly revenues are $271.7M, which are larger than Oaktree Specialty Lending quarterly revenues of $36.5M. StepStone Group's net income of $17.6M is lower than Oaktree Specialty Lending's net income of $36.9M. Notably, StepStone Group's price-to-earnings ratio is 95.13x while Oaktree Specialty Lending's PE ratio is 20.94x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for StepStone Group is 4.97x versus 21.05x for Oaktree Specialty Lending. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.