Blue Owl Capital vs StepStone
OWL and STEP side by side, both in services allied with the exchange of securities. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How OWL and STEP compare
Blue Owl Capital is the larger company, worth 3.1 times as much as StepStone ($16.1B against $5.2B).
StepStone grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (48.5% versus 8.1% for Blue Owl Capital).
Blue Owl Capital keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.7% compared with −30.5% at StepStone.
Both pay dividends: Blue Owl Capital yields 8.8% and StepStone 4.0%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | OWL | STEP |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $16.1B | $5.2B |
| Share price | $10.33 | $43.22 |
| Change, 1 year | −37.6% | −30.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −39.5% | −9.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.70 | 1.49 |
| Employees | 1,365 | 1,310 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 8 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 73.8× | – |
| P/S | 13.1× | 2.6× (better) |
| P/B | 8.4× | – |
| P/FCF | 10.7× | – |
| FCF yield | 9.3% (better) | −8.4% |
| Fair value | $5.78 | – |
| Margin of safety | −78.6% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.1% | 48.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 17.8% | 20.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 82.2% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 133% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 7.7% (better) | −30.5% |
| FCF margin | 122% (better) | −21.9% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 1.29 (better) | 0.54 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 8.8% (better) | 4.0% |
| Payout ratio | 650% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 84.1% |
| Buyback yield | 0.48% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 9.3% (better) | 4.0% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 41.4% | 66.2% |
| Held by insiders | 65.3% | 17.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $7.1M (better) | −$31.9M |
| Short interest, % of float | 19.5% | 6.1% |
Go deeper
- OWL stock overview
- OWL income statement
- OWL valuation and score
- STEP stock overview
- STEP income statement
- STEP valuation and score
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