Affiliated Managers vs StepStone
AMG 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 AMG and STEP compare
Affiliated Managers is the larger company, worth 1.8 times as much as StepStone ($10.4B against $5.8B).
StepStone grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (51.6% versus 14.5% for Affiliated Managers).
Affiliated Managers keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 35.0% compared with −13.7% at StepStone.
Both pay dividends: Affiliated Managers yields 0.01% and StepStone 3.5%.
Affiliated Managers scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 8 for StepStone), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AMG | STEP |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $10.4B | $5.8B |
| Share price | $401.93 | $48.46 |
| Change, 1 year | 54.8% | −22.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 131% | 3.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.14 | 1.46 |
| Employees | 5,600 | 1,310 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 8 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 14.4× | – |
| P/S | 4.4× | 2.5× (better) |
| P/B | 3.7× | – |
| P/FCF | 9.0× | – |
| FCF yield | 11.1% (better) | −14.0% |
| Fair value | $416.42 | – |
| Margin of safety | 3.5% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 14.5% | 51.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 0.46% | 20.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 53.8% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 74.2% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 39.3% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 35.0% (better) | −13.7% |
| FCF margin | 49.2% (better) | −35.1% |
| Return on equity | 26.6% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 2.53 (better) | 0.53 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.01% | 3.5% (better) |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −35.2% | 84.1% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 10.8% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 10.8% (better) | 3.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.6% | 66.2% |
| Held by insiders | 3.7% | 17.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$9.5M (better) | −$18.1M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 6.1% |
Go deeper
- AMG stock overview
- AMG income statement
- AMG valuation and score
- STEP stock overview
- STEP income statement
- STEP valuation and score
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