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StepStone Group Inc.

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StepStone Group Inc.

STEP·NASDAQ·Finance·CIK 0001796022

StepStone Group Inc. is a global private markets investment firm that offers customized investment solutions, advisory, and data services to clients. The company serves a diverse client base, including large public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, family offices, and private wealth clients, which encompass high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals. StepStone Group Inc. collaborates with clients to construct private markets portfolios tailored to their specific objectives across private equity, infrastructure, private debt, and real estate asset classes. These portfolios employ synergistic investment strategies with third-party fund managers, including commitments to funds (primaries), acquiring stakes in existing funds on the secondary market (secondaries), and direct investments into companies (co-investments). As of March 31, 2026, StepStone Group Inc. was responsible for approximately $885 billion of total capital, comprising $233 billion of Assets Under Management (AUM) and $652 billion of Assets Under Advisement (AUA). The firm was founded in 2007 to address the evolving needs of private markets investors, driven by increasing investor desire for private markets exposure, rising complexity due to the proliferation of fund managers and specialized strategies, the global nature of private markets, and the need for customized solutions as investors' size, sophistication, and allocations to private markets investments grew. StepStone Group Inc. has focused on an integrated, full-service approach to private markets solutions, with research depth as a core strength, and emphasizes customization in its service delivery.

StepStone Group Inc. (NASDAQ:STEP) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 16 items for STEP at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-11, rated 7/10. Across its 16 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 10 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for STEP spans 10-Q, 8-K, 10-K, SCHEDULE 13D/A.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • StepStone Launches Tender Offer to Buy Back 5% of Shares
  • Q1 GAAP Net Loss Widens to $170M on Non-Cash Equity Expense; Adjusted Net Income Rises 24% Amid Strong AUM Growth
  • StepStone Q1 Revenue Up 4%, Adjusted Net Income Jumps 24%
  • StepStone Q1 FY2027: GAAP Loss Widens to $170M, but Adjusted Net Income Rises 24% to $60M
  • StepStone Completes Third Exchange, Issues $165M in Equity for Asset Class Entities

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026
Revenue
$1.99B
Net Income
-$535.81M
Diluted EPS
-$6.78
Op. Cash Flow
$66.48M
Free Cash Flow
$63.86M
Cash & Equivalents
$1.12B
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
-26.9%
Shares Outstanding
79.04M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-05-27 · accession 0001628280-26-038446

Short Interest & Short Volume

4.92 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 5,336,780 shares in STEP as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 13.9% decrease from the prior period — about 4.9 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 49.7% of STEP volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)5,336,780 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 13.9%
Days to cover4.92 at avg daily volume of 1,084,344
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)49.7% of 506,870 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume66.4%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$45.27
52-week range · as of 2026-08-07 $38.85 – $77.8
Market cap
$5.46B
Volume
1.2M (1.1× avg)
3-mo avg 1.1M
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:47 UTC · Market closed

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STEP
Aug 11, 2026, 12:32 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $49.23
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$3.95 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
Aug 07, 2026, 4:02 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $46.41
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$1.14 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
Aug 06, 2026, 4:24 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $50.33
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$5.06 (-10%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
Aug 06, 2026, 4:08 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $46.93
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$1.66 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
Jun 01, 2026, 4:55 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $48.35
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$3.08 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
May 27, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $52.30
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$7.03 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
May 27, 2026, 4:02 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $52.30
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$7.03 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
May 20, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $52.00
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$6.73 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
May 20, 2026, 2:40 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $52.99
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$7.72 (-15%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
May 19, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $53.41
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$8.14 (-15%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
May 12, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $56.01
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$10.74 (-19%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
May 06, 2026, 8:05 AM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $55.03
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$9.76 (-18%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
Feb 05, 2026, 4:09 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $59.17
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$13.90 (-23%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
Feb 05, 2026, 4:06 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $59.17
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$13.90 (-23%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
Jan 14, 2026, 9:00 PM EST
Filing Type: SCHEDULE 13D/A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $73.50
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$28.23 (-38%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
STEP
Jan 08, 2026, 10:07 AM EST
Filing Type: SCHEDULE 13D/A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $69.42
Real-time Price: $45.27 info
Change: -$24.15 (-35%) info
Market Cap: $5.463B info
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