Sound shipStepstone Group $STEP
Grew revenue 69.7% in FY2026 to $2.0 billion, equity -6.1% of assets, and dividend per share up 1 year running.
Last filing8-K · Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, 8 Sept 2026
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🫧 Edgar looked up STEPSTONE GROUP INC. ($STEP). Last filing: 8-K (5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders), 2026-09-08. 6 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $2.0B (FY2026). Experience: revenue up 69.7% on the year, up 9.9% a year over 4 years. Soundness: equity -6.1% of assets (liabilities exceed assets), dividend per share up 1 year running. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $2.2B and $3.3B next year (method v3, set from 4,599 SEC company-years; on a year the method never saw, 83% landed inside). A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (22 filers, $50M+ revenue, investment advice): growth 69.7% against 7.5%.
Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
Speed and cash · fiscal 2025
Both views must agree for a label · a description, not advice.
| Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free) | $66M · $733M · $37M · $64M |
| Investment book (cash · short · long) | $1.1B · — · — |
| Revenue swing · equity of assets | 1.9% · -7.2% |
Stepstone Group is growing faster than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.
The figures, as filed
| Fiscal year end | 2026-03-31 |
| Revenue | $2.0B |
| Revenue, on the year | 69.7% |
| Revenue, a year over the record | 9.9% |
| Operating margin | — |
| Operating margin, prior year | — |
| Net margin | −37.3% |
| Research and development | not filed separately |
| Total debt | — |
| Equity of assets | −6.1% |
| Return on equity | — |
| Payout of profit | — |
| Dividend per share | $1.48 · up 1 year running |
| Earnings per share | $-6.78 |
| Book value per share | $-5.23 |
| Revenue per share | $25.22 |
| Shares outstanding | 79,039,229 |
| Audited years read | 5 |
Peers: the median of 22 filers with $50M+ revenue in investment advice.
Classic signals · fiscal 2026Altman Z″ not covered: built for industrial balance sheets, not banks or insurersPiotroski F 3 of 9 3 of 6 tested 2000Beneish M not covered: built for industrial filersSloan accruals -14.3% earnings backed by cash 1996DuPont ROE needs net income, revenue and two years of assets and equity
What a terminal subscription used to buy, a filing and arithmetic now give anyone. Published method, from the same filings. Display only: nothing here moves the range or its receipt. Why? →
Health HarborStepstone Group sails as: Sound ship
Health watch · 12 monthsquiet · none of the watched events filed
Sailing speed follows growth: 69.7% a year crosses the harbor in 30 seconds.
🌊 Visit the Bay →- liabilities exceed assets (often from years of share buybacks, not always distress)
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an operating loss; negative free cash flow outside regulated utilities; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
- 8-K · 2026-09-08 · 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 10-Q · 2026-08-07
- 8-K · 2026-08-06 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- DEF 14A · 2026-07-21
- 8-K · 2026-06-01 · 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities; 8.01 Other Events
- 10-K · 2026-05-27
Figures are as filed in audited 10-K reports and can move with restatements, acquisitions, disposals or a change in fiscal year. A range set from how past company-years turned out is not a promise about the next one, and says nothing about the share price. Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets and no trading recommendations. Figures from the SEC’s own data · every filing · this page as JSON · ask about another company