Puhui Wealth Investment Management (NASDAQ:PHCF – Get Rating) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Puhui Wealth Investment Management and StepStone Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Puhui Wealth Investment Management | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| StepStone Group | N/A | 8.61% | 3.94% |
Risk and Volatility
Puhui Wealth Investment Management has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Puhui Wealth Investment Management | $2.44 million | 1.51 | -$4.74 million | N/A | N/A |
| StepStone Group | -$67.57 million | -37.27 | -$18.40 million | ($0.31) | -74.35 |
Puhui Wealth Investment Management has higher revenue and earnings than StepStone Group.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.6% of Puhui Wealth Investment Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 48.2% of Puhui Wealth Investment Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of StepStone Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Puhui Wealth Investment Management and StepStone Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Puhui Wealth Investment Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| StepStone Group | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 |
StepStone Group has a consensus target price of $33.20, indicating a potential upside of 44.03%. Given StepStone Group’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe StepStone Group is more favorable than Puhui Wealth Investment Management.
Summary
StepStone Group beats Puhui Wealth Investment Management on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Puhui Wealth Investment Management
Puhui Wealth Investment Management Co. Ltd. is a third-party wealth management service provider. It focuses on marketing financial products and managing funds for individuals and corporate clients in the People’s Republic of China. The company was founded by Zhe Ji in 2013 and is headquartered in Dong Cheng, China.
About StepStone Group
StepStone Group Inc. is an investment firm specializing in direct, fund of funds, secondary direct, and secondary indirect investments. For direct investment, it seeks to invest in venture debt, incubation, mezzanine, distressed/vulture, seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, later stage, turnaround, growth capital, industry consolidation, recapitalization, and buyout investments in mature and middle market companies. It prefers to invest in natural resources, technology, healthcare, services, materials, manufacturing, consumer durables, apparel, hotels, restaurants and leisure, media, retailing, consumer staples, financials, telecommunication services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and real asset. The firm invests globally with a focus on United States, North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, New Zealand, China, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Australia region. It typically invests between $15 million and $200 million in firms with enterprise value between $150 million and $25000 million. The firm invests between 5% and 40% in emerging markets. For fund of fund investment, it seeks to invest in private equity funds, venture capital funds, Special situation funds, Real estate funds, Infrastructure funds, mezzanine funds, and turnaround/distressed funds. It considers investments in both domestic and international funds. It also seeks to make co-investments and follow-on investments and considers partial interests in funds. StepStone Group Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices across North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
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