NASDAQ$STEP

StepStone Group LP · Q4 2021 earnings

Q4 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

StepStone Group's results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 were reported

StepStone Group reported strong growth in AUM, FEAUM, and adjusted net income. The company declared a dividend of $0.07 per share and raised over $2 billion of new SMA capital.

  • Declared a dividend of $0.07 per share of Class A common stock, payable on July 15, 2021.
  • Raised over $2 billion of new SMA capital in 4Q’21 and over $11 billion for the full fiscal year.
  • Additional closings for StepStone Tactical Growth Fund III (“STGF III”) and Senior Corporate Lending Fund II (“SCL II”), both currently in market; Raised approximately $2 billion of commingled funds for the full fiscal year.
  • Conversus StepStone Private Markets (“CPRIM”) achieved a NAV of over $135 million and posted a 43% net return in eight months since inception as of June 1, 2021.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$359M

Previous: $144M+149.4%
EPS (adj)

$0.25

Previous: $4.96-95.0%
Pre-tax Adjusted Net Income

$29.2M

No prior period
Adjusted revenues

$101M

No prior period
Fee-earning AUM

$52B

No prior period
Management and advisory fees, net

$76.2M

No prior period
Fee-related earnings

$21M

No prior period
FRE margin

28.0%

No prior period
Gross realized performance fees

$25.1M

No prior period
Assets under management

$86.4B

No prior period
Undeployed fee-earning capital

$14B

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

$257K

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

$28.7M

No prior period
Net Income

$151M

Previous: $132M+14.6%
Operating Income

$163M

Previous: $50.6M+221.7%
Gross Profit

$171M

Previous: $66.5M+157.5%
Cash & Equivalents

$180M

No prior period
Total Assets

$1.32B

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$3.26M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

StepStone · Revenue · Quarterly

$359M

Q4 2021+149.4%vs Q4 2020
Beat estimate in 6 of 9 quarters(67%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

StepStone · $35.5M total across 3 segments · Q4 2021

  • Focused commingled funds
    $23M
  • Advisory and other services
    $12.3M
  • Fund reimbursement revenues
    $171K

Forward guidance

No specific forward guidance was provided in the document.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2021

Historical avgQ4 2021

+2.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

+2.4%

Avg return

5 days after

-2.1%

Avg return

30 days after

74%

17 / 23 earnings

Positive

+11.0%

Q4 2024

Best reaction

-7.0%

Q2 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2026+5.4%+1.2%-13.0%
Q3 2026+5.5%+0.2%-22.8%
Q2 2026-1.6%+0.9%+1.0%
Q1 2026+1.8%+8.6%+6.0%
Q4 2025+3.5%+6.3%-6.5%
Q3 2025+0.8%-6.5%-18.3%
Q2 2025+2.9%+2.9%-8.9%
Q1 2025+11.0%+12.4%+16.6%
Q4 2024+11.0%+18.3%+15.9%
Q3 2024+7.5%+2.5%-0.2%
Q2 2024-7.0%-9.3%-12.4%
Q1 2024+4.5%+1.8%+8.9%
Q4 2023-5.1%-2.8%+3.5%
Q3 2023-2.9%-5.0%-22.6%
Q2 2023+1.0%+0.3%+2.6%
Q1 2023-0.5%-2.1%-5.1%
Q4 2022+2.2%-0.2%+2.4%
Q3 2022+4.3%+1.1%-6.7%
Q2 2022+4.7%+11.7%-8.6%
Q1 2022-5.4%-1.8%-1.3%
Q4 2021+4.8%+8.0%+21.7%
Q3 2021+6.0%+4.1%-15.2%
Q2 2021+1.5%+3.6%+14.3%
Q1 2021
Q4 2020
Q3 2020
Q2 2020
Q1 2020

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