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StepStone Group (STEP) earnings and revenue breakdown

Latest: Q2 FY27 · 8-K filed Nov 5, 2026

Q2 FY27 Revenue up 70% year over year to $773M · 8¢ of every $1 of revenue kept as net profit · operating margin 6.2%

StepStone Group made $773M in Q2 FY27 (+70% Y/Y). Operating margin 6.2%, net earnings $65.4M. See where every dollar goes — costs, profit and cash — as a Sankey from the 8-K filed Nov 5, 2026 (preliminary, from the earnings release).

Revenue$773M
Year over year+70%
Operating margin6.2%
Net earnings$65.4M
Operating cash flow—

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What changed this quarter

Revenue was $773.1M in Q2 FY27, up 70% year over year and up 104% from the previous quarter.

Operating profit was $48.0M, a 6.2% margin (up 165.3 points year over year). Total costs fell 38% while revenue rose 70%. Net earnings were −$71.2M. The effective tax rate was -36.2%.

Quarterly history

StepStone Group revenue by quarterStepStone Group revenue by quarter$378MQ4 FY25$364MQ1 FY26$454MQ2 FY26$587MQ3 FY26$589MQ4 FY26$379MQ1 FY27$773MQ2 FY27
StepStone Group net earnings by quarterStepStone Group net earnings by quarter$13.2MQ4 FY25−$12.0MQ1 FY26−$575MQ2 FY26−$162MQ3 FY26$6.7MQ4 FY26−$170MQ1 FY27$65.4MQ2 FY27
QuarterFormFiledRevenueY/YOp. marginNet earningsOp. cash flow
Q2 FY278-KNov 5, 2026$773M+70%6.2%$65.4M—
Q1 FY2710-QAug 7, 2026$379M+4%-54.1%−$170M−$458M
Q4 FY2610-KMay 27, 2026$589M+56%-3.5%$6.7M−$23.2M
Q3 FY2610-QFeb 5, 2026$587M+73%-37.7%−$162M$27.2M
Q2 FY2610-QNov 6, 2025$454M+67%-159.1%−$575M$16.2M
Q1 FY2610-QAug 7, 2025$364M+95%-16.2%−$12.0M$46.3M
Q4 FY2510-KMay 23, 2025$378M+6%-1.6%$13.2M−$66.5M

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StepStone Group: revenue growth, year over year and quarter over quarterStepStone Group: revenue growth, year over year and quarter over quarterY/YQ/Q+6%Q4 FY25+95%-4%Q1 FY26+67%+25%Q2 FY26+73%+29%Q3 FY26+56%+0%Q4 FY26+4%-36%Q1 FY27+70%+104%Q2 FY27
Latest (Q2 FY27): Y/Y +70%, Q/Q +104%.
StepStone Group: where the cash came from (+) and went (−), TTM to Q1 FY27StepStone Group: where the cash came from (+) and went (−), TTM to Q1 FY27Other investing$768MCash drawn (+) / kept (−)−$458MOperating cash flow−$437MOther financing$302MDividends−$136MBuybacks−$27.9MPartners−$9.6MCapital spending−$2.1MExchange rates$941K
From the cash-flow statement as filed (SEC XBRL). Cash is fungible: the bars do not say which dollar paid for what.
StepStone Group: profit against cash, quarter by quarterStepStone Group: profit against cash, quarter by quarterNet incomeOperating cash flow$53.1M$53.7MQ2 FY25−$287M$27.6MQ3 FY25$13.2M−$66.5MQ4 FY25−$12.0M$46.3MQ1 FY26−$575M$16.2MQ2 FY26−$162M$27.2MQ3 FY26$6.7M−$23.2MQ4 FY26−$170M−$458MQ1 FY27
Latest (Q1 FY27): Net income −$170M, Operating cash flow −$458M.
StepStone Group: diluted shares by fiscal yearStepStone Group: diluted shares by fiscal year33MFY2154MFY2262MFY2367MFY2471MFY2579MFY26
+137.5% since FY21: more shares outstanding (issuance, stock pay).
StepStone Group in its industry: growth against margin (43 companies, SIC 6282)StepStone Group in its industry: growth against margin (43 companies, SIC 6282)revenue growth, year over year →↑ operating marginmedian +8%median 21%KKRAMPAPOBXBENTROWIVZBAMARESAlliancebernstein L.P.TPGEVRLAZOWLHLIMORNAMGFHIVCTRPJTCGAPAMLCLNHLNEVRTSAAMICNSGCMGOAK-PARPCABXALTIPSRILYSAMGWHGHKHCMLCIHNNAVALUILLRGROWSTEP (+70%, 6%)
Investment Advice; dot size is quarterly revenue; dashed lines are the industry's medians.

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About StepStone Group

We are a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory and data services to our clients. Our clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals. We partner with our clients to develop and build private markets portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.

In its own words, from its 10-K, filed May 27, 2026.

StepStone Group against its Investment Advice peers

The largest companies of the same SEC industry, each at its latest quarter. Revenue growth: +70% against the peers' median +6%. Operating margin: 6.2% against the peers' median 24.0%.

CompanyQuarterRevenueY/YOp. margin
STEP StepStone GroupQ2 FY27$773M+70%6.2%
KKR KKRQ2 2026$5.7B+12%24.0%
AMP Ameriprise FinancialQ3 2026$5.2B+6%28.9%
APO Apollo Global ManagementQ3 2026$4.7B-52%-30.9%
BX BlackstoneQ3 2026$3.1B-0.8%46.9%
BEN Franklin TempletonQ4 FY26$2.4B+4%14.6%
TROW Price T Rowe GroupQ3 2026$2.0B+6%38.4%
IVZ InvescoQ3 2026$1.9B+14%23.3%
BAM Brookfield Asset ManagementQ2 2026$1.8B+61%62.4%

Source: StepStone Group 8-K on SEC EDGAR · CIK 1796022 · Investment Advice

13F: who owns STEP and who is buying

Largest holders of STEP (13F)Largest holders of STEP (13F)Vanguard Group$542MBlackRock$495MMillennium Management LLC$232MWellington Management Group LLP$215MPrice T Rowe Associates$214MVanguard Portfolio Management LLC$193MVanguard Capital Management LLC$147MState Street$129MCapital World Investors$104MGeode Capital Management, LLC$83.4M
Funds' net buying of STEP by quarter (13F)Funds' net buying of STEP by quarter (13F)$18.2M2024-09−$43.7M2024-12$90.3M2025-03$89.8M2025-06$183M2025-09$113M2025-12$117M2026-03−$86.3M2026-06
Value of shares 13F filers added minus the value they sold, each quarter (quarters with most filings in).

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