The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. StepStone Group Inc shares valued at $612,800 were sold by Hart Scott W on Jul 25 ’25. At $61.28 per share, Hart Scott W sold 10,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 60,000 shares worth approximately $3.45 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, HART FAMILY TRUST U/T/A DTD 10 purchased 30,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,833,300 in proceeds.
Before that, Hart Scott W had sold 10,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $602,900, the Chief Executive Officer traded StepStone Group Inc shares for $60.29 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 10,000 shares, worth approximately $4.02 million.
As published in a research note from JP Morgan on April 11, 2024, StepStone Group Inc [STEP] has been rated up from a Neutral to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $49 from $40. Analysts at Oppenheimer started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid March. As of September 07, 2022, BofA Securities has initiated its “Buy” rating for STEP. Earlier on August 31, 2022, Barclays initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Equal weight” for STEP stock.
Analyzing STEP Stock Performance
On last trading session, StepStone Group Inc [NASDAQ: STEP] plunged -1.56% to $57.45. The stock’s lowest price that day was $56.485, but it reached a high of $59.27 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.22%. Over the course of the year, StepStone Group Inc shares have jumped approximately 28.27%.
Is StepStone Group Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of StepStone Group Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.57 million shares to 2.23 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 2.8 million shares. A decline of -25.65% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.18 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.18.
Which companies own the most shares of StepStone Group Inc (STEP)?
In terms of StepStone Group Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 64.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 10.52% from the previous closing price of $58.36. Analysts anticipate StepStone Group Inc stock to reach 67 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 62. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked StepStone Group Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 19, 2022, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $30.
