Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. StepStone Group Inc shares valued at $661,700 were sold by Hart Scott W on Dec 26 ’25. At $66.17 per share, Hart Scott W sold 10,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 10,000 shares worth approximately $0.75 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, McCabe Michael I sold 117,838 shares, netting a total of over 7,801,215 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $66.20 each, the insider now holds 306,026 shares.
Before that, McCabe Michael I had sold 74,214 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $4,908,514, the Head of Strategy traded StepStone Group Inc shares for $66.14 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 74,214 shares, worth approximately $9.17 million.
As published in their initiating research note from BMO Capital Markets on October 03, 2025, StepStone Group Inc [STEP] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $74. Analysts at Goldman upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid September. As of April 11, 2024, JP Morgan has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Overweight” for STEP. Earlier on March 20, 2024, Oppenheimer initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for STEP stock.
Analyzing STEP Stock Performance
On last trading session, StepStone Group Inc [NASDAQ: STEP] rose 1.42% to $75.06. The stock’s lowest price that day was $74.355, but it reached a high of $76.3 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.55%. Over the course of the year, StepStone Group Inc shares have jumped approximately 22.78%.
Is StepStone Group Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of StepStone Group Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.47 million shares to 2.57 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 3.04 million shares. A decline of -18.41% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.74 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.74.
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 77 in the next 12 months, up nearly 4.04% from the previous closing price of $74.01. Analysts anticipate StepStone Group Inc stock to reach 105 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 66. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked StepStone Group Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 07, 2022, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $42.
