BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU – Get Free Report) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares BitFuFu and StepStone Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BitFuFu | -16.06% | -3.81% | -1.62% |
| StepStone Group | -26.88% | 37.69% | 4.78% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
37.3% of BitFuFu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.0% of BitFuFu shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of StepStone Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BitFuFu | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.20 |
| StepStone Group | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2.60 |
BitFuFu currently has a consensus target price of $5.33, indicating a potential upside of 265.30%. StepStone Group has a consensus target price of $71.88, indicating a potential upside of 75.69%. Given BitFuFu’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BitFuFu is more favorable than StepStone Group.
Volatility & Risk
BitFuFu has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares BitFuFu and StepStone Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BitFuFu | $475.77 million | 0.51 | -$31.25 million | ($0.44) | -3.32 |
| StepStone Group | $1.99 billion | 2.45 | -$535.81 million | ($6.80) | -6.02 |
BitFuFu has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StepStone Group. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BitFuFu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
StepStone Group beats BitFuFu on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BitFuFu
BitFuFu Inc. provides digital asset mining and cloud-mining services in Singapore. It also offers miner rental, and miner hosting and sales services to institutional customers and individual digital asset enthusiasts. The company is based in Singapore, Singapore.
About StepStone Group
StepStone Group Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct, fund of funds, secondary direct, and secondary indirect investments. For direct investment, it seeks to invest in private debt, venture debt, incubation, mezzanine, distressed/vulture, seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, later stage, turnaround, growth capital, industry consolidation, recapitalization, 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, power, utilities consumer staples, financials, telecommunication services, clean energy/renewables, transport, social, natural capital, infrastructure, corporate, real estate, credit 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. 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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