Dividend Power Score
A single, comprehensive score designed to measure the true strength of a company’s dividend.
This score combines three essential pillars of dividend quality:
Consistency – Measures how reliable the dividend has been over time, focusing on payment history, stability, and the absence of cuts or suspensions.
Payability – Assesses the company’s financial ability to sustain its dividend, taking into account cash flow, earnings coverage, balance sheet strength, and overall financial health.
Growth – Evaluates the long-term growth of both the dividend and the company’s share price, highlighting businesses that consistently increase payouts while creating shareholder value.
Higher scores identify companies that have historically delivered dependable income alongside sustained dividend growth and long-term capital appreciation.
Company Overview
StepStone Group Inc. is a publicly traded global alternative investment management firm specializing in private markets. The company operates across the alternative asset management industry, providing investment solutions, advisory services, and capital deployment across private equity, private debt, real assets, and hedge fund strategies. Its primary revenue is generated through management fees, performance-based incentive fees, and advisory mandates from institutional investors.
The firm serves a diversified client base that includes public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, family offices, and high-net-worth investors. StepStone is positioned as a multi-asset, multi-strategy platform with a strong emphasis on manager selection, portfolio construction, and data-driven underwriting. Founded in 2007 by former investment professionals from major financial institutions, the company has grown organically and through acquisitions, culminating in its public listing on Nasdaq in 2020.
Business Operations
StepStone conducts its operations through several core business segments, including Private Equity, Private Debt, Real Assets & Infrastructure, Venture Capital & Growth Equity, and Hedge Funds & Managed Futures. These segments generate revenue through commingled funds, separately managed accounts, and customized advisory solutions, with assets under management sourced from both discretionary capital and advisory relationships.
The firm operates globally through wholly owned subsidiaries such as StepStone Group Europe LLP and StepStone Group Asia Limited, enabling local sourcing and portfolio oversight. StepStone controls proprietary research platforms, investment databases, and portfolio analytics tools that support due diligence and risk management. Its operations are primarily organic, with strategic acquisitions used selectively to expand capabilities and geographic reach.
Strategic Position & Investments
StepStone’s strategic direction focuses on expanding its private markets platform, increasing discretionary assets under management, and deepening relationships with large institutional clients. Growth initiatives include launching new investment vehicles, expanding secondaries and co-investment offerings, and scaling its private wealth distribution channel.
The company has completed targeted acquisitions to enhance sector expertise and regional coverage, including Greenspring Associates, which strengthened its venture capital and growth equity capabilities. StepStone continues to invest in data analytics, portfolio technology, and emerging private market strategies, while maintaining a diversified approach across asset classes and economic cycles.
Geographic Footprint
StepStone is headquartered in New York, United States, and maintains a significant global presence across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East. The firm operates offices in major financial centers including London, Zurich, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Beijing, Seoul, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi.
This international footprint supports local manager sourcing, regional market expertise, and proximity to clients. StepStone’s geographic diversification is a key component of its investment strategy, allowing the firm to participate in private market opportunities across developed and emerging economies.
Leadership & Governance
StepStone is led by a senior management team with long-standing experience in private markets and institutional investing. The leadership emphasizes disciplined capital allocation, alignment with clients, and long-term value creation. The company is governed by a board of directors that includes executive and independent members, consistent with U.S. public company standards.
Key executives include:
- Scott Hart – Chief Executive Officer
- Jason Ment – President
- Adam Berger – Chief Financial Officer
- Amit Garg – Chief Operating Officer
- Michael McCabe – Global Head of Strategy
Leadership roles and titles are based on publicly available disclosures; however, certain executive responsibilities may vary by region or reporting period. Data inconclusive based on available public sources for any roles not explicitly defined in recent public filings.