Growth Metrics

StepStone (STEP) Deferred Taxes (2020 - 2025)

StepStone posted quarterly Deferred Taxes of -$41.8 million for Q4 2025, up 30.41% year-on-year from -$32.1 million in Q4 2024, and up 62.9% on a QoQ basis from -$112.7 million in Q3 2025.

StepStone (STEP) has 6 years of Deferred Taxes data on file, last reported at -$41.8 million in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Deferred Taxes rose 30.41% year-over-year to -$41.8 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at -$186.1 million (down 267.88% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$75.1 million, down 914.82% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes for Q4 2025 stood at -$41.8 million, up from -$112.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $13.9 million in Q4 2021 and bottomed at -$112.7 million in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$3.4 million (2022), against an average of -$11.7 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Deferred Taxes reached 125640.0% in 2021, while the deepest fall reached 31970.59% in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at $13.9 million in 2021, then plunged by 139.6% to -$5.5 million in 2022, then sank by 81.16% to -$10.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 501.78% to -$60.1 million in 2024, then soared by 30.41% to -$41.8 million in 2025.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at -$41.8 million (Q4 2025), -$112.7 million (Q3 2025), and -$14.1 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 60.00 Mn
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - -
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - -
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 27.00 Mn
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn -
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - 28.00 Mn
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn -19.00 Mn
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - -
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - -
10 StepStone 3.79 Bn 4.63 Bn - -41.81 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -41.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -112.69 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -14.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -17.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -60.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 1.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 6.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -9.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 7.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 4.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 5.93 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -5.51 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -10.29 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -2.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -4.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 13.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -16.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 12.55 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 7.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 8.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 51,000.00
Jun 30, 2020 -10,000.00