Growth Metrics

StepStone (STEP) Operating Expenses (2019 - 2025)

StepStone posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.2 billion for Q3 2025, up 433.3% year-on-year from $220.7 million in Q3 2024, and up 178.04% on a QoQ basis from $423.3 million in Q2 2025.

StepStone (STEP) has 7 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.2 billion in Q3 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q3 2025, Operating Expenses rose 433.3% year-over-year to $1.2 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $2.0 billion (up 49.48% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.4 billion, up 167.04% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q3 2025 stood at $1.2 billion, up from $423.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.2 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$104.2 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $173.7 million (2021), against an average of $243.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses sank 160.06%; it then jumped 3544.89% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $292.7 million in 2021, then plunged by 98.21% to $5.2 million in 2022, then surged by 264.96% to $19.2 million in 2023, then surged by 3544.89% to $698.1 million in 2024, then soared by 68.6% to $1.2 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.2 billion (Q3 2025), $423.3 million (Q2 2025), and $383.6 million (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 3.88 Bn
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 2.26 Bn
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 3.87 Bn
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 733.00 Mn
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 4.68 Bn
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - 2.81 Bn
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 3.67 Bn
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 1.51 Bn
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 1.17 Bn
10 StepStone 3.79 Bn 4.63 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 1.18 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 423.32 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 383.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 698.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 220.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 139.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 269.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 19.15 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 130.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 121.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 100.24 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 5.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -104.15 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -68.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 273.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 292.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 173.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 173.72 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 205.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 136.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 133.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -15.13 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 92.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 51.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 84.34 Mn