StepStone (STEP) Operating Expenses (2019 - 2025)

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

StepStone (STEP) Operating Expenses (2019 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

StepStone's Operating Expenses history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.2 billion for Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 433.3% year-over-year to $1.2 billion in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $2.0 billion (up 49.48% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.4 billion, up 167.04% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $1.2 billion for Q3 2025 at StepStone, 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.
  • A 5-year average of $243.8 million and a median of $173.7 million in 2021 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses slumped 160.06% — and 2024, when it jumped 3544.89%.
  • StepStone's Operating Expenses stood at $292.7 million in 2021, then tumbled by 98.21% to $5.2 million in 2022, then soared by 264.96% to $19.2 million in 2023, then soared by 3544.89% to $698.1 million in 2024, then jumped by 68.6% to $1.2 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows STEP's Operating Expenses at $1.2 billion in Q3 2025, $423.3 million in Q2 2025, and $383.6 million in Q1 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Brookfield 1,236.60 Bn 1,311.20 Bn 18.56 Bn -14.14 Bn
2 BlackRock 161.01 Bn 148.08 Bn - 3.88 Bn
3 Blackstone 97.77 Bn 96.72 Bn - 2.26 Bn
4 Apollo Global Management 70.80 Bn 90.38 Bn -409.00 Mn 4.68 Bn
5 State Street 51.30 Bn 51.30 Bn - 2.81 Bn
6 Ameriprise Financial 48.54 Bn 39.27 Bn 4.57 Bn 3.67 Bn
7 Northern Trust 32.93 Bn 32.93 Bn - 1.51 Bn
8 Raymond James Financial 32.59 Bn 17.67 Bn - 3.12 Bn
9 Price T Rowe 24.70 Bn 21.13 Bn - 1.18 Bn
10 StepStone 3.23 Bn 3.12 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