StepStone Group Inc. · STEP · NASDAQ
Dividend report · updated Nov 12, 2026
$47.00 -3.01% on the day, -$1.46
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Yearly payout / yield
$1.32·2.81%
$0.33 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.33/qtr
pays ~Dec 3 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Nov 30est.
ex in 18 days ⓘ
Years without a cut
4+ yrs
raised last year ⓘ
Paying since
2021
23 payments on file
Yield vs history ⓘ
66
Above its usual yield
plus a special dividend: $0.83 in the last year — not in the rate
STEP share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
STEP Dividend Growth (CAGR) ⓘ
1Y +17.9%3Y +16.3%5Y +36.4%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). A red dashed stub marks a payment that was due by its usual rhythm but is not on file. Orange = special or irregular payment. The enlarge button shows all 23 payments since 2021.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. 2026: the solid bar is paid so far; the dashed box on top is expected (1 estimated from the current $0.33 rate), not a promise. Totals include specials; the growth line leaves them out.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: +9.64% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. 1 one-off jump of 2x or more is left out. Special payments are left out. From 2029 it slows by a quarter each year, to no less than 5%. Today's $1.32 a year would be $1.88 by 2031 - 4.01% on today's $47.00 price.

How Many STEP Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $1.32 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 4,546 STEP shares, about $213,662 at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $47.00. $1,000 a month takes about 9,091 shares, about $427,277. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

StepStone Group (STEP) pays $0.33 a share quarterly, $1.32 a year, a 2.81% run-rate yield at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $47.00. A special dividend of $0.83 came on top in the last year; specials are paid case by case, so they never count in the rate or the yield here. It has paid since 2021 and raised its annual dividend 1 years in a row.

At today’s rate of $0.33 quarterly and the last close of $47.00, this is what STEP pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.33$0.11$1.32
100 shares$33.00$11.00$132.00
$10,000 invested (212.8 shares)$70.21$23.40$280.85
4,546 shares ($500/mo)$1,500.18$500.06$6,000.72
9,091 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.03$1,000.01$12,000.12

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 STEP shares reinvest into 0.70 new shares each payment, about 2.8 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 143 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with STEP’s own history in the STEP DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history

STEP Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

66/100Above its usual yieldvs its 5-yr history
  • STEP yields 2.81% today, at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $47.00.
  • Its own 5-year median is 2.33%, so today’s yield is above its usual level.
  • No steady norm: its payout changed too much in 3 years to read a steady norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 5-year history as it is.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
1.44% low7.26% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 5-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 5 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is STEP’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After September 2026

STEP has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 30, 2026, with the cash around Dec 3, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.33 a share, went ex on Aug 31, 2026 and paid Sep 2, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 91 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 3 days after the ex-date
  • Next earnings report: Feb 4, 2027

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does STEP Pay?

STEP pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec, with ex-dates in Feb, Jun, Aug and Nov. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.72 a share, in 4 payments, $0.83 of it special.
+22.9% against the 12 months before ($1.40 in 4 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. Ex-dates fall in Feb, Jun, Aug and Nov (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 1 year of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Jun 15, 2026 - $0.28 to $0.83 (+$0.55, +196.43%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.25 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: n/a (EPS negative) - $1.22 paid / -$3.93 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 300.0% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
  • FCF payout: n/a (free cash flow per share negative) - $1.12 paid / -$5.35 free cash flow per share (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 40.7% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)

STEP vs Similar Dividend Stocks (INDB, HLNE...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Financial Services companies closest to STEP in market value, STEP’s 2.81% run-rate yield is close to the group’s middle yield of 2.75%, and its raise streak of 1 year is the 6th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
STEP $47.00StepStone Group $0.33/qtr$1.32/yr fwd 2.81% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 4+ yrsraised 1 yr in a row
INDB $84.64Independent Bank $0.64/qtr$2.56/yr fwd 3.02% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 30+ yrsraised 15 yrs in a row
HLNE $96.78Hamilton Lane $0.60/qtr$2.40/yr fwd 2.48% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 8+ yrsraised 8+ yrs in a row
FBP $26.21First BanCorp. $0.20/qtr$0.80/yr fwd 3.05% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 6+ yrsraised 6 yrs in a row
CVBF $22.66CVB Financial $0.20/qtr$0.80/yr fwd 3.53% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in all 42000 raised2008 held2020 held2022 raised 33+ yrsno raise streak
BANF $118.17BancFirst $0.52/qtr$2.08/yr fwd 1.76% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 32 yrsraised 29 yrs in a row
HG $38.53Hamilton Insurance Group $2.00/qtr$8.00/yr fwd 20.76% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — —no raise streak
WSFS $80.08WSFS Financial $0.20/qtr$0.80/yr fwd 1.00% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 27 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
PJT $152.94PJT Partners $0.25/qtr$1.00/yr fwd 0.65% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 9+ yrsno raise streak
PLMR $159.16Palomar Holdings $0.45/qtr$1.80/yr fwd 1.13% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — —no raise streak
CNS $72.66Cohen & Steers $0.67/qtr$2.68/yr fwd 3.69% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20082008 cut2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000 record 12 yrsraised 16 yrs in a row

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: STEP vs INDB, STEP vs HLNE, STEP vs FBP.

STEP Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2021

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Aug 31, 2026Sep 2, 2026$0.33QuarterlyRegular
Jun 15, 2026Jun 17, 2026$0.83QuarterlySpecial
Feb 27, 2026Mar 2, 2026$0.28QuarterlyRegular
Nov 28, 2025Dec 1, 2025$0.28QuarterlyRegular
Aug 29, 2025Sep 1, 2025$0.28QuarterlyRegular
Jun 13, 2025Jun 16, 2025$0.64QuarterlyRegular
Feb 28, 2025Mar 3, 2025$0.24QuarterlyRegular
Nov 29, 2024Dec 2, 2024$0.24QuarterlyRegular
Aug 30, 2024Sep 2, 2024$0.24QuarterlyRegular
Jun 14, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.36QuarterlyRegular
The other 13 STEP payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for STEP

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STEP Dividend Questions

How often does STEP pay dividends?

STEP pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec, with ex-dates in Feb, Jun, Aug and Nov. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Does STEP pay dividends monthly?

No. STEP pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next STEP dividend?

STEP has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 30, 2026, with the cash around Dec 3, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.33 a share, went ex on Aug 31, 2026 and paid Sep 2, 2026. The current rate is $0.33 per share, $1.32 a year.

Does STEP pay a dividend in December 2026?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Nov 30, 2026, with the cash around Dec 3, 2026, so a payment in December 2026 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does STEP pay per share?

STEP pays $0.33 a share quarterly, $1.32 a year. At the Nov 12, 2026 close of $47.00 that is a 2.81% run-rate yield, above its usual level: its own 5-year median is 2.33%.

Has STEP raised its dividend?

Yes. STEP has raised its annual dividend 1 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on Jun 15, 2026, took the rate from $0.28 to $0.83 (+196.43%). Over five years the dividend grew 36.4% a year.

Is STEP’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. It has raised its dividend 1 years in a row and gone 4+ years without a cut. This is data, not investment advice. The full 8-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my STEP dividends?

Add STEP to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run STEP in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 12, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 8 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.