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Stifel Financial (SF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$114.22 +3.57 (+3.22%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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About Stifel Financial Stock (NYSE:SF)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$110.89
$115.24
50-Day Range
$96.04
$116.20
52-Week Range
$73.27
$120.64
Volume
771,397 shs
Average Volume
778,490 shs
Market Capitalization
$11.67 billion
P/E Ratio
22.14
Dividend Yield
1.61%
Price Target
$115.78
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Stifel Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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89th Percentile Overall Score

SF MarketRank™: 

Stifel Financial scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 210th out of 926 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Stifel Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Stifel Financial has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Stifel Financial's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Stifel Financial are expected to grow by 13.80% in the coming year, from $8.26 to $9.40 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Stifel Financial is 22.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.40.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Stifel Financial is 22.14, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.38.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Stifel Financial has a P/B Ratio of 2.38. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Stifel Financial's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.89% of the float of Stifel Financial has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Stifel Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Stifel Financial has recently decreased by 14.61%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Stifel Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.66%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Stifel Financial has been increasing its dividend for 9 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Stifel Financial is 35.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Stifel Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.57% next year. This indicates that Stifel Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Stifel Financial's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.89% of the float of Stifel Financial has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Stifel Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Stifel Financial has recently decreased by 14.61%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Stifel Financial has a news sentiment score of 1.45. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.98 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Stifel Financial this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    2 people have searched for SF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    2 people have added Stifel Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Stifel Financial insiders have sold 123,702.82% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $781.00 in company stock and sold $966,900.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 3.28% of the stock of Stifel Financial is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    82.01% of the stock of Stifel Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Stifel Financial's insider trading history.
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SF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Stifel Financial's stock was trading at $106.08 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, SF stock has increased by 7.7% and is now trading at $114.2180.

Stifel Financial Corporation (NYSE:SF) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 30th. The financial services provider reported $1.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.65 by $0.06. The firm's revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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Stifel Financial shares split on Thursday, December 17th 2020.The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, November 11th 2020. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, December 16th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

Stifel Financial's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.16%), State Street Corp (3.09%), Boston Partners (2.28%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Ronald J Kruszewski, David D Sliney, Thomas B Michaud, Victor Nesi, Michael J Zimmerman, Mark P Fisher, David A Peacock, James M Zemlyak and Christopher K Reichert.
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Shares of SF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Stifel Financial investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), ServiceNow (NOW) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

Record date for 6/16 Dividend
6/02/2025
Ex-Dividend for 6/16 Dividend
6/02/2025
Dividend Payable
6/16/2025
Last Earnings
7/30/2025
Today
8/22/2025
Record date for 9/16 Dividend
9/02/2025
Ex-Dividend for 9/16 Dividend
9/02/2025
Dividend Payable
9/16/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
10/22/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
FIN - INVEST BKRS
Sub-Industry
Investment Banking & Brokerage
Current Symbol
NYSE:SF
CIK
720672
Employees
9,000
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$135.00
Low Price Target
$84.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+1.0%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
8 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$5.16
Trailing P/E Ratio
22.27
Forward P/E Ratio
13.88
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$731.38 million
Net Margins
11.90%
Pretax Margin
14.82%
Return on Equity
13.93%
Return on Assets
1.72%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.28
Current Ratio
0.82
Quick Ratio
0.77

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$4.97 billion
Price / Sales
2.36
Cash Flow
$10.52 per share
Price / Cash Flow
10.90
Book Value
$48.08 per share
Price / Book
2.39

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
102,170,000
Free Float
98,822,000
Market Cap
$11.72 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.11

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This page (NYSE:SF) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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