Stifel Financial (SF) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stifel Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" SF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Stifel Financial's stock. Their SF share price forecasts range from $65.00 to $91.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $78.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.9% from the stock's current price.
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Stifel Financial's stock was trading at $58.37 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SF shares have increased by 3.6% and is now trading at $60.49.
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Stifel Financial saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,530,000 shares, an increase of 62.0% from the August 15th total of 944,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 595,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE:SF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 26th. The financial services provider reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.13. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.05 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.07 billion. Stifel Financial had a net margin of 13.83% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.51%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.40 EPS.

Stifel Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 31st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Clockwise Capital Innovation ETF (TIME), SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE), First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund (FXO), iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF (IJJ), SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF (MDYV) and Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF (IVOV).

Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.37%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 28.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Shares of Stifel Financial split before market open on Thursday, December 17th 2020. The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, November 11th 2020. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, December 16th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

136 employees have rated Stifel Financial Chief Executive Officer Ronald J. Kruszewski on Glassdoor.com. Ronald J. Kruszewski has an approval rating of 79% among the company's employees.

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Stifel Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SF."

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One share of SF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.49.

Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) has a market capitalization of $6.32 billion and generates $4.27 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $662.16 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.02 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,000 workers across the globe.

Stifel Financial's mailing address is 501 N. BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS MO, 63102. The official website for the company is www.stifel.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (314) 342-2000, via email at investorrelations@stifel.com, or via fax at 314-342-1159.