Stifel Financial (SF) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stifel Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price targets 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 32.7% from the stock's current price.
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Stifel Financial's stock was trading at $58.37 at the start of the year. Since then, SF stock has increased by 0.7% and is now trading at $58.79.
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Stifel Financial saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,000,000 shares, a decrease of 19.4% from the April 15th total of 1,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 803,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 26th 2023.
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Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE:SF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 26th. The financial services provider reported $1.40 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.05. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.11 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.12 billion. Stifel Financial had a net margin of 14.24% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.28%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.49 earnings per share.

Stifel Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 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), SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE), First Trust Financial AlphaDEX Fund (FXO), Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM), First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (SDVY), Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF (IVOV), iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF (IJJ) and SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF (MDYV).

Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.40%. 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 27.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Shares of Stifel Financial split on Thursday, December 17th 2020. The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, November 11th 2020. The newly minted 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."

Stifel Financial's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.25%), State Street Corp (2.79%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.66%), Stifel Financial Corp (2.33%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.91%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.60%). Insiders that own company stock include James M Oates, James M Zemlyak, Robert Edward Grady, Ronald J Kruszewski, Thomas B Michaud, Thomas W Weisel and Victor Nesi.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.79.

Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) has a market capitalization of $6.24 billion and generates $4.39 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $662.16 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.21 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.