Stifel Financial Stock Forecast, Price & News

Stifel Financial's stock was trading at $27.5733 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SF stock has increased by 91.9% and is now trading at $52.92.
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6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stifel Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Stifel Financial stock. 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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6,978 employees have rated Stifel Financial CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Stifel Financial's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Stifel Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 4th 2021.
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Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE:SF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, November, 1st. The financial services provider reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.17. The financial services provider had revenue of $883.30 million for the quarter. Stifel Financial had a net margin of 12.26% and a return on equity of 14.78%.
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Stifel Financial announced a dividend on Tuesday, December 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 18th will be given a dividend of $0.1133 per share on Wednesday, December 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 17th.
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Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.84%.
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Stifel Financial's stock split on the morning of Thursday, December 17th 2020. The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, November 11th 2020. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, December 16th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of Stifel Financial stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

Stifel Financial updated its fourth quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $940-970 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $908.36 million.

6 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Stifel Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate Stifel Financial's stock price to reach $45.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.4%.
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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.64%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.38%), Endurance Wealth Management Inc. (0.09%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.09%), Detalus Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%). Company insiders that own Stifel Financial stock include Allen Brautigam, Ben A Plotkin, David A Peacock, James M Oates, James M Zemlyak, John P Dubinsky, Mark P Fisher, Richard J Himelfarb, Robert Edward Grady, Ronald J Kruszewski and Victor Nesi.
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SF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, and Pacer Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Stifel Financial company stock in the last year include John P Dubinsky, Robert Edward Grady, and Victor Nesi.
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SF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tributary Capital Management LLC, Endurance Wealth Management Inc., Detalus Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Park Avenue Securities LLC, and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Stifel Financial stock in the last two years include David A Peacock, and Ronald J Kruszewski.
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Shares of SF 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.

One share of SF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.92.

Stifel Financial has a market capitalization of $5.45 billion and generates $3.34 billion in revenue each year. Stifel Financial employs 8,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Stifel Financial is www.stifel.com.

Stifel Financial's mailing address is 501 N. BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS MO, 63102. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 314-342-2000 or via email at [email protected]