Stifel Financial - SF Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research 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 equities 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Stifel Financial's stock. Their SF share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $95.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $77.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.6% from the stock's current price.
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Stifel Financial's stock was trading at $58.37 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, SF stock has decreased by 2.8% and is now trading at $56.75.
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Stifel Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,310,000 shares, an increase of 31.6% from the January 31st total of 995,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 597,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE:SF) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 25th. The financial services provider reported $1.58 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.14 billion. Stifel Financial had a net margin of 15.08% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.84%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.23 earnings per share.

Stifel Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 28th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30.
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Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.45%. 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 27.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Shares of Stifel Financial split on the morning of Thursday, December 17th 2020. The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, November 11th 2020. The newly created shares were issued 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.

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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (10.02%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.21%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.08%), Morgan Stanley (2.94%), Millennium Management LLC (2.66%) and Earnest Partners LLC (2.65%). Insiders that own company stock include David A Peacock, James M Oates, James M Zemlyak, John P Dubinsky, 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 $56.75.

Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) has a market capitalization of $6.06 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 $5.32 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.