NYSE:SF - Stifel Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Stifel Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This is a boost from Stifel Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. View Stifel Financial's Dividend History.

Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE:SF) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The financial services provider reported $1.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.61 by $0.27. The financial services provider earned $944.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $857.35 million. Stifel Financial had a net margin of 13.44% and a return on equity of 15.02%. The company's revenue was up 19.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.57 earnings per share. View Stifel Financial's Earnings History.

Stifel Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Stifel Financial.

4 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Stifel Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Stifel Financial's share price to reach $67.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Stifel Financial.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stifel Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Stifel Financial.

Media headlines about SF stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Stifel Financial earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Stifel Financial.

Stifel Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 1,510,000 shares, an increase of 11.0% from the January 30th total of 1,360,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 388,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Stifel Financial's Current Options Chain.

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Stifel Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.98%), State Street Corp (3.11%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.03%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.80%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.20%) and Stifel Financial Corp (2.18%). Company insiders that own Stifel Financial stock include Allen Brautigam, Ben A Plotkin, David A Peacock, Frederick O Hanser, James M Oates, James M Zemlyak, John P Dubinsky, Mark P Fisher, Michael J Zimmerman, Richard J Himelfarb, Robert Edward Grady and Victor Nesi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Stifel Financial.

SF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, Victory Capital Management Inc., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Company insiders that have sold Stifel Financial company stock in the last year include Allen Brautigam, Ben A Plotkin, James M Oates, James M Zemlyak, John P Dubinsky, Mark P Fisher, Richard J Himelfarb, Robert Edward Grady and Victor Nesi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Stifel Financial.

SF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Earnest Partners LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Macquarie Group Ltd., Marshall Wace LLP, Castleark Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have bought Stifel Financial stock in the last two years include David A Peacock, James M Zemlyak and Michael J Zimmerman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Stifel Financial.

Shares of SF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.37.

Stifel Financial has a market capitalization of $3.85 billion and generates $3.34 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $448.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.10 on an earnings per share basis. Stifel Financial employs 8,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Stifel Financial.

The official website for Stifel Financial is http://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]