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 year. 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 equities research analysts 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 expect the company's stock price to reach $78.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.0% 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 stock has increased by 7.8% and is now trading at $62.91.
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Stifel Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 trading volume of 595,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 26th. The financial services provider reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.51% and a net margin of 13.83%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.40 EPS.

Stifel Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 9th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 Financial 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 2.26%. 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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Stifel Financial shares split on Thursday, December 17th 2020. The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, November 11th 2020. The newly created shares were distributed 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.42%), Capital Research Global Investors (5.74%), State Street Corp (2.87%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.63%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.59%) and Stifel Financial Corp (2.32%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher K Reichert, James M Oates, James M Zemlyak, 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 $62.91.

Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) has a market capitalization of $6.57 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 $5.02 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.