Stifel Financial Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stifel Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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Stifel Financial saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 1,890,000 shares, a decline of 36.1% from the January 14th total of 2,960,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 688,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days.
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Stifel Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 29th 2021.
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Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE:SF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 28th. The financial services provider reported $1.67 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.36. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $956.62 million. Stifel Financial had a net margin of 12.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.78%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.88 EPS.
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Stifel Financial's stock was trading at $27.5733 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SF stock has increased by 121.5% and is now trading at $61.08.
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Stifel Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Monday, March 15th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 26th. This is a positive change from Stifel Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11.
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Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.74%.
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Stifel Financial's stock split before market open on 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 Stifel Financial stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

Stifel Financial issued an update on 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Stifel Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Stifel Financial's stock price to reach $48.39 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 20.8%.
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136 employees have rated Stifel Financial CEO Ronald J. Kruszewski on Glassdoor.com. Ronald J. Kruszewski has an approval rating of 79% among Stifel Financial'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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.53%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.33%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.69%), Northern Trust Corp (2.34%), Stifel Financial Corp (2.27%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.92%). 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 AJO LP, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Sei Investments Co., Parkside Financial Bank & Trust, Parallel Advisors LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., and GSA Capital Partners LLP. Company insiders that have sold Stifel Financial company stock in the last year include James M Zemlyak, John P Dubinsky, Robert Edward Grady, Ronald J Kruszewski, and Victor Nesi.
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SF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Northern Trust Corp, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Stifel Financial Corp, GW&K Investment Management LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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.
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One share of SF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.08.

Stifel Financial has a market capitalization of $6.82 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 is headquartered at 501 N. BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS MO, 63102.

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]