Stifel Financial (SF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Stifel Financial Corp. is a diversified financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Through its principal subsidiary, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, the company provides wealth management, investment banking, institutional brokerage, equity and fixed-income research, securities trading, and asset management services.

Its wealth management business serves individual investors, families, businesses, and institutions through financial planning, investment advisory, brokerage, banking, and related services. Stifel’s institutional and capital markets operations provide research, sales and trading, underwriting, mergers and acquisitions advice, and public finance services to corporations, government entities, and institutional investors. The company also offers investment products and strategies through affiliated asset management businesses.

Stifel traces its origins to 1890 and has expanded through organic growth and acquisitions. Its operations primarily serve clients in the United States, with additional capabilities and offices in selected international markets. Ronald J. Kruszewski has served as Stifel’s chairman and chief executive officer since 1997.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $69.39 to $70.83
• 50-Day Range: $69.62 to $85.84
• 52-Week Range: $67.81 to $89.83
• Volume: 1.45 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.28 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $10.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.46
• Dividend Yield: 1.95%
• Price Target: $91.90
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Stifel Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Stifel Financial scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 144th out of 852 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Stifel Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.56, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Stifel Financial has a consensus price target of $91.90, representing about 32.0% upside from its current price of $69.62.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Stifel Financial has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.01%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Stifel Financial are expected to grow by 11.01% in the coming year, from $6.36 to $7.06 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Stifel Financial is 12.46, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.73.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Stifel Financial is 12.46, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.31.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Stifel Financial has a P/B Ratio of 2.04. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.22% of the float of Stifel Financial has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Stifel Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.99.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Stifel Financial has recently increased by 7.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Stifel Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.93%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Stifel Financial has been increasing its dividend for 9 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Stifel Financial is 24.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Stifel Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.26% next year. This indicates that Stifel Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.70

News Sentiment

Stifel Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.70. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Stifel Financial this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for SF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Stifel Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $372,240.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.36% of the stock of Stifel Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.01% of the stock of Stifel Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Today: 9/29/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Investment Banking & Brokerage
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SF
• CIK: 720672
• Web: www.stifel.com
• Phone: (314) 342-2000
• Fax: 314-342-1159
• Employees: 9,000
• Year Founded: 1890

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Stifel Financial: $91.90
• High Price Target: $103.33
• Low Price Target: $80.67
• Potential Upside/Downside: +32.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.56
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.59
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.46
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.95
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $683.78 million
• Net Margins: 16.11%
• Pretax Margin: 20.60%
• Return on Equity: 19.22%
• Return on Assets: 2.36%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.33
• Current Ratio: 0.88
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.90
• Cash Flow: $6.59 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.56
• Book Value: $34.19 per share
• Price / Book: 2.04

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 151,000,000
• Free Float: 145,928,000
• Market Cap: $10.51 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.98