Stifel Financial (SF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stifel Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" SF shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Stifel Financial's stock. Their SF share price targets range from $78.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $84.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price.
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Stifel Financial's stock was trading at $69.15 at the start of the year. Since then, SF shares have increased by 8.9% and is now trading at $75.31.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2024.
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Stifel Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 24th at 9:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE:SF) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.19. The financial services provider earned $1.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. Stifel Financial had a net margin of 11.60% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.32%. Stifel Financial's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.58 earnings per share.

Stifel Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.23%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 29th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36.
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Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.26%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 39.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SF will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) stock in their portfolio include iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Clockwise Capital Innovation ETF (TIME), SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE), iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), LeaderShares AlphaFactor US Core Equity ETF (LSAF), First Trust Financial AlphaDEX Fund (FXO), WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund (WTV) and WisdomTree U.S. Quality Shareholder Yield Fund (QSY).

Stifel Financial shares 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 payable 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's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.14%), Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.03%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.03%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%) and Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher K Reichert, James M Oates, James M Zemlyak, Mark P Fisher, Ronald J Kruszewski, Thomas B Michaud 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 Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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