Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates for Stifel Financial (SF)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Stifel Financial (NYSE: SF):

• 1/30/2025 – Stifel Financial had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $128.00 to $135.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Stifel Financial had its price target raised by analysts at JMP Securities from $125.00 to $135.00. They now have a “market outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/14/2025 – Stifel Financial had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $130.00 to $128.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/10/2025 – Stifel Financial had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $110.00 to $115.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 12/10/2024 – Stifel Financial is now covered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co.. They set a “neutral” rating and a $120.00 price target on the stock.

Stifel Financial Trading Down 2.0 %

NYSE SF traded down $2.41 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $115.19. 358,200 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 712,037. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 0.82 and a quick ratio of 0.78. The stock has a market cap of $11.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.46 and a beta of 1.11. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $110.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $99.57. Stifel Financial Corp. has a one year low of $71.36 and a one year high of $120.64.

Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The financial services provider reported $2.23 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.27. Stifel Financial had a net margin of 14.00% and a return on equity of 16.59%. On average, analysts anticipate that Stifel Financial Corp. will post 7.87 EPS for the current year.

Stifel Financial Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.46 per share. This is a positive change from Stifel Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.60%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 3rd. Stifel Financial’s dividend payout ratio is currently 26.92%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, COO David D. Sliney sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.18, for a total value of $2,904,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 159,619 shares in the company, valued at $18,544,535.42. This represents a 13.54 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Company insiders own 4.57% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Stifel Financial

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. FMR LLC raised its position in shares of Stifel Financial by 18.8% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 7,956,412 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $747,107,000 after purchasing an additional 1,256,595 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its position in shares of Stifel Financial by 78.3% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,958,709 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $183,923,000 after buying an additional 860,465 shares in the last quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Stifel Financial in the 3rd quarter valued at $12,290,000. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Stifel Financial by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 1,464,421 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $137,509,000 after purchasing an additional 65,113 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its holdings in shares of Stifel Financial by 316.0% during the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 69,761 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $7,400,000 after acquiring an additional 52,991 shares during the period. 82.01% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Stifel Financial Corp., a financial services and bank holding company, provides retail and institutional wealth management, and investment banking services to individual investors, corporations, municipalities, and institutions in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Global Wealth Management, Institutional Group, and Other.