Shares of Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE:SF) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the ten brokerages that are presently covering the stock, AnalystRatings.NET reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have given a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $55.17.

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded shares of Stifel Financial Corp from a “sell” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 12th. Goldman Sachs upgraded shares of Stifel Financial Corp from a “sell” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 12th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Stifel Financial Corp from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Sunday, January 10th. Evercore ISI reduced their price objective on shares of Stifel Financial Corp from $58.00 to $48.00 in a report on Thursday, January 7th. Finally, Nomura upgraded shares of Stifel Financial Corp from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $48.00 to $54.00 in a report on Monday, November 9th. They noted that the move was a valuation call.

In related news, Director Frederick O. Hanser sold 3,375 shares of Stifel Financial Corp stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $45.32, for a total transaction of $152,955.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 36,815 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,668,455.80. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Allen Brautigam sold 2,130 shares of Stifel Financial Corp stock in a transaction on Monday, November 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.89, for a total transaction of $99,875.70. Following the sale, the director now owns 28,084 shares in the company, valued at $1,316,858.76. The disclosure for this sale can be found here.

A number of hedge funds and institutional investors have modified their holdings of the company. Eagle Asset Management increased its position in shares of Stifel Financial Corp by 69.2% in the third quarter. Eagle Asset Management now owns 4,214,846 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $177,444,000 after buying an additional 1,724,501 shares during the last quarter. Capstone Asset Management Company acquired a new position in shares of Stifel Financial Corp during the fourth quarter valued at about $260,000. Finally, Fisher Asset Management increased its position in shares of Stifel Financial Corp by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management now owns 1,352,733 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $57,302,000 after buying an additional 7,549 shares during the last quarter.

Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE:SF) opened at 33.12 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $39.52 and its 200-day moving average is $45.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.25 billion and a P/E ratio of 20.39. Stifel Financial Corp has a 52-week low of $31.96 and a 52-week high of $59.93.

Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE:SF) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 4th. The financial services provider reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $591.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $609.36 million. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.64 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Stifel Financial Corp will post $2.65 EPS for the current year.

Stifel Financial Corp. is a financial holding company. The Company operates in three segments: Global Wealth Management, Institutional Group and Other. Global Wealth Management segment is engaged in the provision of Customer Financing and Asset Management, and operates Consolidated Stifel Branch System and Stifel Bank. Institutional Group segment includes research, equity and fixed income institutional sales and trading, investment banking, public finance, and syndicate. Other segment includes interest income from stock borrow activities, unallocated interest expense, interest income and gains and losses from investments held. The Company, through its subsidiary, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:SF) offers retail and institutional brokerage and investment banking firm. The Company through other subsidiaries is engaged in independent contractor broker-dealing; broker-dealing; retail and commercial banking; trust business, and asset management.

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