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In the latest session, Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) closed at $84.04 down -1.73% from its previous closing price of $85.52. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.73 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.52 million shares were traded. SF stock price reached its highest trading level at $85.455 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $82.41.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Stifel Financial Corp.’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.48 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.79. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.47 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.37.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, TD Cowen on July 08, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Hold and sets its target price to $89 from $94 previously.
On January 04, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $83.
On November 22, 2022, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $66.UBS initiated its Neutral rating on November 22, 2022, with a $66 target price.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 02 ’24 when PEACOCK DAVID A sold 13,000 shares for $79.90 per share. The transaction valued at 1,038,700 led to the insider holds 18,646 shares of the business.
SLINEY DAVID D sold 3,795 shares of SF for $280,868 on Mar 15 ’24. The Chief Operating Officer now owns 184,619 shares after completing the transaction at $74.01 per share. On Mar 13 ’24, another insider, SLINEY DAVID D, who serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the company, sold 17,000 shares for $74.83 each. As a result, the insider received 1,272,110 and left with 189,714 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SF now has a Market Capitalization of 8762010624 and an Enterprise Value of 6392121856. As of this moment, Stifel’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 19.12, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.74. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.35. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.62 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.88. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.459.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SF is 1.11, which has changed by 0.29671347 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24125004 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SF has reached a high of $86.14, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $54.81. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.20%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 16.60%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, SF has traded an average of 610.97K shares per day and 575940 over the past ten days. A total of 101.06M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 98.87M. Insiders hold about 3.50% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 83.89% stake in the company. Shares short for SF as of 1719532800 were 1520779 with a Short Ratio of 2.49, compared to 1717113600 on 1512051. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1520779 and a Short% of Float of 1.54.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for SF is 1.56, from 1.5 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.017539758The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.42. The current Payout Ratio is 33.67% for SF, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-06-03 with an ex-dividend date of 1717372800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2020-12-17 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
