Stifel
About: Stifel Financial Corp is a middle-market-focused investment bank that produces more than 90% of its revenue in the United States. Approximately 67% of the company's net revenue is derived from its world-wide wealth management division, which supports over 2,000 financial advisors, with the remainder coming from its institutional securities business. Stifel has a history of being an active acquirer of other financial-services firms.
Employees: 9,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
120% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $15.1M | Put options by funds: $6.86M
43% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 76 | Existing positions closed: 53
36% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 203 | Existing positions reduced: 149
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 505 [Q4 2024] → 515 (+10) [Q1 2025]
0.67% less ownership
Funds ownership: 85.53% [Q4 2024] → 84.86% (-0.67%) [Q1 2025]
11% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $9.29B [Q4 2024] → $8.29B (-$993M) [Q1 2025]
63% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 8 [Q4 2024] → 3 (-5) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
JMP Securities Brian Fitzgerald | 14%upside $130 | Market Outperform Maintained | 14 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo Michael Brown | 10%upside $125 | Overweight Maintained | 11 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup Christopher Allen | 1%upside $115 | Neutral Maintained | 7 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about SF published over the past 30 days









