The stock of Stifel Financial Corp. (SF) has gone up by 6.84% for the week, with a 13.83% rise in the past month and a 23.07% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.72%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 1.67% for SF. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 7.18% for SF’s stock, with a 26.60% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) Right Now?
Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 21.73x compared to its average ratio. SF has 36-month beta value of 1.10. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for SF is 98.94M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.15% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of SF on October 18, 2024 was 523.04K shares.
SF) stock’s latest price update
Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF)’s stock price has increased by 1.52 compared to its previous closing price of 100.89. However, the company has seen a 6.84% increase in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. globenewswire.com reported 2024-10-16 that ST. LOUIS, Oct. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) will release its third quarter 2024 financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. The company will host a conference call to review the results at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time that same day. The conference call may include forward-looking statements.
Analysts’ Opinion of SF
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for SF stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for SF by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for SF in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $101 based on the research report published on September 12, 2024 of the current year 2024.
TD Cowen gave a rating of “Hold” to SF, setting the target price at $89 in the report published on July 08th of the current year.
SF Trading at 14.41% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought SF to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was able to rebound, for now settling with 1.04% of gains for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.67%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.72%, as shares surge +10.28% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +29.30% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, SF rose by +6.84%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +47.79% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $95.56. In addition, Stifel Financial Corp. saw 48.11% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at SF starting from PEACOCK DAVID A, who sale 13,000 shares at the price of $79.90 back on May 02 ’24. After this action, PEACOCK DAVID A now owns 18,646 shares of Stifel Financial Corp., valued at $1,038,700 using the latest closing price.
SLINEY DAVID D, the Chief Operating Officer of Stifel Financial Corp., sale 17,000 shares at $74.83 during a trade that took place back on Mar 13 ’24, which means that SLINEY DAVID D is holding 189,714 shares at $1,272,110 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for SF
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.17 for the present operating margin
- 0.82 for the gross margin
The net margin for Stifel Financial Corp. stands at 0.1. The total capital return value is set at 0.03. Equity return is now at value 10.42, with 1.49 for asset returns.
Based on Stifel Financial Corp. (SF), the company’s capital structure generated 0.25 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.07. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.34. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.72.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 961.84 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.01. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.89. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.38for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.15.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Stifel Financial Corp. (SF) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
