What changed
$SF — BUY 📊
Stifel Financial Corp.
🎯 Q1 FY26 | Rev $2B | EPS $1.45 vs $1.38 🟢
💡 Street estimates still embed cautious investment banking fees and margin pressure, but results show resilient asset management revenues and higher advisory fees. Consensus may lag the inflection in capital markets activity, creating a window for upward EPS revisions.
📉 Reward/Risk: 2.4:1
🏢 Business Quality: 7/10 - Diversified revenue mix with recurring fee-income from wealth management, solid advisory and underwriting capabilities, and a conservative balance sheet, though sensitive to market cycles.
📊 Valuation: fair — Using adjusted market cap of ~$10B (implied shares ~136M), trailing P/E of 12.7x on annualized $5.80 run-rate; EV/EBITDA ~9x.
🔮 Catalyst: Next quarterly earnings report or positive pre-announcement
📊 Our read: BUY. Full analysis →
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