# Stifel Financial Corp. (SF)

- Sector: Financials · Industry: Capital Markets
- SEC CIK: 0000720672 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000720672))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sf
- Data as of: price 2026-09-28; newest filing used 2026-08-05; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**A** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 5 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $953.6M |  |
| Earnings growing overall | passed | $953.6M | $619.7M |
| Earnings growing recently | passed | $953.6M | $683.8M |
| Earns well on its assets | passed | 2.1% |  |
| Book value per share growing | passed | $54.31 | $45.33 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 5 of 7 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 14.3% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 14.3% |  |
| Strong operating margin | failed | 13.9% |  |
| Good return on equity | passed | 16.0% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 0.25 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 5.4% |  |
| Earns a wide spread on lending | failed | 2.7% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $6.7B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $953.6M |
| Free cash flow, trailing twelve months | $361M |
| Net margin | 14.3% |
| Operating margin | 13.9% |
| Return on equity | 16.0% |
| Debt to equity | 0.25 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $6.97 |
| Share price | $70.39 |
| Market value | $11.4B |
| Price / earnings | 10.1x |
| Price / sales | 1.7x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sf)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sf/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sf/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sf/earnings)

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