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Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies company · DE · FY ends Dec · Revenue $5.72B · $892M FCF
$77.16
$1.53 (-1.94%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
Net margin is thin at 12.46%. This may reflect rising credit costs, rate compression, or operational inefficiency.
Revenue grew 11.0% YoY. However, net income declined 7%, rising credit provisions or expenses may be eating into the top line.
At 15x earnings, the multiple is above the banking sector average. Financials rarely sustain elevated multiples through credit cycles.
15.0x earnings. In line with financial-sector norms. The question is whether the current credit environment supports sustained earnings at this level.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$5.72B
▲ +11.0% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$882M
▼ -6.5% YoY
Net Margin
15.43%
P/E
15.0x
Balance Sheet
Total Assets
$42.89B
Equity
$5.98B
Total Debt
$1.47B
Cash & Equiv.
$2.90B
5Y CAGR: +8.1%
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At a P/E of 15.0 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 14.1, Stifel Financial (SF) trades below a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $125.73 per share, so at $77.16 the stock looks undervalued (62.9% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Stifel Financial scores 81/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a high-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $125.73 per share for SF, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $94.29. At today's $77.16, that puts the stock about 62.9% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Stifel Financial scores 81 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a high-quality business on these measures. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. SF currently trades below its estimated intrinsic value and scores 81/100 on quality (high-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.