Report
Michael Wong
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Stifel Financial’s Strategy Pivot Is Bearing Fruit in the Uncertain Capital Markets Environment

As we believed that no-moat-rated Stifel Financial’s change in strategy during the past year toward expense management and business-model optimization and away from a focus on rapid growth was a prudent strategy (given the uncertain capital markets and regulatory environment), we're encouraged to see the effects on the firm's profitability. Third-quarter operating margins for the company’s wealth-management segment expanded to 35.7% from 27.9% in the year-ago period. Net revenue for the segment ...
Underlying
Stifel Financial Corp.

Stifel Financial is a financial holding company. The company's principal subsidiary is Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, a retail and institutional wealth management and investment banking firm. The company's principal activities are: private client services; institutional equity and fixed income sales, trading and research, and municipal finance; investment banking services; and retail and commercial banking. The company has the following segments: Global Wealth Management, which provides securities transaction, brokerage, and investment services; and Institutional Group, which includes research, equity and fixed income institutional sales and trading, investment banking, public finance, and syndicate.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Michael Wong

Other Reports on these Companies
Other Reports from Morningstar

ResearchPool Subscriptions

Get the most out of your insights

Get in touch