Stifel Financial Corp director Lisa Landau Carnoy exercised 2,812 Phantom Stock Units into an equal number of common shares on June 4, 2026. The units converted at $0.00 per unit, reflecting a compensation-related derivative exercise rather than an open‑market purchase.
After the transaction, she directly holds 10,611 shares of Stifel common stock. The reported totals have been adjusted to reflect the company’s 3-for-2 stock split payable on February 26, 2026, and the exercised Phantom Stock Units balance is now zero.
Stifel Financial Corp. reported selected operating results for April 30, 2026, highlighting growth in client assets, loans, and treasury deposits. Management noted that these figures are limited indicators and should not be directly linked to full earnings.
Total client assets reached $568.9 billion, up 17% from April 30, 2025 and 6% from March 31, 2026. Fee-based client assets were $232.4 billion, rising 22% year over year and 6% sequentially, with Private Client Group fee-based assets matching that 22% annual and 6% quarterly growth.
Bank loans, net, increased to $23.4 billion, 9% above the prior year and 6% above March 31, 2026, reflecting stronger loan activity, including fund banking. Treasury deposits climbed to $11.1 billion, up 88% year over year and 7% sequentially, supported by strong venture banking growth, while client money market and insured product balances declined 4% year over year and 7% from March 31, 2026.
Stifel Financial Corp ownership disclosure: AQR Capital Management, LLC and parent AQR Capital Management Holdings, LLC report beneficial ownership of 8,469,863 shares of Common Stock, representing 5.47% of the class. The filing lists shared voting power of 8,174,548 and shared dispositive power of 8,469,863.
The Schedule 13G identifies AQR Capital Management, LLC as a wholly owned subsidiary of AQR Capital Management Holdings, LLC and is signed by an authorized signatory on 05/14/2026.
Stifel Financial Corp submitted a Form 13F holdings report that lists $108,790,749,397 as the Form 13F Information Table value total and 8,981 information‑table entries. The filing shows holdings reported on behalf of the filing manager and seven other included managers.
Stifel Financial Corp. reported sharply stronger results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Total revenues were $1,665,652,000, and net revenues after interest expense reached $1,478,161,000, reflecting broad-based growth in commissions, principal transactions, investment banking, and asset management.
Net income jumped to $251,419,000, with net income available to common shareholders of $242,099,000. Diluted earnings per share rose to $1.48, while basic EPS was $1.56. Results include a $49,784,000 gain on the sale of Stifel Independent Advisors, recorded in other income.
The balance sheet expanded, with total assets of $42,893,152,000 and total equity of $5,984,482,000. Bank loans held for investment, net, were $21,836,987,000, and the allowance for credit losses on loans stood at $115,178,000. Operating cash flow was a net use of $342,573,000, while financing activities provided $1,247,558,000, driven by higher bank deposits and securities financing.
Vanguard Capital Management reports beneficial ownership of 7,812,978 shares of Stifel Financial Corp common stock, representing 5.04% of the class. The disclosure states voting and dispositive powers (sole voting power: 1,165,414) and includes affiliated holdings "in accordance with SEC Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998)."
Stifel Financial Corp. reported a very strong first quarter 2026, driven by broad-based growth in both wealth management and institutional businesses. Net revenues rose to $1.48 billion from $1.26 billion, while net income available to common shareholders jumped to $242.1 million from $43.7 million a year earlier.
GAAP diluted earnings per common share increased to $1.48 from $0.26, and non-GAAP diluted EPS reached $1.45 versus $0.33. Global Wealth Management net revenues grew to $932.1 million and Institutional Group net revenues to $495.3 million, with both segments more than doubling pre-tax income year over year.
The firm highlighted record first-quarter net revenue, record asset management revenue, and record first-quarter investment banking revenue. Profitability improved markedly, with the GAAP pre-tax margin on net revenues expanding to 22.1% from 5.0%, and non-GAAP return on tangible common equity rising to 24.8% from 6.2%.
The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 14 to its Schedule 13G/A reporting ownership of Stifel Financial Corp common stock. The amendment states that, following an internal realignment, certain Vanguard subsidiaries will report holdings separately and that The Vanguard Group beneficially owns 0 shares (0%) of Stifel Financial Corp as disclosed in the amendment.
The filing explains the disaggregation is made in accordance with SEC Release No. 34-39538 and is signed by Vanguard's Head of Global Fund Administration.
Stifel Financial Corp. released selected operating data for February 28, 2026 and updated its first-quarter outlook. After completing the sale of Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC on February 2, 2026, management said that, excluding assets from this transaction, total client assets and fee-based client assets rose 12% and 19% year-over-year, helped by equity markets and advisor recruiting.
Based on the table provided, total client assets were $557,714 million, up 10% from February 28, 2025. Fee-based client assets were $228,012 million, up 16% year-over-year, while bank loans, net, were $22,348 million, up 5%. Treasury deposits reached $9,584 million, a 73% increase from a year earlier and up 5% from January.
Client money market and insured products were $26,030 million, down 6% year-over-year but slightly above January. The company noted that first-quarter 2026 investment banking activity is well above prior-year levels and stated an expectation that first-quarter 2026 revenue will increase 30%–40% versus the first quarter of 2025, while cautioning that this limited operating data should not be assumed to correlate consistently with earnings.
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP Chief Executive Officer Ronald J. Kruszewski reported awards of phantom stock units on February 27, 2026. He acquired 39,163 phantom stock units at $74.03 per unit and 27,009 phantom stock units at $74.05 per unit as grant or award acquisitions.
One award vests in 20% increments over five years and another vests in 10% increments over ten years, with no expiration date for these units. Following these awards, he also directly held 1,883,213 shares of common stock, a total adjusted for a 3-for-2 stock split payable on February 26, 2026.