SF - Stifel Financial Corp.
Stifel Financial Corp. , a financial services and bank holding company, provides retail and institutional wealth management, and investment banking services to individual investors, corporations, municipalities, and institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, and Canada. It operates in three segments: Global Wealth Management, Institutional Group, and Other.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $74.40, ATM IV 30.9%, max pain $75.00, net GEX -$109.8K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Capital Markets
- Market Cap
- $11.45B
- P/E Ratio
- 8.68
- Beta
- 1.06
- 52-Week Range
- 60.62-89.82667
- Dividend Yield
- $1.57
- CEO
- Ronald James Kruszewski
- Employees
- 8,887
- IPO Date
- Jul 19, 1983
- Exchange
- NYSE
What SF Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 41.4% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; negative net gamma exposure (-$109.8K) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (0.019) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The SF overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked SF overview questions
- What is SF?
- SF is the ticker symbol for Stifel Financial Corp., a listed security. Stifel Financial Corp. , a financial services and bank holding company, provides retail and institutional wealth management, and investment banking services to individual investors, corporations, municipalities, and institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, and Canada. Listed on NYSE. SF is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the SF options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the SF options snapshot shows spot at $74.40, ATM IV 30.9%, IV rank 41.4%, max pain $75.00, net GEX -$109.8K, expected move 8.86%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are SF's key statistics?
- Stifel Financial Corp. (SF) carries a market capitalization of $11.45B, trailing P/E ratio of 8.68, beta of 1.06 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 60.62-89.82667. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does SF belong to?
- Stifel Financial Corp. operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Financial - Capital Markets industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare SF's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the SF data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).