Ben Plotkin - Stifel Financial Chairman

SF Stock  USD 99.42  1.12  1.14%   

Chairman

Mr. Ben A. Plotkin serves as Vice Chairman of the Board, Senior Vice President of the Company. Mr. Plotkin has served as Executive Vice President of Keefe, Bruyette Woods, Inc., one of our brokerdealer subsidiaries, since February 15, 2013, the completion of the merger between our company and KBW, Inc. Mr. Plotkin served as Director of our company from August 2007 to June 2017. Mr. Plotkin also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ryan Beck Company, Inc. from 1997 until its acquisition by our company in 2007. Mr. Plotkin was elected Executive Vice President of Ryan Beck in 1990. Mr. Plotkin became a Senior Vice President of Ryan Beck in 1989 and was appointed First Vice President of Ryan Beck in December of 1987 since 2017.
Age 63
Tenure 7 years
Address One Financial Plaza, Saint Louis, MO, United States, 63102-2188
Phone314 342 2000
Webhttps://www.stifel.com
Plotkin joined Ryan Beck in May of 1987 as a Director and Vice President in the Investment Banking Division.

Stifel Financial Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset (ROA) of 0.0149 % which means that for every $100 of assets, it generated a profit of $0.0149. This is way below average. Likewise, it shows a return on total equity (ROE) of 0.1042 %, which means that it produced $0.1042 on every 100 dollars invested by current stockholders. Stifel Financial's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Stifel Financial manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. The current Return On Tangible Assets is estimated to decrease to 0.01. The current Return On Capital Employed is estimated to decrease to 0.02. At this time, Stifel Financial's Other Assets are most likely to increase significantly in the upcoming years. The Stifel Financial's current Total Current Assets is estimated to increase to about 5.2 B, while Other Current Assets are forecasted to increase to (4.5 B).
Stifel Financial reports 1.18 B of total liabilities with total debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 0.47, which is normal for its line of buisiness. Stifel Financial has a current ratio of 0.85, implying that it has not enough working capital to pay out debt commitments in time. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Stifel to invest in growth at high rates of return.

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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 also participates in and manages underwritings for corporate and public finance and offers financial advisory and securities brokerage services. Stifel Financial operates under Capital Markets classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 8509 people. Stifel Financial (SF) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in One Financial Plaza, Saint Louis, MO, United States, 63102-2188 and employs 8,892 people. Stifel Financial is listed under Investment Banking & Brokerage category by Fama And French industry classification.

Management Performance

Stifel Financial Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Stifel Financial's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Stifel Financial inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Stifel. The board's role is to monitor Stifel Financial's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Stifel Financial's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Stifel Financial's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Christopher Reichert, Chief Executive Officer of Stifel Bank & Trust
James Oates, Independent Director
Maura Markus, Independent Director
David Roderick, vice president
Thomas Weisel, Senior Managing Director, Director
James Zemlyak, Co-President, CFO, Director, COO of Stifel Nicolaus, Executive VP of Stifel Nicolaus and Director of Stifel Nicolaus
Mark Fisher, Senior Vice President Co-General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Michael CFA, Chief Officer
Michael Brown, Independent Director
David Sliney, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President
Adam Berlew, Independent Director
Thomas Michaud, Senior Vice President
Michael Zimmerman, Independent Director
Bradford Raymond, Global Banking
James Marischen, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Chief Risk Officer
Richard Himelfarb, Vice Chairman of the Board, Senior Vice President
Ronald Kruszewski, Co-Chairman, CEO, Co-Chairman of Executive Committee,Chairman of Stifel Nicolaus and Company Inc, CEO of Stifel Nicolaus and Company Inc and President of Stifel Nicolaus and Company Inc
Thomas MBA, President VP
Rajive Kumar, Vice President
David Peacock, Independent Director
Daniel Ludeman, Independent Director
Victor Nesi, Co-President, Director, Executive VP of Stifel, Nicolaus and Company Incorporated, Co-Director of Institutional Group and Director of Stifel Nicolaus and Company Incorporated
Robert Grady, Lead Independent Director
Ben Plotkin, Vice Chairman, Sr. VP and Executive VP of Stifel Nicolaus and Company Incorporated
Kathleen Brown, Lead Independent Director

Stifel Stock Performance Indicators

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Is Investment Banking & Brokerage space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Stifel Financial. If investors know Stifel will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Stifel Financial listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.282
Dividend Share
1.56
Earnings Share
4.72
Revenue Per Share
43.522
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.165
The market value of Stifel Financial is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Stifel that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Stifel Financial's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Stifel Financial's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Stifel Financial's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Stifel Financial's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Stifel Financial's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Stifel Financial is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Stifel Financial's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.