Stifel Financial (SF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Stifel Financial (SF) recorded quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, down 8.03% on a QoQ basis from $1.3 billion in Q4 2025, and down 3.36% year-over-year from $1.2 billion in Q1 2025.
Stifel Financial (SF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Stifel Financial has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.2 billion for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 3.36% year-over-year to $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $4.6 billion (up 7.67% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.7 billion, up 15.26% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses retreated to $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $1.3 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at $839.4 million in Q3 2022.
- A 5-year average of $1.0 billion and a median of $944.3 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses decreased 9.9% — and 2025, when it advanced 26.24%.
- Tracing SF's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $888.0 million in 2022, then rose by 5.91% to $940.4 million in 2023, then increased by 16.81% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then increased by 14.04% to $1.3 billion in 2025, then decreased by 8.03% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows SF's Operating Expenses at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, $1.3 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.1 billion in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOL Strategies | 100,773.79 Bn | 100,773.79 Bn | - | 386,258.80 |
| 2 | Morgan Stanley | 331.35 Bn | 197.82 Bn | - | 13.47 Bn |
| 3 | Goldman Sachs | 317.73 Bn | -619.82 Bn | - | 10.43 Bn |
| 4 | Schwab Charles | 153.74 Bn | 108.77 Bn | - | 3.29 Bn |
| 5 | Robinhood Markets | 75.98 Bn | 71.34 Bn | 960.00 Mn | 656.00 Mn |
| 6 | Interactive Brokers | 38.91 Bn | 49.50 Bn | - | 381.00 Mn |
| 7 | LPL Financial Holdings | 22.76 Bn | 21.73 Bn | - | 4.45 Bn |
| 8 | Tradeweb Markets | 20.90 Bn | 19.65 Bn | - | 330.51 Mn |
| 9 | Circle Internet | 20.00 Bn | 18.49 Bn | 35.01 Mn | 242.35 Mn |
| 10 | Stifel Financial | 10.93 Bn | 6.37 Bn | 878.90 Mn | 1.15 Bn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.15 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.25 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.14 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.07 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.19 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.10 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.01 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 991.04 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 944.35 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 940.38 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 935.62 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 869.34 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 896.91 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 887.95 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 839.37 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 889.59 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 889.42 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 985.56 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 888.44 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 889.11 Mn |