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

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DateValue
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