NYSE: SF · Capital Markets
Over the past week, Stifel Financial (SF) pulled in 8 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. That is too little tracked discussion to read a direction from, so the signal stays neutral. Wall Street is more constructive, with 3 of 8 analysts rating SF a buy.
Tracked discussion on SF is too thin this week to read a direction from, which is why it reads as a Hold.
Wall Street’s 38% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from X at 0% to News at 20%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
8 analysts have weighed in: a Hold consensus: 3 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $89.00.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week SF carries too few tracked mentions to weigh any of them, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.
Analysts sit 31 points above the crowd average of 7%, the professionals are more constructive than retail. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 20% bullish while X sits at 0%, a 20-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Stifel Financial (SF) buzz held subdued around 12.1 while the price drifted up 11.0% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 1.1M shares. Updated Aug 15, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, SF gained 2.7%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 22.6 and was variable, swinging between 12.1 and 32.5. Recent volume is running below the 30-day average, pointing to quieter participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 10 of the 16 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
No Polymarket data for this stock this week.
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View WidgetsThis week’s sentiment from Adanos, with fundamentals and analyst consensus. A quick-reference snapshot for Aug 15, 2026.
| Adanos signal | Hold |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Hold (3 / 5 / 0) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 7% |
| Avg price target | $89.00 |
| Most bullish source | News, 20% |
| Most bearish source | X, 0% |
| Sentiment spread | 20 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 8 |
| Market cap | $12.93B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 15.3 · 13.9 |
| EPS · Beta | $5.59 · 1.0 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $5.83B · 16% margin |
| Industry | Capital Markets |
Adanos will not call Stifel Financial (SF) either way right now. The last 7 days carry 8 tracked mentions across 3 sources, under the 10-mention floor, so the signal sits at a neutral hold with 40/100 conviction. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Stifel Financial (SF) is fairly quiet with 1 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 2 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 0% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is stable, suggesting steady attention.
There is not enough tracked discussion on Stifel Financial (SF) to call it either way. The last 7 days carry 8 tracked mentions across 3 sources, under the 10-mention floor Adanos needs before it reads a direction. On the professional side, 3 of 8 analysts rate SF a buy.
Of the 8 analysts covering Stifel Financial (SF), 3 rate it a buy, 5 a hold and 0 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $89.00. That puts the street ahead of the crowd, which averages 7% bullish.
Stifel Financial (SF) does not carry enough tracked discussion this week to have a readable sentiment. 8 mentions across 3 sources is under the 10-mention floor, so the signal stays neutral at 40/100 conviction.
Not for a reason found in the sentiment itself. Stifel Financial (SF) drew 8 tracked mentions in the last 7 days, too small a sample to read a direction from, so Adanos holds the signal neutral instead of calling a buy or sell off it.
News is the dominant discussion channel with 5 mentions (63% of total volume). X contributes 2 mentions and Reddit contributes 1 mention. There is too little of it to read a sentiment direction from, while news is the only source with rising 3-day activity.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. SF's hold signal at 40/100 conviction reflects a sample too thin to read a direction from. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The SF sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Hold signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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