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Stifel Financial Corp. (SF) Vice Chairman Ben A Plotkin sells 15,000 Shares

December 21, 2009 | About:
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Vice Chairman of Stifel Financial Corp. (SF) Ben A Plotkin sells 15,000 shares of SF on 12/18/2009 at an average price of $56.48 a share.

Stifel Financial Corp. is a holding company for Stifel Nicolaus & Company,Incorporated. Stifel Financial Corp. has a market cap of $1.73 billion; its shares were traded at around $56.97 with a P/E ratio of 24.35 and P/S ratio of 1.95. Stifel Financial Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 29.9% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Stifel Financial Corp. the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.

SF is in the portfolios of Chuck Royce of ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, John Keeley of Keeley Fund Management, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC.


This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of SF. For the complete insider trading history of SF, click here.




Directors and Officers Recent Trades:


  • Sell:: Director Thomas P Mulroy sold 4,500 shares of SF stock on 12/16/2009 at the average price of 57.19, the price of the stock has decreased by 0.38% since.

  • Sell:: Director Thomas P Mulroy sold 2,700 shares of SF stock on 12/14/2009 at the average price of 54.37, the price of the stock has increased by 4.78% since.

  • Sell:: Controller Bernard N Burkemper sold 1,285 shares of SF stock on 12/14/2009 at the average price of 55.08, the price of the stock has increased by 3.43% since.

  • Sell:: Director Bruce A Beda sold 5,000 shares of SF stock on 12/10/2009 at the average price of 54.08, the price of the stock has increased by 5.34% since.

  • Sell:: Director Richard F Ford sold 1,802 shares of SF stock on 12/09/2009 at the average price of 53.67, the price of the stock has increased by 6.15% since.


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