Sartorius Stock Increases Following Upgraded Forecast

Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst

SF-1.93%

Source: WSJ

Updated: Oct 16 2025

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Source: WSJ

Company Performance: Sartorius, a German life-science company, raised its full-year guidance due to an increase in revenue and profitability.
Stock Market Reaction: Following the announcement, shares of Sartorius rose by 8.4%, reaching 188.20 euros during European morning trading on Thursday.

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Analyst Views on SF

Wall Street analysts forecast SF stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SF is 143.67 USD with a low forecast of 133.00 USD and a high forecast of 155.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

6 Analyst Rating

5 Buy

1 Hold

0 Sell

Strong Buy

Current: 128.820

Low

133.00

Averages

143.67

High

155.00

Current: 128.820

Low

133.00

Averages

143.67

High

155.00

Wolfe Research

Steven Chubak

Outperform

maintain

$142 -> $149

2026-01-07

Reason

Wolfe Research

Steven Chubak

Price Target

$142 -> $149

AI Analysis

2026-01-07

maintain

Outperform

Reason

Wolfe Research analyst Steven Chubak raised the firm's price target on Stifel Financial to $149 from $142 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares as part of the firm's Top 10 Themes for 2026 note on the Banks, Brokers, and Alternative Managers. Heading into 2026, the firm notes Retail Brokers and Alts are its favorite subsectors.

UBS

Michael Brown

initiated

$150

2025-12-11

Reason

UBS

Michael Brown

Price Target

$150

2025-12-11

initiated

Reason

UBS analyst Michael Brown assumed coverage of Stifel Financial with a Buy rating and $150 price target, noting strong sector fundamentals across 20 U.S. asset managers and brokers despite more mixed views on valuations and consensus expectations.The outlook favors undervalued growth, disciplined capital allocation, and firms positioned for margin expansion, while secular tailwinds support wealth brokers and independent investment banks whose robust earnings growth appears partly priced in, the analyst tells investors in a research note.

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Citizens JMP

Outperform

maintain

$120 -> $130

2025-07-14

Reason

Citizens JMP

Price Target

$120 -> $130

2025-07-14

maintain

Outperform

Reason

Citizens JMP raised the firm's price target on Stifel Financial to $130 from $120 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm is bullish on the business outlook across Financial Services and FinTech, with capital markets recovering solidly with M&A activity still on a "normalization" tracking up 20% over the first half of last year and is annualizing $4.3T, while the IPO market is also restarting after a more than three-year hiatus with the number of U.S. IPOs up 80% year over year, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Key trends around areas like fundraising, capital deployment, and investment performance remain healthy, but the second half of 2025 is set to be one of the more active periods for the industry since the prior upcycle in 2H20 and 2021, the firm says.

Citi

Neutral

maintain

$94 -> $115

2025-07-07

Reason

Citi

Price Target

$94 -> $115

2025-07-07

maintain

Neutral

Reason

Citi raised the firm's price target on Stifel Financial to $115 from $94 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares as part of a Q2 earnings preview for the broker group. The equity market rebound, resilience of retail activity, and an improving capital markets outlook have been tailwinds for the brokerage space, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Citi says Charles Schwab (SCHW) remains its favorite name in the sector.

About SF

Stifel Financial Corp. is a financial holding company. The Company's principal subsidiary is Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, a full-service retail and institutional wealth management and investment banking company. The Company’s segments include Global Wealth Management, Institutional Group, and Other. Its Global Wealth Management segment provides securities transaction, brokerage, and investment services to its clients through the consolidated Stifel branch system. The Institutional Group segment includes research, equity and fixed income institutional sales and trading, investment banking, public finance, and syndicate. The Other segment includes interest income from stock borrowing activities, unallocated interest expense, interest income and gains and losses from investments held, amortization of stock-based awards for certain administrative associates; and all unallocated overhead costs associated with the execution of orders; custody of client securities, and others.

About the author

Emily J. Thompson

Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.