Stifel Financial 401(k) and retirement plans

Stifel Financial Corp., ST Louis, MO. EIN 43-1273600. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc.; Stifel Financial Corp.

Stifel Financial Corp. has one active retirement plan on file, the Stifel Financial Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan, with 11,227 participants and $2.7 billion in assets in 2025. Empower has been its recordkeeper since 2009. No traditional pension plan appears in Stifel Financial's filings since 2009.

Active plans
1
Participants
11,227
Plan assets
$2.7 billion
401(k) recordkeeper
Empower
Plans on file
2
Industry
Finance and insurance

All 2 plans

Active plans first

Stifel Financial Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number
001Employer EIN 43-1273600
Participants (2025)
11,227
Net assets (2025)
$2.7 billion
Recordkeeper
Empower2009–2025
Plan administrator
Stifel Administrative Committee
501 N. Broadway 11TH Floor
ST. Louis, MO 63102
(314) 342-2000As filed for 2025
In effect since
December 20, 1954

Plans merged into this one: Stifel Financial Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust (2013); Sterne Agee 401K Plan (2015).

Earlier sponsor: Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc. (2009–2011).

Earlier plan names: Stifel Nicolaus Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
202511,227$2.7 billionEmpower
202410,282$2.3 billionEmpower
202310,139$2.0 billionEmpower
202210,021$1.7 billionEmpower
20219,626$1.9 billionEmpower
20209,257$1.6 billionEmpower
20199,103$1.3 billionEmpower
20188,478$1.1 billionEmpower
20178,231$1.1 billionEmpower
20168,165$919 millionEmpower
20158,020$777 millionEmpower
20147,268$769 millionEmpower
20136,138$718 millionEmpower
20125,654$396 millionEmpower
20115,382$335 millionEmpower
20104,884$294 millionEmpower
20094,268$234 millionEmpower

Stifel Financial Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust

Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)Merged

Merged. In 2013 its assets moved to the Stifel Financial Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan, sponsored by Stifel Financial Corp. (EIN 43-1273600, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
002Employer EIN 43-1273600
Participants (2012)
4,434
Net assets (2012)
$25.8 million
Plan administrator
Stifel Financial Corp
One Financial Plaza, 501 North Broadway
ST. Louis, MO 63102
(314) 342-2230As filed for 2013
In effect since
December 31, 1971

Earlier plan names: Stifel Financial Corp. Stock Ownership Plan & Trust; Stifel Financial Corp Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust.

Year by year, 2009 to 2013
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20130$0not listed
20124,434$25.8 millionnot listed
20114,335$26.8 millionnot listed
20103,457$35.9 millionnot listed
20092,699$35.0 millionnot listed

If you had money in one of these plans

  1. Call Empower (empower.com), which runs the Stifel Financial Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
  2. Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((314) 342-2000). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
  3. If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
  4. Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

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