stifel financial corp sf shares rose 32 on wednesday after the company said its firstquarter earnings fell slightly to 16423 million or 139 a share from 16473 million or 140 a share in the yearago period adjusted earnings at the investment banking and brokerage company edged down to 149 a share from 150 a share revenue fell to 112 billion from 113 billion wall street analysts expected stifel financial to earn 146 a share on revenue of 115 billion according to factset ceo ronald j kruszewski said the companys results ranked as the second highest first quarter in its history with record global wealth management and institutional fixed income transactional revenue despite headwinds in other businesses the outlook for the remainder of 2022 is strong he said shares of stifel are down 75 in 2022 compared to a drop of 116 by the sp 500 spx 