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Top Security Brokers, Dealers And Flotation Companies Stocks in USA

Five U.S.-listed security brokers, dealers and flotation companies names, read through one evidence stack: market path, official filing history, profitability, readiness, Prism attention and industry context.

Snapshot: 28 August 2026Not investment adviceRanked by Prism readiness
Readiness leadersei · 47
Strongest available pathOppenheimer · +157.6%
Widest latest marginJefferies · 27.1%
Companies compared5 · U.S.-listed
01 · Readiness ranking

Five companies, one comparable score

Companies are ordered by the Fliar BI Prism readiness score used by the Prism Finance USA source pack. The score is a research signal, not a recommendation.

Readiness #1SEIC · Nasdaq

sei

A U.S.-listed issuer classified by the SEC in Security Brokers, Dealers And Flotation Companies

Founded 1968Harrisburg$13.40B market cap
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47Cautious
Snapshot price$111.6as of page date
Monthly-close return+77.2%five-year window
FY2020 revenue$1.68BSEI INVESTMENTS CO
Net margin26.6%FY2020
P/E snapshot19.7xone ratio, not a verdict
Prism attention6.7%share across these five
Filing track recordRevenue, USD billions
+2.1%
$0$0.6B$1.1B$1.7BFY2019: $1.650BFY2020: $1.684B20192020
FY2019–FY2020 · 2 filing periods · TOTAL REVENUE · Normalized revenue metric from the in-house filings extraction · CAGR 2.1%
52-week position99% through range
$75.08$112.2
News mentions16.3K
Community mentions0partial coverage
U.S.-scope patents10901
Prism Insights

What sits behind the readiness signal

Observed risk 0/100higher means more observed risk
Earnings signal62/100
Management stability90/100
Market position46/100
Capital-event signal20/100
Innovation pulse3/100
Management signal

No leadership-churn flag in the model; 6 key-person events recorded in the latest 360-day window.

Market activity

Available history contains 21 M&A involvements, 4 asset-acquisition events and 19 contract events.

Innovation activity

Prism records 5 lifetime product-launch events, 0 in the latest 360 days, and 1 company announcements in that window.

Recent risk watch

No lawsuit or regulatory event is recorded in the latest 360-day window and no layoff event in the latest 180-day window. This is not legal clearance.

Prism model components and available company-event evidence; scores are research signals, not recommendations. Event totals describe available coverage and may not be exhaustive.

Readiness #2SF · NYSE

Stifel

A U.S.-listed issuer classified by the SEC in Security Brokers, Dealers And Flotation Companies

Founded 1890St. Louis, Missouri$12.27B market cap
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45Cautious
Snapshot price$81.29as of page date
Monthly-close return+75.4%five-year window
FY2025 revenue$3.77BSTIFEL FINANCIAL CORP
Net margin18.1%FY2025
P/E snapshot14.5xone ratio, not a verdict
Prism attention8.5%share across these five
Filing track recordRevenue, USD billions
+4.3%
$0$1.3B$2.5B$3.8BFY2021: $3.616BFY2022: $2.951BFY2023: $2.710BFY2024: $3.294BFY2025: $3.771B20212022202320242025
FY2021–FY2025 · 5 filing periods · TOTAL REVENUE · Normalized revenue metric from the in-house filings extraction · CAGR 1.1%
52-week position61% through range
$67.81$89.83
News mentions20.7K
Community mentions0partial coverage
U.S.-scope patents31
Prism Insights

What sits behind the readiness signal

Observed risk 4/100higher means more observed risk
Earnings signal69/100
Management stability90/100
Market position54/100
Capital-event signal0/100
Innovation pulse0/100
Management signal

No leadership-churn flag in the model; 12 key-person events recorded in the latest 360-day window.

Market activity

Available history contains 52 M&A involvements, 7 asset-acquisition events and 15 contract events.

Innovation activity

Prism records 0 lifetime product-launch events, 0 in the latest 360 days, and 0 company announcements in that window.

Recent risk watch

Recent available records contain 1 lawsuit, 0 regulatory and 0 layoff events across their stated windows.

Prism model components and available company-event evidence; scores are research signals, not recommendations. Event totals describe available coverage and may not be exhaustive.

Readiness #3RJF · NYSE

Raymond James

A U.S.-listed issuer classified by the SEC in Security Brokers, Dealers And Flotation Companies

Founded 1962PLANTATION$34.50B market cap
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44Cautious
Snapshot price$179.4as of page date
Monthly-close return+88.8%five-year window
FY2025 revenue$15.91BRAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC
Net margin13.4%FY2025
P/E snapshot15.7xone ratio, not a verdict
Prism attention22.6%share across these five
Filing track recordRevenue, USD billions
+60.6%
$0$5.3B$10.6B$15.9BFY2021: $9.910BFY2022: $11.308BFY2023: $12.992BFY2024: $14.923BFY2025: $15.912B20212022202320242025
FY2021–FY2025 · 5 filing periods · TOTAL REVENUE · Normalized revenue metric from the in-house filings extraction · CAGR 12.6%
52-week position92% through range
$138.8$182.7
News mentions55.0K
Community mentions0partial coverage
U.S.-scope patents42
Prism Insights

What sits behind the readiness signal

Observed risk 11/100higher means more observed risk
Earnings signal77/100
Management stability55/100
Market position34/100
Capital-event signal20/100
Innovation pulse26/100
Management signal

Leadership churn is flagged elevated; 72 key-person events were recorded in the latest 360-day window.

Market activity

Available history contains 69 M&A involvements, 34 asset-acquisition events and 14 contract events.

Innovation activity

Prism records 8 lifetime product-launch events, 2 in the latest 360 days, and 2 company announcements in that window.

Recent risk watch

Recent available records contain 1 lawsuit, 2 regulatory and 0 layoff events across their stated windows.

Prism model components and available company-event evidence; scores are research signals, not recommendations. Event totals describe available coverage and may not be exhaustive.

Readiness #4JEF · NYSE

Jefferies

A U.S.-listed issuer classified by the SEC in Security Brokers, Dealers And Flotation Companies

Founded 1962NEW YORK$10.80B market cap
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42Cautious
Snapshot price$53.09as of page date
Monthly-close return+49.5%five-year window
FY2021 revenue$6.14BJefferies Financial Group Inc.
Net margin27.1%FY2021
P/E snapshot14.8xone ratio, not a verdict
Prism attention29.8%share across these five
Filing track recordRevenue, USD billions
+96.9%
$0$2.0B$4.1B$6.1BFY2019: $3.120BFY2020: $3.120BFY2021: $6.142B201920202021
FY2019–FY2021 · 3 filing periods · TOTAL REVENUE · Normalized revenue metric from the in-house filings extraction · CAGR 40.3%
52-week position49% through range
$35.53$71.04
News mentions72.5K
Community mentions0partial coverage
U.S.-scope patents77
Prism Insights

What sits behind the readiness signal

Observed risk 20/100higher means more observed risk
Earnings signal59/100
Management stability90/100
Market position61/100
Capital-event signal27/100
Innovation pulse3/100
Management signal

No leadership-churn flag in the model; 12 key-person events recorded in the latest 360-day window.

Market activity

Available history contains 19 M&A involvements, 7 asset-acquisition events and 23 contract events.

Innovation activity

Prism records 0 lifetime product-launch events, 0 in the latest 360 days, and 1 company announcements in that window.

Recent risk watch

Recent available records contain 7 lawsuit, 2 regulatory and 0 layoff events across their stated windows.

Prism model components and available company-event evidence; scores are research signals, not recommendations. Event totals describe available coverage and may not be exhaustive.

Readiness #5OPY · NYSE

Oppenheimer

A U.S.-listed issuer classified by the SEC in Security Brokers, Dealers And Flotation Companies

Founded 1886New York City, New York$1.27B market cap
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39Cautious
Snapshot price$119.0as of page date
Monthly-close return+157.6%five-year window
FY2025 revenue$1.42BOPPENHEIMER HOLDINGS INC
Net margin10.4%FY2025
P/E snapshot13.2xone ratio, not a verdict
Prism attention32.4%share across these five
Filing track recordRevenue, USD billions
+8.0%
$0$0.5B$0.9B$1.4BFY2021: $1.319BFY2022: $1.047BFY2023: $1.073BFY2024: $1.229BFY2025: $1.424B20212022202320242025
FY2021–FY2025 · 5 filing periods · TOTAL REVENUE · Normalized revenue metric from the in-house filings extraction · CAGR 1.9%
52-week position92% through range
$63.81$123.7
News mentions78.9K
Community mentions5.7Kpartial coverage
U.S.-scope patents140
Prism Insights

What sits behind the readiness signal

Observed risk 0/100higher means more observed risk
Earnings signal57/100
Management stability90/100
Market position12/100
Capital-event signal15/100
Innovation pulse0/100
Management signal

No leadership-churn flag in the model; 21 key-person events recorded in the latest 360-day window.

Market activity

Available history contains 4 M&A involvements, 2 asset-acquisition events and 2 contract events.

Innovation activity

Prism records 0 lifetime product-launch events, 0 in the latest 360 days, and 0 company announcements in that window.

Recent risk watch

No lawsuit or regulatory event is recorded in the latest 360-day window and no layoff event in the latest 180-day window. This is not legal clearance.

Prism model components and available company-event evidence; scores are research signals, not recommendations. Event totals describe available coverage and may not be exhaustive.

02 · Side-by-side

The comparisons that change the picture

Every bar preserves its own meaning. Price return, revenue scale, profitability and attention are deliberately not blended into one recommendation.

Available monthly-close return

Dated window printed on each company card; not a forecast.

Oppenheimer
+157.6%
Raymond James
+88.8%
sei
+77.2%
Stifel
+75.4%
Jefferies
+49.5%

Latest revenue

USD billions, official filing scope shown on each company card.

Raymond James
$15.91B
Jefferies
$6.14B
Stifel
$3.77B
sei
$1.68B
Oppenheimer
$1.42B

Latest profit margin

Company-card labels distinguish continuing-operations and net-income scope.

Jefferies
27.1%
sei
26.6%
Stifel
18.1%
Raymond James
13.4%
Oppenheimer
10.4%

Prism news attention

Normalized share across these five names; attention is not quality.

Oppenheimer
32.4%
Jefferies
29.8%
Raymond James
22.6%
Stifel
8.5%
sei
6.7%
03 · Prism readout

What the signals say—and what they do not

The headline share is normalized security brokers, dealers and flotation companies news attention across these five names. Partial community coverage and U.S.-scope patent records are displayed separately and are not blended into it.

Scale + attention

Oppenheimer leads the conversation

It holds 32.4% of measured security brokers, dealers and flotation companies news attention and also carries the basket's largest revenue base at $1.42B.

Price path

Oppenheimer leads the available price paths

Its monthly-close return is +157.6% for the five-year window. At the other end, Jefferies is +49.5% for its five-year window. Windows printed on each card must be compared carefully; price history is not a forecast.

Profitability

Jefferies has the widest latest margin

Its FY2021 net margin is 27.1%. Its revenue history in this snapshot spans only the periods printed on its card, so longer histories are not treated as equivalent.

Price vs operating signals

Oppenheimer shows why one ratio is not a verdict

It has the basket's lowest snapshot P/E at 13.2x while its five-year window price return is +157.6%. Valuation, price path and readiness answer different questions.

04 · Research areas

Deeper Prism readout where coverage is dense

Shown only for companies with more than 800 available Prism news records. Counts describe the available research corpus, not company quality.

Areas of research · SEIC

sei

16,281available Prism news records

Prism top themes

Price action & investor response
151
Legal, arbitration & regulatory
130
Capital allocation & transactions
106
Earnings & financial performance
106
Leadership & governance
101

Mapped subcategory tag occurrences; one article may contribute more than one tag. Since 2024-01-01.

News-volume growth

-14.5%3,164 latest 12m vs 3,702 prior 12m
2024-01: 381 mentions2024-02: 338 mentions2024-03: 173 mentions2024-04: 149 mentions2024-05: 158 mentions2024-06: 147 mentions2024-07: 153 mentions2024-08: 202 mentions2024-09: 374 mentions2024-10: 308 mentions2024-11: 247 mentions2024-12: 289 mentions2025-01: 316 mentions2025-02: 437 mentions2025-03: 344 mentions2025-04: 387 mentions2025-05: 290 mentions2025-06: 355 mentions2025-07: 307 mentions2025-08: 276 mentions2025-09: 334 mentions2025-10: 283 mentions2025-11: 275 mentions2025-12: 331 mentions2026-01: 284 mentions2026-02: 219 mentions2026-03: 256 mentions2026-04: 360 mentions2026-05: 204 mentions2026-06: 35 mentions2024-012026-06

Machine-classified coverage tone

88.5% positive-0.3 pp vs preceding four quarters
24Q3
24Q4
25Q1
25Q2
25Q3
25Q4
26Q1
26Q2

Tone of available coverage, not business performance or an investment outlook.

Frequent keywords

stablecoin fx impact 246decentralized forex 181crypto volatility fx 123crypto-fiat arbitrage 92invesco currency etfs 80currency etfs 77currency basket etfs 62battery management systems 61

Keyword tag occurrences in available Prism news records.

Coverage: 2010-01-01–2026-06-13 · trend and themes shown through 2026-06
Areas of research · SF

Stifel

20,666available Prism news records

Prism top themes

Price action & investor response
2,317
Earnings & financial performance
1,204
Capital allocation & transactions
1,178
Macro demand & rates
553
Leadership & governance
178

Mapped subcategory tag occurrences; one article may contribute more than one tag. Since 2024-01-01.

News-volume growth

-35.9%2,963 latest 12m vs 4,624 prior 12m
2024-02: 235 mentions2024-03: 297 mentions2024-04: 243 mentions2024-05: 259 mentions2024-06: 184 mentions2024-07: 238 mentions2024-08: 260 mentions2024-09: 238 mentions2024-10: 279 mentions2024-11: 248 mentions2024-12: 210 mentions2025-01: 521 mentions2025-02: 532 mentions2025-03: 748 mentions2025-04: 894 mentions2025-05: 227 mentions2025-06: 262 mentions2025-07: 205 mentions2025-08: 268 mentions2025-09: 274 mentions2025-10: 252 mentions2025-11: 262 mentions2025-12: 253 mentions2026-01: 205 mentions2026-02: 414 mentions2026-03: 255 mentions2026-04: 377 mentions2026-05: 311 mentions2026-06: 91 mentions2026-07: 1 mentions2024-022026-07

Machine-classified coverage tone

76.8% positive-5.6 pp vs preceding four quarters
24Q4
25Q1
25Q2
25Q3
25Q4
26Q1
26Q2
26Q3

Tone of available coverage, not business performance or an investment outlook.

Frequent keywords

stock performance 673stock price 439share price 306stock surge 257market momentum 209market timing 180earnings report 176market rally 165

Keyword tag occurrences in available Prism news records.

Coverage: 2010-01-01–2026-07-12 · trend and themes shown through 2026-07
Areas of research · RJF

Raymond James

54,952available Prism news records

Prism top themes

Price action & investor response
14,377
Capital allocation & transactions
6,077
Earnings & financial performance
5,864
Macro demand & rates
915
Leadership & governance
466

Mapped subcategory tag occurrences; one article may contribute more than one tag. Since 2024-01-01.

News-volume growth

+22.1%18,316 latest 12m vs 14,997 prior 12m
2024-03: 357 mentions2024-04: 305 mentions2024-05: 302 mentions2024-06: 188 mentions2024-07: 288 mentions2024-08: 287 mentions2024-09: 331 mentions2024-10: 343 mentions2024-11: 385 mentions2024-12: 220 mentions2025-01: 2,067 mentions2025-02: 1,537 mentions2025-03: 2,620 mentions2025-04: 2,532 mentions2025-05: 1,347 mentions2025-06: 1,813 mentions2025-07: 458 mentions2025-08: 1,344 mentions2025-09: 1,744 mentions2025-10: 557 mentions2025-11: 572 mentions2025-12: 472 mentions2026-01: 2,636 mentions2026-02: 2,389 mentions2026-03: 1,661 mentions2026-04: 4,126 mentions2026-05: 3,329 mentions2026-06: 803 mentions2026-07: 21 mentions2026-08: 6 mentions2024-032026-08

Machine-classified coverage tone

85.6% positive+0.6 pp vs preceding four quarters
24Q4
25Q1
25Q2
25Q3
25Q4
26Q1
26Q2
26Q3

Tone of available coverage, not business performance or an investment outlook.

Frequent keywords

stock performance 3,715stock price 3,305share price 1,957investment deal 1,829stock surge 1,500private equity 1,037earnings report 908stock indices 668

Keyword tag occurrences in available Prism news records.

Coverage: 2010-01-02–2026-08-04 · trend and themes shown through 2026-08
Areas of research · JEF

Jefferies

72,465available Prism news records

Prism top themes

Price action & investor response
8,262
Earnings & financial performance
4,627
Macro demand & rates
4,396
Capital allocation & transactions
2,141
Legal, arbitration & regulatory
1,030

Mapped subcategory tag occurrences; one article may contribute more than one tag. Since 2024-01-01.

News-volume growth

+8.2%14,122 latest 12m vs 13,047 prior 12m
2024-03: 825 mentions2024-04: 901 mentions2024-05: 885 mentions2024-06: 821 mentions2024-07: 1,003 mentions2024-08: 787 mentions2024-09: 1,006 mentions2024-10: 1,159 mentions2024-11: 1,055 mentions2024-12: 897 mentions2025-01: 1,373 mentions2025-02: 1,140 mentions2025-03: 1,045 mentions2025-04: 907 mentions2025-05: 1,045 mentions2025-06: 857 mentions2025-07: 1,047 mentions2025-08: 1,516 mentions2025-09: 1,607 mentions2025-10: 1,291 mentions2025-11: 1,242 mentions2025-12: 1,091 mentions2026-01: 1,615 mentions2026-02: 1,910 mentions2026-03: 1,346 mentions2026-04: 2,156 mentions2026-05: 1,506 mentions2026-06: 356 mentions2026-07: 1 mentions2026-08: 1 mentions2024-032026-08

Machine-classified coverage tone

71.8% positive+2.2 pp vs preceding four quarters
24Q4
25Q1
25Q2
25Q3
25Q4
26Q1
26Q2
26Q3

Tone of available coverage, not business performance or an investment outlook.

Frequent keywords

stock performance 2,397stock price 1,516stock surge 1,039ipo prospectus 866earnings report 851share price 769ipo 682pre-ipo valuation 681

Keyword tag occurrences in available Prism news records.

Coverage: 2010-01-01–2026-08-04 · trend and themes shown through 2026-08
Areas of research · OPY

Oppenheimer

78,938available Prism news records

Prism top themes

Price action & investor response
9,539
Capital allocation & transactions
4,561
Earnings & financial performance
4,039
Macro demand & rates
778
Legal, arbitration & regulatory
116

Mapped subcategory tag occurrences; one article may contribute more than one tag. Since 2024-01-01.

News-volume growth

+11.9%17,308 latest 12m vs 15,464 prior 12m
2024-03: 4,759 mentions2024-04: 1,044 mentions2024-05: 760 mentions2024-06: 589 mentions2024-07: 707 mentions2024-08: 637 mentions2024-09: 505 mentions2024-10: 712 mentions2024-11: 823 mentions2024-12: 859 mentions2025-01: 2,323 mentions2025-02: 1,903 mentions2025-03: 2,468 mentions2025-04: 1,599 mentions2025-05: 995 mentions2025-06: 1,364 mentions2025-07: 831 mentions2025-08: 1,082 mentions2025-09: 1,383 mentions2025-10: 584 mentions2025-11: 619 mentions2025-12: 702 mentions2026-01: 1,746 mentions2026-02: 2,196 mentions2026-03: 2,354 mentions2026-04: 4,033 mentions2026-05: 2,983 mentions2026-06: 674 mentions2026-07: 30 mentions2026-08: 4 mentions2024-032026-08

Machine-classified coverage tone

85.8% positive+0.5 pp vs preceding four quarters
24Q4
25Q1
25Q2
25Q3
25Q4
26Q1
26Q2
26Q3

Tone of available coverage, not business performance or an investment outlook.

Frequent keywords

stock performance 2,720movie awards 2,614stock price 2,290oscars 1,887share price 1,523investment deal 1,398stock surge 950award nominee 882

Keyword tag occurrences in available Prism news records.

Coverage: 2010-01-01–2026-08-04 · trend and themes shown through 2026-08
05 · Community discussion

Common topics where conversation clears the gate

Shown only above 25 entity-matched mentions. Coverage is partial and topic counts exclude identified namesake noise.

OPY

Oppenheimer

5,695 mentions
Stock and valuation
1,345
Products, pricing and logistics
1,029
Workplace and hiring
324
Other company context
28

Partial entity-matched community coverage; namesake noise is excluded before topic aggregation. 5,695 records remained after filtering.

06 · Company event log

Common news types and recent highlights

Event patterns and selected recent headlines come from available Prism company-event records since 2023. Obvious forecast, holdings, duplicate and retrospective noise is filtered.

SEIC

sei

through 2026-04-04
M&A 12Earnings releases 11Leadership changes 9Business contracts 4Asset acquisitions 2
  1. Asset acquisitions

    Sei Investments Co. acquired a new position in Zenas BioPharma during the second quarter worth $118,000.

  2. Business contracts

    SEI ® (NASDAQ: SEIC ) today announced that The Huntington National Bank (Huntington), a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN ), has selected the SEI Wealth Platform ℠ (SWP) to advance and unify its wealth management systems and capabilities.

  3. Earnings releases

    Earnings per share were $1.38 for the quarter

Prism company-event records; exact duplicates and evident forecast, holdings and retrospective noise are excluded.

SF

Stifel

through 2026-05-04
Earnings releases 34Leadership changes 23Business contracts 11M&A 10Asset acquisitions 4
  1. Lawsuits

    Stifel Financial this year lost in its attempt to overturn an arbitration panel’s decision to award clients $133 million in damages and legal fees.

  2. Business contracts

    NorthWest Copper (“NorthWest” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: NWST) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. (“Stifel Canada”), to act as sole bookrunner and co‑lead agent with Canaccord Genuity Corp. (together with Stifel Canada, the “Agents”) in connection with a “best efforts” private placement offering by the Company for aggregate proceeds of up to $10 million (the “Offering”).

  3. Earnings releases

    Stifel Financial reports Q4 adjusted EPS $2.63, consensus $2.51

Prism company-event records; exact duplicates and evident forecast, holdings and retrospective noise are excluded.

RJF

Raymond James

through 2026-04-24
Leadership changes 106Earnings releases 36Asset acquisitions 17M&A 10Business contracts 7
  1. M&A

    Raymond James continues to bolster its pool of advisors and assets with the addition of affiliate WRS Wealth Advisors, an Ohio-based team managing more than $450 million in client assets.

  2. Leadership changes

    Raymond James has appointed Patrick O’Connor as chief operating officer of its U.S. Private Client Group, effective May 15.

  3. Asset acquisitions

    Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Total Return Securities in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $55,000.

Prism company-event records; exact duplicates and evident forecast, holdings and retrospective noise are excluded.

JEF

Jefferies

through 2026-04-28
Leadership changes 42Earnings releases 23Business contracts 9Company announcements 8M&A 7
  1. Leadership changes

    Alex Thomas is set to join the US investment bank as head of digital infrastructure investment banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to a person familiar with the matter.

  2. Lawsuits

    Western Alliance Bancorp. announced that it was suing Jefferies, alleging that Jefferies' affiliates backpedaled on previous assurances that they could pay off a large commercial loan balance.

  3. Earnings releases

    Overall, in its first quarter of 2026 earnings release, Jefferies reported net revenues of $2.02bn, down from $2.07bn in the previous quarter. Net earnings attributable to common shareholders were $156m.

Prism company-event records; exact duplicates and evident forecast, holdings and retrospective noise are excluded.

OPY

Oppenheimer

through 2026-04-12
Leadership changes 45Earnings releases 20M&A 3Business contracts 1Lawsuits 1
  1. Leadership changes

    Oppenheimer announced the promotion of David Fleming to a leadership role within its Private Client Division, as the firm continues to expand its wealth management business.

  2. Earnings releases

    For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company reported net income of $148.4 million or $14.13 basic earnings per share compared with net income of $71.6 million or $6.91 basic earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of 107.4%. Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $1.6 billion compared to revenue of $1.4 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of 14.4%.

  3. M&A

    Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Neuberger Berman Energy Infrastructure and Income Fund by 13.5% in the fourth quarter.

Prism company-event records; exact duplicates and evident forecast, holdings and retrospective noise are excluded.

07 · Industry landscape

Security Brokers, Dealers And Flotation Companies Industry in USA

A bottom-of-page sector lens combining Prism's exact U.S. market-growth extraction with tightly matched U.S.-primary security brokers, dealers and flotation companies news. It adds context to the stock basket without turning industry signals into a recommendation.

Prism market forecast extraction

investment banking market

7 sources54.7% extraction confidence
2022 extracted base$78.90B–$138.95B
2033 extracted forecast$213.60B–$254.00B
Implied source CAGR10.8%
global economic developmentrising market activitytechnological progress

Multi-source card returned by Prism's /special_extraction market-growth service. Extracted geography mix: Global, United States. This is a dated market benchmark, not a forecast for the five-stock basket.

Prism news insights

U.S. Security Brokers, Dealers And Flotation Companies news pulse

416,454available Prism news records
Latest 12m volume+48.7%220495 vs 148317 records
Positive classified tone41.6%+6.2 pp vs prior four quarters
2024-01: 8,467 mentions2024-02: 9,780 mentions2024-03: 9,589 mentions2024-04: 10,128 mentions2024-05: 9,678 mentions2024-06: 7,412 mentions2024-07: 9,690 mentions2024-08: 8,144 mentions2024-09: 11,243 mentions2024-10: 10,299 mentions2024-11: 11,353 mentions2024-12: 10,184 mentions2025-01: 14,864 mentions2025-02: 15,913 mentions2025-03: 19,027 mentions2025-04: 16,578 mentions2025-05: 13,610 mentions2025-06: 17,443 mentions2025-07: 16,401 mentions2025-08: 28,627 mentions2025-09: 17,368 mentions2025-10: 11,121 mentions2025-11: 9,180 mentions2025-12: 10,975 mentions2026-01: 13,051 mentions2026-02: 21,166 mentions2026-03: 30,833 mentions2026-04: 40,640 mentions2026-05: 3,690 mentions2024-012026-05
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Available U.S.-primary Prism records matching broker, dealer, flotation, security, banking, investment. Metadata counts can overlap; coverage volume and tone are not measures of industry output.

Recurring Prism themes

security and defense policies
114,520
international political relations
94,032
investment & funding
37,838
international relations and diplomacy
25,399
national security and intelligence organizations
21,653
cybersecurity and cyber warfare
21,214

Metadata occurrences; one record can contribute more than one theme.

Frequent industry keywords

national security strategy 16,140geopolitical alliances 13,133investment deal 13,030diplomatic strategies 12,634homeland security investigations 12,067foreign policy analysis 9,403multilateral diplomacy 8,430diplomatic engagements 6,650

Counts cover the matched industry corpus, not the broader company-news totals above.

Curated signal map

Opportunity and caution, side by side

Evidence prompts—not probabilities.

Opportunity · market driver

global economic development

7 forecast sources

A recurring driver in the extracted market evidence provides a measurable research thread for the sector.

Prism /special_extraction market-growth card
Opportunity · demand

security and defense policies

114,520 matched theme records

The largest current Prism news theme shows where sector attention and reported activity are concentrating.

Prism U.S. news metadata
Opportunity · innovation

Innovation and product activity

44,284 matched news records

Technology, product and R&D metadata provide an auditable view of the sector's innovation conversation.

Unique news records matching the curated innovation rule
Caution · market restraint

regulatory restrictions

25,927 macro/risk records

The extracted restraint and the measured macro-news pulse belong in the downside research frame.

Prism market-growth restraint plus U.S. news metadata
Caution · news pulse

Coverage growth can reverse

+48.7% news volume

The latest 12 months contain 220,495 matched records versus 148,317 in the previous window.

Available Prism coverage through 2026-05-05
Caution · sentiment

Classified tone is not demand

41.6% positive · +6.2pp

Machine-classified news tone is useful context, but it is not revenue, output or a return forecast.

Eight-quarter Prism sentiment series

Opportunity and caution cards are curated research prompts grounded in the counts shown; they are not probabilities, recommendations or forecasts. News coverage runs 2024-01-01–2026-05-05; the latest quarter may be partial.

Explore the broader U.S. industrial landscape →
08 · Scope and sources

How to read this snapshot

Basket and ranking

Five currently eligible U.S.-listed issuers classified under SEC SIC 6211 (Security Brokers, Dealers And Flotation Companies). The builder rechecks price, filing and Prism evidence before assembling the basket. This is a focused research comparison, not a complete sector index.

Companies are ordered by the Fliar BI Prism readiness score used by the Prism Finance USA source pack. The score is a research signal, not a recommendation.

Evidence used

  • Official annual filingsFY revenue history and latest profitability
  • U.S. exchange market snapshotDated price, 52-week range, P/E, market capitalisation and monthly-close return
  • Fliar BI PrismReadiness, company and industry news, community context and U.S.-scope patent records
  • Prism market-growth extractionDated third-party Security Brokers, Dealers And Flotation Companies Industry in USA market benchmark with source-count, geography and confidence context
Important: Research and educational information only. Not investment advice, a recommendation, or a live-price service. Market figures are dated as of 28 August 2026.
09 · Final derived analysis

Conclusions, comparisons, anomalies, explanations and decisions

A final evidence-linked synthesis of the metrics already displayed above. Every named company opens its actual Companies Radar profile.

Conclusions
Comparisons
Anomalies

Oppenheimer has the widest attention-readiness rank gap

It ranks #1 by measured news attention (32.4%) and #5 by Prism readiness. The gap is a review flag, not evidence that either measure is wrong.

Oppenheimer shows a price-operating divergence to inspect

Its displayed filing-revenue change is +8.0% while its available monthly-close return is +157.6%. This is the basket's largest numerical spread; the measures use different units and windows and are not directly equivalent.

Explanations

Attention measures coverage volume, not quality

Oppenheimer's 32.4% share says it appears most often in the matched Prism corpus. It does not score whether that coverage is favourable or whether the company is investable.

Different windows explain why signals can disagree

Revenue comes from the printed filing periods, price paths use the dated monthly-close windows, and Prism signals use their stated event windows. No causal attribution is made across them.

Research decisions

Verify the readiness leader in Companies Radar

Open sei's company profile and inspect the underlying management, market-activity, innovation and risk evidence before relying on the 47/100 score.

Stress-test the largest divergence before forming a view

Compare Oppenheimer's profile with Oppenheimer's profile, then reconcile the displayed filing and price windows. This is a next-research action, not a buy or sell decision.

Method boundary: These are deterministic comparisons of the displayed snapshot fields. They flag relationships for further research, do not establish causality and are not investment recommendations.
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