Jefferies Financial Group (JEF) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jefferies Financial Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" JEF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in JEF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Jefferies Financial Group's shares. Their JEF share price forecasts range from $27.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $36.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.0% from the stock's current price.
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Jefferies Financial Group's stock was trading at $34.28 at the start of the year. Since then, JEF stock has decreased by 8.7% and is now trading at $31.31.
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Jefferies Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,820,000 shares, an increase of 34.8% from the April 30th total of 1,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,530,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, June 26th 2023.
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Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 12th. The financial services provider reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.34 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $1.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.90 billion. Jefferies Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.60% and a net margin of 10.51%. Jefferies Financial Group's quarterly revenue was down 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.11 earnings per share.

Jefferies Financial Group announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, May 26th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 12th.
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Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.99%. JEF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 51.28%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JEF will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.29% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Jefferies Financial Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JEF."

Jefferies Financial Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.64%), State Street Corp (2.42%), First Pacific Advisors LP (2.40%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.84%), LSV Asset Management (1.60%) and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (1.29%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian P Friedman, Jefferies Financial Group Inc, Joseph S Steinberg, Kane Michael T O, Melissa Weiler, Rocco J Nittoli, Stuart Harry Reese and Thomas W Jones.
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Shares of JEF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of JEF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.31.

Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) has a market capitalization of $7.25 billion and generates $5.98 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $785.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.34 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,381 workers across the globe.

Jefferies Financial Group's mailing address is 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The official website for the company is www.jefferies.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 460-1900 or via fax at 212-598-4859.