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

Company Overview

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is a diversified financial services company that provides investment banking, capital markets, asset management and other financial services to corporations, institutional investors, governments and individual clients. Its principal operating business is Jefferies Group, an investment banking and securities firm.

Jefferies provides advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other strategic transactions, along with equity and debt underwriting, sales and trading, research, prime brokerage and securities services. Through its asset management and wealth management businesses, the company also offers investment management, alternative investments, financial planning and related services. Jefferies Financial Group maintains additional investments and operating businesses outside its core securities operations.

Founded in 1962, Jefferies expanded through its combination with Leucadia National Corporation in 2013. Leucadia changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group in 2018, reflecting the increasing importance of the Jefferies business within the broader company. Jefferies serves clients across North America, Europe, Asia and other international markets.

Richard B. Handler serves as chief executive officer of Jefferies Financial Group and chief executive officer of Jefferies, while Brian P. Friedman serves as chairman of the company and chairman of Jefferies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $45.59 to $46.25
• 50-Day Range: $45.20 to $57.18
• 52-Week Range: $35.53 to $66.60
• Volume: 628,626 shs
• Average Volume: 2.46 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.85 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.51
• Dividend Yield: 3.50%
• Price Target: $56.86
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Jefferies Financial Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Jefferies Financial Group scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 13th out of 836 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Jefferies Financial Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.29, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Jefferies Financial Group has a consensus price target of $56.86, representing about 23.8% upside from its current price of $45.94.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Jefferies Financial Group has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.65%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Jefferies Financial Group are expected to grow by 15.65% in the coming year, from $4.09 to $4.73 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Jefferies Financial Group is 12.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.69.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Jefferies Financial Group is 12.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.49.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Jefferies Financial Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.89. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.48% of the float of Jefferies Financial Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Jefferies Financial Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.92, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Jefferies Financial Group has recently decreased by 0.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Jefferies Financial Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.54%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Jefferies Financial Group has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Jefferies Financial Group is 43.84%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Jefferies Financial Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.83% next year. This indicates that Jefferies Financial Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.47

News Sentiment

Jefferies Financial Group has a news sentiment score of 0.47. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 33 news articles for Jefferies Financial Group this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

8 people have searched for JEF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 60% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Jefferies Financial Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Jefferies Financial Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

19.90% of the stock of Jefferies Financial Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

60.88% of the stock of Jefferies Financial Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/28 Dividend: 8/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/28 Dividend: 8/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/28/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/28/2026
• Today: 10/06/2026
• Investor Meeting: 10/19/2026
• Record date for 11/25 Dividend: 11/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/25 Dividend: 11/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/25/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 11/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Investment Banking & Brokerage
• Current Symbol: NYSE:JEF
• CIK: 96223
• Web: www.jefferies.com
• Phone: (212) 460-1900
• Fax: 212-598-4859
• Employees: 7,787
• Year Founded: 1962

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Jefferies Financial Group: $56.86
• High Price Target: $71.00
• Low Price Target: $49.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.29
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.65
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.56
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.20
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $710.47 million
• Net Margins: 7.50%
• Pretax Margin: 9.30%
• Return on Equity: 9.26%
• Return on Assets: 1.29%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.99
• Current Ratio: 0.98
• Quick Ratio: 0.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.17 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.73
• Cash Flow: $4.54 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.10
• Book Value: $51.59 per share
• Price / Book: 0.89

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 193,743,000
• Free Float: 155,188,000
• Market Cap: $8.88 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.57