NYSE:JEF - Jefferies Financial Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Jefferies Financial Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JEF."

Jefferies Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is an increase from Jefferies Financial Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. View Jefferies Financial Group's Dividend History.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 8th. The financial services provider reported $0.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.39. The financial services provider earned $1.11 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.01 billion. Jefferies Financial Group had a return on equity of 4.22% and a net margin of 23.42%. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.06) EPS. View Jefferies Financial Group's Earnings History.

Jefferies Financial Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Jefferies Financial Group.

1 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Jefferies Financial Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Jefferies Financial Group's stock price to reach $23.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Jefferies Financial Group.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jefferies Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Jefferies Financial Group.

Media coverage about JEF stock has been trending extremely positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Jefferies Financial Group earned a coverage optimism score of 5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Jefferies Financial Group.

Jefferies Financial Group saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 4,850,000 shares, a decline of 15.7% from the November 28th total of 5,750,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Jefferies Financial Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Jefferies Financial Group include Nomura (NMR), MarketAxess (MKTX), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Future Healthcare of America (FUTU), Futu (FHL), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Associated Capital Group (AC), Freedom (FRHC), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF) and Gamco Investors (GBL).

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Jefferies Financial Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Foundation Resource Management Inc. (0.25%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), RK Asset Management LLC (0.10%), Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. (0.09%), Moon Capital Management LLC (0.06%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Jefferies Financial Group.

JEF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundation Resource Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Moon Capital Management LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Carroll Financial Associates Inc., RK Asset Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jefferies Financial Group.

JEF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd., AlphaCore Capital LLC, Radnor Capital Management LLC, Strs Ohio, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Sanders Morris Harris LLC, Diversified Trust Co and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . View Insider Buying and Selling for Jefferies Financial Group.

Shares of JEF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JEF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.89.

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $6.56 billion and generates $3.89 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $964.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.32 on an earnings per share basis. Jefferies Financial Group employs 4,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Jefferies Financial Group.

The official website for Jefferies Financial Group is http://www.jefferies.com/.

Jefferies Financial Group's mailing address is 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-460-1900.