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

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

Jefferies Financial Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $0.125 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 15th. View Jefferies Financial Group's Dividend History.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) posted its earnings results on Thursday, September, 26th. The financial services provider reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.19. The financial services provider had revenue of $857 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.02 billion. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.06) earnings per share. View Jefferies Financial Group's Earnings History.

Jefferies Financial Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 8th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Jefferies Financial Group.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Jefferies Financial Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Jefferies Financial Group's share price to reach $26.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 47.1% 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 trended negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Jefferies Financial Group earned a news sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Jefferies Financial Group.

Jefferies Financial Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 7,710,000 shares, an increase of 35.5% from the August 30th total of 5,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,870,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Jefferies Financial Group's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Jefferies Financial Group investors own include CVS Health (CVS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Micron Technology (MU), Bank of America (BAC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Goldman Sachs Group (GS) and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT).

Jefferies Financial Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Foundation Resource Management Inc. (0.30%), RK Asset Management LLC (0.10%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.03%), Gyroscope Capital Management Group LLC (0.03%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%).

JEF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Foundation Resource Management Inc., RK Asset Management LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. and CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp.

JEF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gyroscope Capital Management Group LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, Pacer Advisors Inc. and North Star Investment Management Corp..

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 $18.02.

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $5.40 billion and generates $5.01 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.03 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.81 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.