Jefferies Financial Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jefferies Financial Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Jefferies Financial Group stock.
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Jefferies Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,330,000 shares, an increase of 41.6% from the February 28th total of 4,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Jefferies Financial Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 5th 2021.
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Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $2.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.89. Jefferies Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.88% and a net margin of 13.67%.
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Jefferies Financial Group's stock was trading at $17.19 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, JEF stock has increased by 81.6% and is now trading at $31.21.
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Jefferies Financial Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, May 28th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 14th.
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Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.58%. Jefferies Financial Group does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Jefferies Financial Group is 30.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Jefferies Financial Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.87% next year. This indicates that Jefferies Financial Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Jefferies Financial Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Jefferies Financial Group's stock price to reach $26.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.1%.
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Some companies that are related to Jefferies Financial Group include Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Credit Suisse Group (CS), Futu (FUTU), MarketAxess (MKTX), Raymond James (RJF), Nomura (NMR), SEI Investments (SEIC), Stifel Financial (SF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Freedom (FRHC), UP Fintech (TIGR), Navient (NAVI), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR) and Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC).
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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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Foundation Resource Management Inc. (0.23%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Jefferies Financial Group stock include Brian P Friedman, Jefferies Financial Group Inc, Joseph S Steinberg and Stuart Harry Reese.
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JEF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundation Resource Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Pacer Advisors Inc..
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Shares of JEF 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 $31.21.

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $7.80 billion and generates $6.01 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $775.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.65 on an earnings per share basis.

Jefferies Financial Group employs 4,945 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Jefferies Financial Group: 54 Mad Holding LLC, Alumni Forest Products LLC, Apex Credit Partners LLC, BEI Italia Wireless LLC, BEI PSVI Holding LLC, Baldwin Enterprise LLC, Chrome Capital Group LLC, Foursight Capital LLC, Foursight Funding II LLC, Foursight Funding LLC, Garcadia Auto LLC, Gauss LLC, Idaho Timber of Carthage LLC, Idaho Timber of North Carolina LLC, JETX Energy LLC, JFIN Asset Management LLC, Jefferies (Australia) Pty Ltd., Jefferies (Japan) Limited, Jefferies Finance LLC, Jefferies Financial Products LLC, Jefferies Financial Services Inc., Jefferies Funding LLC, Jefferies Group Capital Finance Inc., Jefferies Group LLC, Jefferies Hong Kong Limited, Jefferies India Private Limited, Jefferies International Limited, Jefferies Investment Advisers LLC, Jefferies LLC, Jefferies Leveraged Credit Products LLC, Jefferies Research Services LLC, Jefferies Securities Inc., Jefferies Singapore Limited, Jefferies Structured Credit LLC, LAM Holding LLC, LUK HRG LLC, LUK Servicing LLC, LUK-FX Holdings LLC, Leucadia Asset Management LLC, Leucadia Aviation Inc., Leucadia Funding LLC, Leucadia Investment Management Ltd., Leucadia LLC, M Science LLC, Nead Corporation, Phlcorp Holding LLC, Vitesse Energy Finance LLC, and Vitesse Energy LLC.

Jefferies Financial Group was founded in 1962.

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

Jefferies Financial Group is headquartered at 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022.

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.