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. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.125 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 15th. View Jefferies Financial Group's Dividend History.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) released its earnings results on Thursday, September, 26th. The financial services provider reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.19. The financial services provider earned $857 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.02 billion. The company's quarterly revenue was down 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned ($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 analysts have issued 12 month target prices 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 44.1% 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.

News headlines about JEF stock have been trending very negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Jefferies Financial Group.

Jefferies Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 2,870,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 3.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Jefferies Financial Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Foundation Resource Management Inc. (0.30%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.24%), RK Asset Management LLC (0.10%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.04%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.03%) and Gyroscope Capital Management Group LLC (0.03%).

JEF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Foundation Resource Management Inc., RK Asset Management LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc..

JEF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Gyroscope Capital Management Group LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, Wedbush Securities Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc. and DNB Asset Management AS.

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 $18.40.

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $5.52 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.