Jefferies Financial Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jefferies Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Jefferies Financial Group stock.
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4 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Jefferies Financial Group's stock. Their JEF stock forecasts range from $30.00 to $47.00. On average, they predict Jefferies Financial Group's stock price to reach $38.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.8% from the stock's current price.
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Jefferies Financial Group's stock was trading at $38.80 at the start of the year. Since then, JEF shares have decreased by 28.0% and is now trading at $27.93.
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Jefferies Financial Group saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,200,000 shares, a drop of 14.5% from the May 15th total of 8,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,620,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.4 days. Currently, 3.8% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Jefferies Financial Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 29th 2022.
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Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, June, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.26 billion. Jefferies Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.72% and a net margin of 17.23%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 29.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.31 earnings per share.
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Jefferies Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 27th. Investors of record on Monday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, August 26th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 12th.
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Jefferies Financial Group(NYSE:JEF) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.30%. JEF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Jefferies Financial Group has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Jefferies Financial Group is 27.40%. 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 28.99% next year. This indicates that Jefferies Financial Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Some companies that are related to Jefferies Financial Group include Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Raymond James (RJF), Credit Suisse Group (CS), Nomura (NMR), MarketAxess (MKTX), Futu (FUTU), SEI Investments (SEIC), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Stifel Financial (SF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Freedom (FRHC), Navient (NAVI), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC) and Associated Capital Group (AC).
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Jefferies Financial Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JEF."

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One share of JEF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.93.

Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) has a market capitalization of $6.69 billion and generates $8.19 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.67 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.38 on an earnings per share basis.

Jefferies Financial Group employs 5,556 workers across the globe.

Jefferies Financial Group was founded in 1962.

Jefferies Financial Group's mailing address is 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The official website for Jefferies Financial Group is www.jefferies.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 460-1900 or via fax at 212-598-4859.