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 2.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is a positive change from Jefferies Financial Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. View Jefferies Financial Group's Dividend History.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 8th. The financial services provider reported $0.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.39. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.11 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.01 billion. Jefferies Financial Group had a net margin of 23.42% and a return on equity of 4.26%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company 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 Thursday, March 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Jefferies Financial Group.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Jefferies Financial Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Jefferies Financial Group's share price to reach $23.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.4%. 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 stories about JEF stock have been trending very negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Jefferies Financial Group earned a media sentiment score of -3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Jefferies Financial Group.

Jefferies Financial Group saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,230,000 shares, a decrease of 12.2% from the January 15th total of 4,820,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,380,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 1.7% 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 Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), MarketAxess (MKTX), SEI Investments (SEIC), Stifel Financial (SF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Navient (NAVI), Future Healthcare of America (FUTU), Futu (FHL), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Associated Capital Group (AC) and Freedom (FRHC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Jefferies Financial Group investors own include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Bank of America (BAC), CVS Health (CVS), General Motors (GM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), AT&T (T), Intel (INTC) and Micron Technology (MU).

Jefferies Financial Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (4.57%), State Street Corp (2.95%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (1.71%), Prudential Financial Inc. (1.61%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.30%) and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (1.30%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Jefferies Financial Group.

JEF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Baillie Gifford & Co., Becker Capital Management Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Stieven Capital Advisors L.P., Bank of Montreal Can and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jefferies Financial Group.

JEF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Captrust Financial Advisors, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Man Group plc, Schroder Investment Management Group, Donald Smith & CO. Inc., UBS Group AG, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd.. 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 $23.56.

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $6.71 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 4,800 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.