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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 26th. Investors 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 2.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 15th. View Jefferies Financial Group's Dividend History.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) released its quarterly earnings data 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 business's quarterly revenue was down 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm 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 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Jefferies Financial Group's stock. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Jefferies Financial Group's share price to reach $26.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.3% 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 headlines about JEF stock have been trending somewhat negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 media sentiment score of -1.5 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 press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near 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 daily volume of 2,870,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's stock 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), Future Healthcare of America (FUTU), Futu (FHL), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Associated Capital Group (AC), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF) and Freedom (FRHC).

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 many different 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., Country Club Trust Company n.a., RK Asset Management LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd.

JEF stock was purchased 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., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Pacer Advisors Inc..

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 $18.49.

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $5.54 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.