NYSE:JEFJefferies Financial Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

$14.92

-0.77 (-4.91 %)

(As of 05/28/2020 04:00 PM ET)

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Today's Range

$14.88

Now: $14.92▼

$15.93

50-Day Range

$12.09

MA: $13.19▼

$14.32

52-Week Range

$11.20

Now: $14.92▼

$24.03

Volume3.46 million shs

Average Volume2.34 million shs

Market Capitalization$4.18 billion

P/E Ratio4.55

Dividend Yield3.82%

Beta1.42

Jefferies Financial Group Inc., a financial services company, engages in investment banking and capital markets, asset management, and direct investing businesses in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. the company also offers equities research, sales, and trading services; equity finance services comprising financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; and wealth management services to high net worth individuals, their families and businesses, private equity and venture funds, and small institutions. In addition, it provides fixed income sales and trading services for investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, leveraged loans, consumer loans, securities, markets debt, interest rate, and credit derivative products, as well as foreign exchange trade execution and securitization capabilities, as well as manages, invests in, and provides services to a group of alternative asset management platforms in investment strategies and asset classes. The company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation and changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Beat the Market (BTM) Rank^™

3.0 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Jefferies Financial Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $23.00, Jefferies Financial Group has a potential upside of 54.2% from its current price of $14.92.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Jefferies Financial Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

2.0 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
Jefferies Financial Group has received 401 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
Jefferies Financial Group has received 613 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
Jefferies Financial Group has received 60.45% “underperform” votes from our community.

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Jefferies Financial Group and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe JEF will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe JEF will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

3.3 Dividend Strength

Dividend Leadership
Jefferies Financial Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.82%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.
Dividend Growth
Jefferies Financial Group has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Jefferies Financial Group is 45.45 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, Jefferies Financial Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 48.78 % next year. This indicates that Jefferies Financial Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

1.0 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Jefferies Financial Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 14.80% of the stock of Jefferies Financial Group is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
69.10% of the stock of Jefferies Financial Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

3.8 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Jefferies Financial Group are expected to grow by 167.39% in the coming year, from $0.46 to $1.23 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Jefferies Financial Group is 4.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 14.95.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Jefferies Financial Group is 4.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.27.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Jefferies Financial Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.47. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Overall Beat the Market Rank^™

2.62 out of 5 stars

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange NYSE

Industry Security brokers & dealers

Sub-IndustryN/A

SectorFinance

Current SymbolNYSE:JEF

Previous Symbol

CUSIPN/A

CIK1084580

Webwww.jefferies.com

Phone212-460-1900

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.10

Current Ratio1.63

Quick Ratio1.63

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio4.55

Forward P/E Ratio32.43

P/E GrowthN/A

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$3.89 billion

Price / Sales1.07

Cash Flow$1.87 per share

Price / Cash Flow7.98

Book Value$32.02 per share

Price / Book0.47

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.32

Net Income$964.70 million

Net Margins24.03%

Return on Equity5.63%

Return on Assets1.10%

Miscellaneous

Employees4,800

Outstanding Shares279,876,000

Market Cap$4.18 billion

Next Earnings Date7/1/2020 (Estimated)

OptionableOptionable

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Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Jefferies Financial Group's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

Jefferies Financial Group's stock was trading at $17.19 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, JEF shares have decreased by 13.2% and is now trading at $14.92. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of 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.

When is Jefferies Financial Group's next earnings date?

Jefferies Financial Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 1st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Jefferies Financial Group.

How were Jefferies Financial Group's earnings last quarter?

Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March, 26th. The financial services provider reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. Jefferies Financial Group had a return on equity of 5.63% and a net margin of 24.03%. The company's revenue was up 71.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.06) EPS. View Jefferies Financial Group's earnings history.

How often does Jefferies Financial Group pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Jefferies Financial Group?

Jefferies Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 26th. Investors of record on Monday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.02%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 15th. View Jefferies Financial Group's dividend history.

What price target have analysts set for JEF?

1 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Jefferies Financial Group's stock. 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 54.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Jefferies Financial Group.

Has Jefferies Financial Group been receiving favorable news coverage?

News articles about JEF stock have trended extremely positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 news impact score of 4.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutJefferies Financial Group.

Are investors shorting Jefferies Financial Group?

Jefferies Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,720,000 shares, an increase of 12.8% from the April 30th total of 5,960,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,600,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Jefferies Financial Group's Current Options Chain.

Who are some of Jefferies Financial Group's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to Jefferies Financial Group include Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Future Healthcare of America (FUTU), Navient (NAVI), Futu (FHL), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Freedom (FRHC), Associated Capital Group (AC), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC) and Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF). View all competitors.

What other stocks do shareholders of Jefferies Financial Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Jefferies Financial Group investors own include Bank of America (BAC), CVS Health (CVS), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), General Motors (GM), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Who are Jefferies Financial Group's key executives?

Jefferies Financial Group's management team includes the following people:

Mr. Joseph Saul Steinberg, Co-Founder & Chairman (Age 74)
Mr. Richard Brian Handler, CEO & Director (Age 58)
Mr. Brian Paul Friedman, Pres & Director (Age 63)
Ms. Teresa S. Gendron, VP & CFO (Age 49)
Mr. Michael J. Sharp J.D., Exec. VP & Gen. Counsel (Age 63)

What is Jefferies Financial Group's stock symbol?

Jefferies Financial Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JEF."

Who are Jefferies Financial Group's major shareholders?

Jefferies Financial Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.99%), First Pacific Advisors LP (6.79%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (4.63%), State Street Corp (2.98%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.18%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.13%). View institutional ownership trends for Jefferies Financial Group.

Which institutional investors are selling Jefferies Financial Group stock?

JEF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Pacific Advisors LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Ruffer LLP, New York State Common Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Prana Capital Management LP, First Trust Advisors LP, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. View insider buying and selling activity for Jefferies Financial Group.

Which institutional investors are buying Jefferies Financial Group stock?

JEF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Donald Smith & CO. Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Mackay Shields LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Korea Investment CORP, and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. View insider buying and selling activity for Jefferies Financial Group.

How do I buy shares of 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.

What is Jefferies Financial Group's stock price today?

One share of JEF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.92.

How big of a company is Jefferies Financial Group?

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $4.18 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.

What is Jefferies Financial Group's official website?

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

How can I contact Jefferies Financial Group?

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.

This page was last updated on 5/28/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff