Jefferies Financial Group - JEF Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jefferies Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" JEF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in JEF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Jefferies Financial Group's shares. Their JEF share price forecasts range from $28.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $37.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%.
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Jefferies Financial Group's stock was trading at $34.28 at the beginning of the year. Since then, JEF stock has increased by 14.1% and is now trading at $39.13.
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Jefferies Financial Group saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,280,000 shares, a decrease of 11.8% from the December 15th total of 3,720,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,300,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, March 27th 2023.
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Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 9th. The financial services provider reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.25 billion. Jefferies Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.32% and a net margin of 12.90%. Jefferies Financial Group's revenue for the quarter was down 20.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.36 earnings per share.

Jefferies Financial Group announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 9th. Investors of record on Monday, February 13th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, February 24th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.07%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 10th.
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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 3.07%. The company 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 is 39.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JEF will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.97% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Jefferies Financial Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JEF."

Jefferies Financial Group's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.38%), Mraz Amerine & Associates Inc. (0.24%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%), Lafayette Investments Inc. (0.08%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.07%) and Beacon Investment Advisory Services Inc. (0.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian P Friedman, Jefferies Financial Group Inc, Joseph S Steinberg, Kane Michael T O, Melissa Weiler, Rocco J Nittoli, Stuart Harry Reese and Thomas W Jones.
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Shares of JEF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of JEF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.13.

Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) has a market capitalization of $8.95 billion and generates $5.98 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $785.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.03 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,556 workers across the globe.

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