NYSE:JEF - Jefferies Financial Group Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Jefferies Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, August 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.125 per share on Friday, August 30th. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 16th. View Jefferies Financial Group's Dividend History.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 3rd. The financial services provider reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.17. The financial services provider earned $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.01 billion. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. View Jefferies Financial Group's Earnings History.

1 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Jefferies Financial Group's stock. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Jefferies Financial Group's stock price to reach $26.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.8% 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 coverage about JEF stock has trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Jefferies Financial Group earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Jefferies Financial Group.

Jefferies Financial Group saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,486,800 shares, a drop of 25.9% from the July 31st total of 7,407,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,680,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.3 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Jefferies Financial Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Jefferies Financial Group include Nomura (NMR), MarketAxess (MKTX), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Stifel Financial (SF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Navient (NAVI), Futu (FHL), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Associated Capital Group (AC), Freedom (FRHC), Gamco Investors (GBL) and Cowen (COWN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Jefferies Financial Group investors own include Cisco Systems (CSCO), Bank of America (BAC), CVS Health (CVS), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Ford Motor (F).

Jefferies Financial Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.68%), BlackRock Inc. (5.85%), BlackRock Inc. (5.85%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (4.61%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.14%) and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.14%).

JEF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., United Services Automobile Association and California Public Employees Retirement System.

JEF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, PenderFund Capital Management Ltd., Invesco Ltd. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

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 $19.81.

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $5.94 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.