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. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is an increase 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 earnings results on Wednesday, January, 8th. The financial services provider reported $0.62 earnings per share 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 analyst estimates of $1.01 billion. Jefferies Financial Group had a net margin of 23.42% and a return on equity of 4.22%. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.06) EPS. 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 1 year price objectives for Jefferies Financial Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Jefferies Financial Group's share price to reach $23.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% 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.

News stories about JEF stock have trended very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Jefferies Financial Group earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Jefferies Financial Group.

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

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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Foundation Resource Management Inc. (0.25%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.21%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.11%), RK Asset Management LLC (0.10%) and Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. (0.09%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Jefferies Financial Group.

JEF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundation Resource Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, SG Americas Securities LLC, Moon Capital Management LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and Carroll Financial Associates Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Jefferies Financial Group.

JEF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd., California Public Employees Retirement System, AlphaCore Capital LLC, Radnor Capital Management LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Strs Ohio, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and Sanders Morris Harris LLC. 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 $22.02.

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $6.60 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 4,700 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.