NYSE:JEFJefferies Financial Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Jefferies Financial Group's stock was trading at $17.19 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, JEF stock has decreased by 12.0% and is now trading at $15.12. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jefferies Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Jefferies Financial Group.

Jefferies Financial Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Jefferies Financial Group.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) announced its earnings results on Monday, June, 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.03) by $0.19. The financial services provider earned $1.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $844.30 million. Jefferies Financial Group had a net margin of 10.16% and a return on equity of 4.82%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.14 earnings per share. View Jefferies Financial Group's earnings history.

Jefferies Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 17th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, August 28th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th. View Jefferies Financial Group's dividend history.

2 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Jefferies Financial Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Jefferies Financial Group's stock price to reach $24.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 62.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Jefferies Financial Group.

News coverage about JEF stock has been trending negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Jefferies Financial Group.

Jefferies Financial Group saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,560,000 shares, a decrease of 9.6% from the June 15th total of 6,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,720,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Jefferies Financial Group's Current Options Chain.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Foundation Resource Management Inc. (0.25%), Sanders Morris Harris LLC (0.03%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%). 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., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Sanders Morris Harris LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $15.12.

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $4.04 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.

The official website for Jefferies Financial Group is 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.