NYSE:JEFJefferies Financial Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 (WHO). Since then, JEF stock has increased by 3.6% and is now trading at $17.81.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Jefferies Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Jefferies Financial Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 24th 2020.
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Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, June, 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 return on equity of 4.86% and a net margin of 10.16%. The company's revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.14 earnings per share.
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Jefferies Financial Group announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 29th. Investors of record on Monday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, August 28th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 14th.
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1 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Jefferies Financial Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Jefferies Financial Group's stock price to reach $26.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 46.0% from the stock's current price.
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News coverage about JEF stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 coverage optimism score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.
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Jefferies Financial Group saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,020,000 shares, a decline of 10.4% from the April 30th total of 6,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,640,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Jefferies Financial Group include MarketAxess (MKTX), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Future Healthcare of America (FUTU), Futu (FHL), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Freedom (FRHC), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Associated Capital Group (AC) and Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF).
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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 Donald Smith & CO. Inc. (1.32%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.09%), Beck Mack & Oliver LLC (0.93%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.85%), AJO LP (0.48%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.45%). Company insiders that own Jefferies Financial Group stock include Brian P Friedman and Joseph S Steinberg.
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JEF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., UBS Group AG, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, and Pacifica Capital Investments LLC.
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JEF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, AJO LP, Donald Smith & CO. Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Ruffer LLP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Swiss National Bank, and Marshall Wace North America L.P..
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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 $17.81.

Jefferies Financial Group has a market capitalization of $4.75 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.