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NYSE:JEF

Jefferies Financial Group - JEF Competitors

$30.98
-0.16 (-0.51%)
(As of 03/30/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$30.69
$31.69
50-Day Range
$29.42
$39.84
52-Week Range
$25.88
$40.80
Volume
1.73 million shs
Average Volume
2.43 million shs
Market Capitalization
$7.05 billion
P/E Ratio
13.24
Dividend Yield
3.87%
Price Target
$36.75

JEF vs. SEIC, SF, HOOD, FRHC, VIRT, CS, NMR, PIPR, NAVI, and MKTX

Should you be buying Jefferies Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jefferies Financial Group include SEI Investments (SEIC), Stifel Financial (SF), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Freedom (FRHC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Credit Suisse Group (CS), Nomura (NMR), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Navient (NAVI), and MarketAxess (MKTX). These companies are all part of the "security brokers & dealers" industry.

Jefferies Financial Group vs.

Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 26 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 9 mentions for SEI Investments. Jefferies Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.05 indicating that Jefferies Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Jefferies Financial Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SEI Investments
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

66.0% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of SEI Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Jefferies Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. Jefferies Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Jefferies Financial Group$7.15 billion0.99$785.45 million$2.3413.24
SEI Investments$1.99 billion3.82$475.47 million$3.4516.42

Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Jefferies Financial Group received 69 more outperform votes than SEI Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.39% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 55.51% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Jefferies Financial GroupOutperform Votes
438
55.51%
Underperform Votes
351
44.49%
SEI InvestmentsOutperform Votes
369
60.39%
Underperform Votes
242
39.61%

Jefferies Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $36.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.62%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.93%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than SEI Investments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Jefferies Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
SEI Investments
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

SEI Investments has a net margin of 23.88% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 12.90%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 26.69% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Jefferies Financial Group 12.90% 8.34% 1.55%
SEI Investments 23.88% 26.69% 22.36%

Summary

SEI Investments beats Jefferies Financial Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding JEF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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JEF vs. The Competition

MetricJefferies Financial GroupSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.05B$15.76B$6.00B$14.46B
Dividend Yield3.97%2.89%8.33%3.88%
P/E Ratio10.2212.25144.8322.87
Price / Sales0.994.763,288.8110.56
Price / Cash6.5619.6731.7224.50
Price / Book0.692.323.506.80
Net Income$785.45M$1.00B$643.58M$867.48M
7 Day Performance3.68%3.64%4.01%3.41%
1 Month Performance-18.02%-2.56%-5.38%-4.83%
1 Year Performance-6.52%-16.35%-3.51%-13.51%

Jefferies Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SEIC
SEI Investments
2.4203 of 5 stars
$56.55
+1.3%
$60.20
+6.5%
-7.6%$7.59B$1.99B16.394,837Analyst Report
Insider Selling
News Coverage
SF
Stifel Financial
2.8229 of 5 stars
$58.71
-0.1%
$77.50
+32.0%
-15.9%$6.26B$4.39B11.049,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
2.1146 of 5 stars
$9.10
+5.0%
$11.75
+29.1%
-35.0%$8.15B$1.36B-1.302,300
FRHC
Freedom
0 of 5 stars
$72.39
+4.8%
N/A+15.7%$4.11B$533.80M11.423,421
VIRT
Virtu Financial
3.53 of 5 stars
$18.64
+2.1%
$26.50
+42.2%
-50.3%$3.11B$2.36B7.77973
CS
Credit Suisse Group
2.4219 of 5 stars
$0.88
+2.3%
$5.14
+485.6%
-89.2%$2.73B$22.88B-0.3150,480Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
NMR
Nomura
2.8012 of 5 stars
$3.83
+0.5%
N/A-14.2%$11.56B$12.15B13.6815,213
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
2.0825 of 5 stars
$134.91
-1.0%
$161.00
+19.3%
+0.9%$2.41B$1.37B20.761,790Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NAVI
Navient
2.1549 of 5 stars
$15.85
+1.8%
$17.40
+9.8%
-8.6%$2.04B$1.74B3.594,000
MKTX
MarketAxess
2.6421 of 5 stars
$384.52
+0.5%
$331.36
-13.8%
+11.8%$14.46B$718.30M57.82676Analyst Revision
This page (NYSE:JEF) was last updated on 3/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff