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Jefferies Financial Group

JEF · NYSE

$45.01+$1.41 (+3.23%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $43.60

About JEF

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York and currently employs 7,596 full-time employees. The firm's segments include Investment Banking and Capital Markets and Asset Management. The Investment Banking and Capital Markets segment includes its capital markets activities and its investment banking business, which provides underwriting and financial advisory services to its clients. The company operates in the Americas; Europe and the Middle East; and Asia-Pacific. The Investment Banking and Capital Markets segment provides the sales, trading, origination and advisory effort for various fixed income, equity and advisory products and services. The Asset Management segment provides alternative investment management services to investors globally and generates investment income from capital invested in and managed by it or its affiliated asset managers and includes certain remaining businesses and assets of its legacy merchant banking portfolio.

Employees
7,787
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Listed
Oct 7, 1968
Sector
Financials
Industry
Capital Markets
Website
jefferies.com

JEF key statistics

Market cap
10.01B
Price-earnings ratio
11.95
Dividend yield
3.72%
Average volume
2.46M
Volume
1.39M
Open price
$43.80
High today
$45.90
Low today
$43.69
52 Week high
$66.60
52 Week low
$35.53

Jefferies Financial Group (JEF) at a glance

Jefferies Financial Group (JEF) last traded at $45.01, with a market cap of 10.01B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.95 and a dividend yield of 3.72%.

Today the stock has traded between $43.69 and $45.90. The current price is 3.0% above the day's low and 1.9% below its high.

Volume so far is 1.39M shares, below the average of 2.46M shares a day.

Over the past year Jefferies Financial Group has ranged from $35.53 to $66.60, and now sits 31% of the way up that range.

Jefferies Financial Group met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 4 of the last 8 quarters. In Q3 FY26 it reported $1.08 per share against an estimate of $1.01.

The average analyst price target is $58.55, 30.1% above the current price, from 5 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

40%of 5 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy40.0%
  • Hold60.0%
  • Sell0.0%
Price target · 6 analystsAvg $58.55
Low
$49.49
Now
$45.01
High
$74.55

JEF earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 4 of the last 8 quarters, by 8.5% on average.

  1. Q4 FY24: reported $0.93 per share against an estimate of $0.9166
  2. Q1 FY25: reported $0.57 per share against an estimate of $0.9494
  3. Q2 FY25: reported $0.40 per share against an estimate of $0.4444
  4. Q3 FY25: reported $1.01 per share against an estimate of $0.808
  5. Q4 FY25: reported $0.96 per share against an estimate of $0.9511
  6. Q1 FY26: reported $0.70 per share against an estimate of $0.9656
  7. Q2 FY26: reported $1.02 per share against an estimate of $1.17
  8. Q3 FY26: reported $1.08 per share against an estimate of $1.01

JEF news

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Jefferies Jumps to No. 1 in the 2026 Extel All-America Research Survey for Total Ranked Analysts

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Jefferies Announces Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results

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  • Piero Cingari

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  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Jefferies to Host Investor Day on October 19, 2026

  • Piero Cingari

    Chips, Asset Managers and Consumer Names Slide After Warsh's Press Conference: The 10 Biggest Losers

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Jefferies to Release its Third Quarter Financial Results on September 28, 2026

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