Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)

US — Financial Services Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol JEF
  • Rev/Share 48.0152
  • Book/Share 47.8654
  • PB 1.0357
  • Debt/Equity 2.3114
  • CurrentRatio 3.6296
  • ROIC 0.0552

 

  • MktCap 10160170560.0
  • FreeCF/Share -8.2757
  • PFCF -5.7226
  • PE 14.9404
  • Debt/Assets 0.3359
  • DivYield 0.0305
  • ROE 0.0702

 

  • Rating C+
  • Score 2
  • Recommendation Sell
  • P/E Score 1
  • DCF Score 3
  • P/B Score 2
  • D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Downgrade JEF Morgan Stanley Overweight Equal Weight $75 $41 April 7, 2025
Downgrade JEF Oppenheimer Outperform Perform -- -- March 19, 2025
Upgrade JEF Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Overweight $67 $97 Dec. 9, 2024
Initiation JEF UBS -- Buy -- $67 Sept. 17, 2024

News

New Strong Sell Stocks for June 2nd
JEF, TXO, WLK
Published: June 02, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

WLK, TXO and JEF have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on May 2, 2025.

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3 Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist in April
BRK-A, BRK-B, JEF, KO
Published: April 04, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Neutral

It's been a spectacular run for Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway. The stock has zoomed 18% higher this year (as of April 1) compared to the broader benchmark S&P 500, which is down about 4%.

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JEF Q1 Earnings Lag Estimates on Weak IB & Capital Markets, Stock Down
JEF
Published: March 27, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Jefferies' first-quarter fiscal 2025 results miss estimates due to weak equity underwriting and fixed income performance, partially offset by lower expenses.

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Tesla, GM, Ford, Super Micro, Nvidia, GameStop, Jefferies, and More Market Movers
F, GM, GME, JEF, NVDA, SMCI, TSLA
Published: March 27, 2025 by: Market Watch
Sentiment: Neutral

Stock futures were mostly higher Thursday even as President Donald Trump slapped 25% tariffs on all cars made outside of the United States, leading to worries over what the trade war will mean to the U.S. and global economies.

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Jefferies (JEF) Q1 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
JEF
Published: March 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Although the revenue and EPS for Jefferies (JEF) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended February 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

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Jefferies (JEF) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Lag Estimates
JEF
Published: March 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Jefferies (JEF) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.60 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.88 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.87 per share a year ago.

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Jefferies Comes Up Short in Fiscal Q1
JEF
Published: March 26, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Negative

Jefferies Financial Group (JEF -2.24%), a prominent player in the investment banking industry and the capital markets, announced its fiscal 2025 first-quarter results on March 26. The company's diluted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $0.57, well short of analysts' consensus estimates of $0.94, while revenue of $1.59 billion was $270 million shy of expectations.

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IB & Trading to Aid Jefferies' Q1 Results, High Costs to Hurt
JEF
Published: March 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Modest IB and trading revenues are likely to aid JEF's first-quarter fiscal 2025 results. Yet, high costs are likely to have remained a woe.

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Jefferies (JEF) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth
JEF
Published: March 19, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Jefferies (JEF) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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About Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)

  • IPO Date 1980-03-17
  • Website https://www.jefferies.com
  • Industry Financial - Capital Markets
  • CEO Mr. Richard Brian Handler
  • Employees 7701

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. engages in the investment banking and capital markets, and asset management businesses in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company operates in Investment Banking and Capital Markets, Asset Management, Merchant Banking, and Corporate segments. It provides investment banking, advisory services with respect to mergers or acquisitions, restructurings or recapitalizations and private capital advisory transactions; equity and debt underwriting; and corporate lending. In addition, the company offers financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; equities research and finance; and wealth management services. Further, it provides clients with sales and trading of investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, leveraged loans, consumer loans, high yield and distressed securities, emerging markets debt, interest rate, and credit derivative products, as well as foreign exchange trade execution and securitization; and manages, invests in, and provides services to a diverse group of alternative asset management platforms across a spectrum of investment strategies and asset classes. The company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation and changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in New York, New York.