Financial Services
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.(JEF)
Live Price
Offline$61.88
-0.23% today
1Y Change
+10.66%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $10.19B
- Revenue Growth
- +2.9%
- EPS Growth
- -4.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.2%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $10.19B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $61.88 and up 10.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.9%, EPS growth of -4.9%, a dividend yield of 3.2%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.9%, EPS -4.9%, free cash flow -271.2% with operating margin 6.7% and ROIC 0.9%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.2%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 14.5 and price/sales 0.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines JEF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+2.9% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+6.7% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Jun 24, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +2.9% and EPS is at -4.9%, with operating margin around 6.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -2.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Mar 25, 2026 | +0.0% | +1.6% | +4.3% | +15.3% |
2026 Jan 7, 2026 | +1.6% | -5.6% | -3.4% | -12.6% |
2025 Sep 29, 2025 | +31.3% | -1.9% | -8.2% | -15.1% |
Benchmark Edge
JEF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
JEF Max Drawdown
-48.81%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for JEF and SPY.
Company Overview
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
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.
- Leadership
- Richard Brian Handler
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 7.7k
- Street Address
- 520 Madison Avenue
- Mailing
- New York City, NY, 10022
- Region
- New York City, NY, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 212 460 1900
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 14.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 27.2
- Price/Sales
- 0.9
- Price/Book
- 1.0
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.9%
- EPS
- -4.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- -271.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 58.8%
- Operating Margin
- 6.7%
- Net Margin
- 6.6%
- ROE
- 7.1%
- ROIC
- 0.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 3.04
- Current Ratio
- 2.48
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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