JEF icon

Jefferies Financial Group

76.22 USD
+0.96
1.28%
At close Dec 20, 4:00 PM EST
After hours
76.22
+0.00
0.00%
1 day
1.28%
5 days
-5.99%
1 month
1.75%
3 months
22.80%
6 months
66.09%
Year to date
88.57%
1 year
98.59%
5 years
257.17%
10 years
236.36%
 

About: Jefferies Financial Group Inc is a diversified financial services company. It has two reportable segments; Investment Banking and Capital Markets which is also the majority revenue generating segment, includes securities, commodities, corporate lending, futures and foreign exchange capital markets activities and its investment banking business, which provides underwriting and financial advisory services to clients across different sectors. The Asset Management reportable business segment provides alternative investment management services to investors in the U.S. and overseas and generates investment income from capital invested in and managed by it or its affiliated asset managers.

Employees: 7,624

0
Funds holding %
of 6,809 funds
Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

110% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $126M | Put options by funds: $60.1M

73% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 90 | Existing positions closed: 52

20% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $6.89B [Q2] → $8.24B (+$1.35B) [Q3]

8% more funds holding

Funds holding: 487 [Q2] → 525 (+38) [Q3]

0.38% more ownership

Funds ownership: 65.3% [Q2] → 65.68% (+0.38%) [Q3]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 16 [Q2] → 16 (+0) [Q3]

30% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 136 | Existing positions reduced: 195

Research analyst outlook

2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$83
9%
upside
Avg. target
$90
18%
upside
High target
$97
27%
upside

2 analyst ratings

positive
100%
neutral
0%
negative
0%
Morgan Stanley
Ryan Kenny
64% 1-year accuracy
9 / 14 met price target
27%upside
$97
Overweight
Upgraded
9 Dec 2024
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
88% 1-year accuracy
69 / 78 met price target
9%upside
$83
Outperform
Maintained
14 Nov 2024

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 4 articles about JEF published over the past 30 days

Neutral
Business Wire
3 days ago
Jefferies to Release its Fourth-Quarter and Annual 2024 Financial Results on January 8, 2025
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) today announced it will release its fourth-quarter and annual 2024 financial results on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 after market close. About Jefferies Jefferies (NYSE: JEF) is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, wealth, and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investo.
Jefferies to Release its Fourth-Quarter and Annual 2024 Financial Results on January 8, 2025
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
4 days ago
Jefferies Shares Hit All-Time High: Will the Uptrend Continue in 2025?
JEF stock touches an all-time high of $82.04. Read on to know the driving factors and whether the stock is worth betting on for 2025.
Jefferies Shares Hit All-Time High: Will the Uptrend Continue in 2025?
Negative
Market Watch
2 weeks ago
20 stocks likely to lag the S&P 500 over the next year — for this one reason
Difficult-to-short stocks often trade at artificially inflated, unsustainable prices.
20 stocks likely to lag the S&P 500 over the next year — for this one reason
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
Buffett's November DiviDog Pile Had No 'Safer' Buys
Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio includes diverse blue chips and lesser-known growth stocks, with 25 dividend-paying stocks analyzed for yield-based investment opportunities. Top Berkshire dividend stocks like Kraft Heinz and Sirius XM meet the dogcatcher ideal, offering dividends from $1K investments exceeding their share prices. Analysts project net gains of 4.31% to 25.75% for top Berkshire stocks by November 2025, with an average estimated gain of 13.83%.
Buffett's November DiviDog Pile Had No 'Safer' Buys
Positive
Investors Business Daily
1 month ago
Bye-Bye, Apple! Here Are Warren Buffett's Real Magnificent Seven Stocks
Warren Buffett is getting his biggest gains from seven stocks. But his Magnificent Seven holdings are unique.
Bye-Bye, Apple! Here Are Warren Buffett's Real Magnificent Seven Stocks
Neutral
CNBC Television
1 month ago
Call of the Day: Oppenheimer raises bank targets
The Investment Committee debate the big bank names.
Call of the Day: Oppenheimer raises bank targets
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Buy 2 October Berkshire DiviDogs And Watch 6 More
This Berkshire/Buffett holdings-list from Kiplinger first-appeared 8/16/24 on BKH's SEC-Form-13F. Kiplinger, and YCharts both track this BRK batch. Here is your update from 10/28/24 YCharts data. 25 of 41 current Berkshire-owned-stocks pay dividends. As of 10/28/24, the top-ten ranged 2.16%-4.55% by annual-yield, and 32 of 41 ranged 0.21%-36.82% in broker-estimated target-price-upsides. Analyst-estimated top-ten net-gains from BRK's October divi-dogs ranged 8.18%-27.54% from JEF, V, SIRI, KO, LEN, CVX, ALLY, C, KHC, and OXY, per YCharts.
Buy 2 October Berkshire DiviDogs And Watch 6 More
Positive
Reuters
1 month ago
Jefferies holds 5.3% stake in Commerzbank through derivatives
Jefferies has a 5.3% stake in Commerzbank though derivatives, a regulatory filing on Friday showed.
Jefferies holds 5.3% stake in Commerzbank through derivatives
Positive
WSJ
2 months ago
Wall Street's Scrappy Underdog Has Ambitious Plan to Make It Big
Jefferies is doubling down after other investment banks retreated.
Wall Street's Scrappy Underdog Has Ambitious Plan to Make It Big
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 months ago
Jefferies: A Warren Buffett Stock With Runway
Jefferies has been on a tear since Berkshire bought in. A closer look reveals there are still legs to the rally. This month's investor meeting is a potential upside catalyst.
Jefferies: A Warren Buffett Stock With Runway
Charts implemented using Lightweight Charts™