Jefferies Financial Group
JEF
Market cap $13.8B

67.26 USD

+0.63

0.95%

At close Oct 17, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

67.94

+0.68

1.01%

1 day

0.95%

5 days

6.46%

1 month

10.57%

3 months

20.11%

6 months

63.29%

Year to date

66.40%

1 year

96.78%

5 years

263.57%

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

Financials Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies

0

Funds holding %

of 6,740 funds

0

Analysts bullish %

of 5 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

63% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $26.5M | Put options by funds: $16.2M

20% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 65 | Existing positions closed: 54

18% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $5.76B [Q1] → $6.81B (+$1.05B) [Q2]

2.78% more ownership

Funds ownership: 61.71% [Q1] → 64.49% (+2.78%) [Q2]

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 475 [Q1] → 486 (+11) [Q2]

3% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 154 | Existing positions reduced: 150

11% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 18 [Q1] → 16 (-2) [Q2]

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Research analyst outlook

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

Low target

$59

12%

downside

Avg. target

$65

4%

downside

High target

$67

0%

upside

5 analyst ratings

2 positive

40%

3 neutral

60%

0 negative

0%

Morgan Stanley Ryan Kenny 100% 1-year accuracy 10 / 10 met price target	0%downside $67	Equal-Weight Maintained	26 Sept 2024
Morgan Stanley Ryan Kenny 100% 1-year accuracy 10 / 10 met price target	5%downside $64	Equal-Weight Maintained	23 Sept 2024
UBS Brennan Hawken 70% 1-year accuracy 23 / 33 met price target	0%downside $67	Buy Initiated	17 Sept 2024
Oppenheimer Chris Kotowski 90% 1-year accuracy 71 / 79 met price target	2%downside $66	Outperform Maintained	13 Sept 2024
Morgan Stanley Ryan Kenny 100% 1-year accuracy 10 / 10 met price target	12%downside $59	Equal-Weight Maintained	23 Jul 2024

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 14 articles about JEF published over the past 30 days

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

The Motley Fool

This Warren Buffett Stock Just Came Up Short on Earnings. Should Investors Be Worried?

Quarterly earnings are very important for a stock's valuation, so a miss can be cause for concern.

This Warren Buffett Stock Just Came Up Short on Earnings. Should Investors Be Worried?

Time To Buy 2 September Berkshire DiviDogs And Watch 6 More

This Berkshire/Buffett holdings from Kiplinger first appeared on 8/16/24 on BKH's SEC-Form13F. Kiplinger, YCharts, and Dogs-of-The-Dow all track this BRK batch. Here is your update from 9/30/24 YCharts data. 25 of 41 current BRK-owned stocks pay dividends. As of 9/30/24, the Top 10 ranged from 2.23% to 4.56% by annual yield, and 29 of 41 ranged from 0.26% to 46.69% in broker-estimated target-price-upsides. Analysts project 10-50.2% net gains for top Buffett-held dividend stocks by September 2025, with Sirius XM and Occidental Petroleum leading in estimated returns.

Time To Buy 2 September Berkshire DiviDogs And Watch 6 More

Jefferies to Host Investor Day on October 21, 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As previously announced, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) will host its annual Investor Day on Monday, October 21, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in Manhattan. The meeting will include management presentations from Rich Handler, our Chief Executive Officer, Brian Friedman, our President, and leaders of our major businesses, as well as an opportunity to present questions to management. To register for the event, which will be hosted both in-person and virtually, investor.

Jefferies to Host Investor Day on October 21, 2024

Zacks Investment Research

Will JPM, C and Others Follow JEF and Post Solid Q3 IB Income?

Jefferies post robust Q3 IB fee growth. Let's try to figure out how other banks, including JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman, will likely perform.

Will JPM, C and Others Follow JEF and Post Solid Q3 IB Income?

Zacks Investment Research

Jefferies' Q3 Earnings & Revenues Miss Estimates, Stock Slides 1.1%

A rise in non-interest expenses hurt JEF's fiscal Q3 earnings. On the other hand, solid IB business performance offers support.

Jefferies' Q3 Earnings & Revenues Miss Estimates, Stock Slides 1.1%

Zacks Investment Research

Compared to Estimates, Jefferies (JEF) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

Although the revenue and EPS for Jefferies (JEF) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended August 2024, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Compared to Estimates, Jefferies (JEF) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

Zacks Investment Research

Jefferies (JEF) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates

Jefferies (JEF) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.75 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.80 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.32 per share a year ago.

Jefferies (JEF) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates

Jefferies Announces Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF): Q3 Financial Highlights Net earnings attributable to common shareholders of $167 million, or $0.75 per diluted common share Pre-tax income from continuing operations of $253 million QTD and YTD annualized adjusted net earnings to shareholders on adjusted tangible shareholders' equity from continuing operations1 of 10.3% and 10.0%, respectively Net revenues of $1.68 billion Investment Banking net revenues of $949 million, inc.

Jefferies Announces Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Jefferies Gets Chance to Validate Surge in Banker Hiring

Jefferies Financial Group Inc., a Wall Street bellwether for investment-banking activity, reports earnings later today and gets a chance to show a payoff from its hiring spree ahead of an anticipated deal-making rebound, Katherine Doherty says on "Bloomberg Open Interest.'' -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video?

Jefferies Gets Chance to Validate Surge in Banker Hiring

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