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JEF

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

JEF

NYSE·Financial Services·Financial - Capital Markets·Mkt cap $10.5B

$52.54

+2.42%

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52-Week Range

$35.53 - $71.04

P/E

27.22

Fwd P/E

14.76

Beta

1.53

Div Yield

3.12%

Avg Vol

2.3M

Shares Out

204.4M

Mkt Cap

$10.5B

Price action

Price chart

Down 9.4% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Global platform with strong presence across Americas, Europe, Asia, and EMEA regions
  • Diversified revenue streams spanning advisory, trading, and asset management reducing cyclical risk
  • Established relationships with institutional clients and alternative asset managers
  • Comprehensive product suite including equity and debt underwriting, restructuring advisory, and alternative investments

Bear Case

2 risks

  • Above-average volatility (beta 1.5).
  • Premium valuation to sector peers

Growth

Mild headwinds expected

Increased M&A and capital markets activity as economic conditions stabilize

Value

Premium valuation to sector peers

Momentum

Hot

+23.1% over 3m

Quality

Strong

Strong fundamentals

Dividend

Solid

3.12% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Q2 26 RECAP

JUN 24, 2026

Reported EPS of $1.03 vs $1.16 consensus (-11.2% surprise). Revenue of $2.2B vs $2.3B expected (-4.0%).

EPS miss
Revenue miss

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 1 beats

Q2 26

-11.2%

Revenue trend · last 8Q

-1%

+22%

+6%

+27%

+25%

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

Q2 26

$1.7B

$2.0B

$1.6B

$1.6B

$2.0B

$2.1B

$2.0B

$3.1B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

59.5%

Operating

-38.1%

Profit

6.6%

Wall Street consensus

4 analysts · 50% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

2

50%

Hold

2

50%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$54.00

+2.8% vs $52.54

Low $54.00
Median $54.00
High $54.00

Latest: UBS · Jun 18, 2026

1 analyst covering

vs Industry

How JEF stacks vs Financial - Capital Markets

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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