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Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)

Financial Services | Capital Markets | New York, United States | NYSE
44.90 USD +0.99 (2.255%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:44 a.m. EDT

Jefferies presents a compelling value case marred by recent momentum weakness. Fundamentally, the business is robust with double-digit revenue growth, healthy margins, and a forward P/E of roughly 10x, suggesting the market has priced in a difficult period. However, the price action tells a different story; the stock has failed to capitalize on its earnings beat, dropping significantly from its highs and trading well below its 50-day moving average. This disconnect creates a 'value trap' risk where the cheap price reflects deteriorating sentiment rather than just a temporary correction. While the dividend yield of 3.6% provides a nice cushion and the long-term trajectory remains positive, the immediate outlook is clouded by this recent underperformance and defensive options positioning. It is a hold for income investors waiting for a catalyst, but not a high-conviction buy for capital appreciation until the trend reverses.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.051604
AutoETS0.061971
AutoTheta0.062746
MSTL0.069286

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 34%
H-stat 58.92
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.052
Excess Kurtosis -0.71
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-11-15
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-17
Debt to Equity Ratio 382.286
Revenue per Share 38.971
Market Cap 10,312,166,400
Trailing P/E 11.97
Forward P/E 9.93
Beta 1.54
Profit Margins 11.00%
Website https://www.jefferies.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 2:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume and open interest concentrated in the $35-$45 range, creating a significant floor. Call activity is sparse and skewed toward distant strikes ($60-$70), indicating a lack of immediate bullish conviction despite the stock trading below its 52-week high. The imbalance suggests traders expect volatility but fear a continued grind lower rather than a sharp rally.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.74% 3.05% 2.79% 3.01%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-18 0.400000 0.742942
2026-05-18 0.400000 0.771456
2026-02-17 0.400000 0.769527
2025-11-17 0.400000 0.762050
2025-08-18 0.400000 0.666334
2025-05-19 0.400000 0.779575
2025-02-14 0.400000 0.559597
2024-11-18 0.350000 0.474062
2024-08-19 0.350000 0.607850
2024-05-17 0.300000 0.633981
2024-02-15 0.300000 0.728332
2023-11-10 0.300000 0.884173
2023-08-11 0.300000 0.856653
2023-05-12 0.300000 1.013171
2023-02-10 0.300000 0.773196
2022-11-10 0.286807 0.825083
2022-08-12 0.286807 0.860586
2022-05-13 0.286807 0.977518
2022-02-11 0.286807 0.798297
2021-11-12 0.239006 0.580856
2021-08-13 0.239006 0.712454
2021-05-14 0.191205 0.617095
2021-02-11 0.191205 0.700772
2020-11-12 0.143403 0.650757
2020-08-14 0.143403 0.842694
2020-05-15 0.143403 1.200957
2020-02-13 0.143403 0.642121
2019-11-15 0.119503 0.654794
2019-08-16 0.111894 0.673491
2019-05-17 0.111894 0.674581
2019-02-14 0.111894 0.614250
2018-11-16 0.111894 0.584112
2018-09-14 0.111894 0.535102
2018-06-15 0.089515 0.450044
2018-03-16 0.089515 0.405678
2017-12-12 0.089515 0.382994
2017-09-15 0.089515 0.436109
2017-06-15 0.056395 0.244377
2017-03-16 0.056395 0.236311
2016-12-12 0.056395 0.263821
2016-09-15 0.056395 0.330191
2016-06-09 0.056395 0.356136
2016-03-10 0.056395 0.417775
2015-12-10 0.056395 0.365856
2015-09-10 0.056395 0.301149
2015-06-11 0.056395 0.257355
2015-03-12 0.056395 0.266838
2014-12-11 0.056395 0.276925
2014-09-11 0.056395 0.244377
2014-06-12 0.056395 0.244757
2014-03-13 0.056395 0.240276
2013-12-12 0.056395 0.229510
2013-09-12 0.056395 0.228760
2013-06-13 0.056395 0.223803
2013-03-14 0.056395 0.231790
2012-12-13 0.217905 1.076659
2011-12-14 0.217905 1.134818
2010-12-15 0.217905 0.892540
2007-12-13 0.217905 0.510517
2006-12-14 0.217905 0.907772
2005-12-19 0.108952 0.540539
2004-12-21 0.108952 0.541906
2003-12-17 0.072635 0.590878
2002-12-05 0.018304 0.158690
2001-12-05 0.072635 0.912410
2000-12-06 0.072635 0.840337
1999-12-15 0.459053 7.479297
1999-05-24 3.486475 57.831319
1998-12-03 0.018013 0.205378
1997-12-03 0.072635 0.729928
1996-12-04 0.072635 0.938968
1995-12-13 0.072635 0.930234
1994-12-09 0.036317 0.578028
1993-11-24 0.036317 0.626951
1992-12-24 0.002905 0.052798
Additional Data
dividendYield 3.56
exDividendDate 2026-11-16
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.6
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.03643817
lastDividendValue 0.4
lastDividendDate 2026-08-18
dividendDate 2026-11-25

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.07991803
Address1 520 Madison Avenue
Address2 10th Floor
All Time High 82.68
All Time Low 0.040857
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 500
Audit Risk 4
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,450,790
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,157,083
Average Volume 2,157,083
Average Volume10Days 2,450,790
Beta 1.544
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 5
Book Value 46.654
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 44.9
Current Ratio 1.483
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 44.97
Day Low 43.39
Debt To Equity 382.286
Display Name Jefferies Financial
Dividend Date 1,795,564,800
Dividend Yield 3.56
Earnings Growth 0.179
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.152
Earnings Timestamp 1,790,625,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,790,625,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,790,625,600
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue -1.513
Enterprise Value -12,885,890,048
Eps Current Year 3.72474
Eps Forward 4.52104
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.75
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,794,787,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 50.2722
Fifty Day Average Change -5.3722
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.10686224
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -7.9918027
Fifty Two Week High 66.6
Fifty Two Week High Change -21.699997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.32582578
Fifty Two Week Low 35.53
Fifty Two Week Low Change 9.370003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2637209
Fifty Two Week Range 35.53 - 66.6
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.79
Float Shares 139,113,196
Forward Eps 4.52104
Forward P E 9.931344
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 7,065
Fullday Change -1.1876984
Fullday Change Percent -2.704847
Fullday Price 44.9
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.82623
Gross Profits 7,034,856,960
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.25902
Held Percent Institutions 0.70108
Implied Shares Outstanding 229,669,637
Industry Capital Markets
Industry Disp Capital Markets
Industry Key capital-markets
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,011,200
Last Dividend Value 0.4
Last Fiscal Year End 1,764,460,800
Last Split Date 1,673,913,600
Last Split Factor 1,046:1000
Long Business Summary Jefferies Financial Group Inc. operates as an investment banking and capital markets firm in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates in two segments, Investment Banking and Capital Markets, and Asset Management. The company provides investment banking and advisory services for mergers or acquisitions, debt financing, restructurings, and private capital advisory transactions; underwriting and placement services related to corporate debt, municipal debt, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, equity and equity-linked securities, and loan syndication services; and corporate lending services. It also offers financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; equities research, sales, and trading services; wealth management services; and online foreign exchange trading services. In addition, the company provides investment-grade distressed debt securities, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, leveraged loans, emerging markets debt, interest rates, and credit index derivative products; and manages and offers services to a diverse group of alternative asset management platforms across a spectrum of investment strategies and asset classes. It serves public companies, private companies, sponsors and owners, institutional investors, and government entities. 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.
Long Name Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 10,312,166,400
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_285359
Most Recent Quarter 1,788,134,400
Net Income To Common 856,971,008
Next Fiscal Year End 1,795,996,800
Non Diluted Market Cap 10,831,345,691
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 44.07
Operating Cashflow 4,413,298,176
Operating Margins 0.15799
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.4267
Peg Ratio 1.04
Phone 212 284 2300
Previous Close 43.91
Price Eps Current Year 12.054533
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.96240413
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.2111487
Profit Margins 0.110010006
Quick Ratio 1.477
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.990002
Regular Market Change Percent 2.25462
Regular Market Day High 44.97
Regular Market Day Low 43.39
Regular Market Day Range 43.39 - 44.97
Regular Market Open 44.07
Regular Market Previous Close 43.91
Regular Market Price 44.9
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,402
Regular Market Volume 2,660,539
Return On Assets 0.012130001
Return On Equity 0.085939996
Revenue Growth 0.085
Revenue Per Share 38.971
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 189,090,556
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0319
Shares Short 7,335,673
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 6,979,204
Short Name Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.045900002
Short Ratio 3.08
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol JEF
Target High Price 71.0
Target Low Price 47.0
Target Mean Price 55.66667
Target Median Price 53.0
Total Cash 64,343,269,376
Total Cash Per Share 280.156
Total Debt 41,106,661,376
Total Revenue 8,514,368,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.6
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.03643817
Trailing Eps 3.75
Trailing P E 11.973333
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.0268
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 51.83625
Two Hundred Day Average Change -6.936249
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.13381077
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,660,539
Website https://www.jefferies.com
Zip 10,022