Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)Financial Services | Capital Markets | New York, United States | NYSE
48.09 USD
+1.53
(3.286%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 48.12 +0.03 (0.062%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:24 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 1:10 p.m. EDT
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) appears to be a stock with a moderate short-term outlook, given the recent price movements and options activity. While the dividend yield is attractive, the stock's fundamentals show mixed signals, with a relatively low P/E ratio and high debt-to-equity ratio. Investors should consider the recent price dip as a potential buying opportunity, but the long-term outlook remains uncertain due to the stock's high leverage and volatile nature. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.287272 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.289038 |
| AutoETS | 0.290277 |
| AutoTheta | 0.345121 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 44% |
| H-stat | 10.28 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.192 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.18 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-05-17 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-02-16 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 343.678 |
| Revenue per Share | 18.586 |
| Market Cap | 9,932,929,024 |
| Trailing P/E | 16.14 |
| Forward P/E | 10.86 |
| Profit Margins | 23.02% |
| Website | https://www.jefferies.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 1:10 p.m. EDT: Options activity suggests a mix of bullish and bearish sentiment. The ATM IV is relatively stable, but there are notable IV spikes on certain strikes, indicating potential volatility. The presence of significant OI on out-of-the-money strikes suggests speculation on potential price movements, particularly on the upside. However, the overall trend in options data does not strongly indicate a clear direction, suggesting a cautious approach.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.77% | 3.01% | 3.03% | 3.20% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | 0.400000 | 0.769527 |
| 2025-11-17 | 0.400000 | 0.767767 |
| 2025-08-18 | 0.400000 | 0.676207 |
| 2025-05-19 | 0.400000 | 0.796414 |
| 2025-02-14 | 0.400000 | 0.576057 |
| 2024-11-18 | 0.350000 | 0.490775 |
| 2024-08-19 | 0.350000 | 0.632262 |
| 2024-05-17 | 0.300000 | 0.663479 |
| 2024-02-15 | 0.300000 | 0.767087 |
| 2023-11-10 | 0.300000 | 0.938142 |
| 2023-08-11 | 0.300000 | 0.917121 |
| 2023-05-12 | 0.300000 | 1.094045 |
| 2023-02-10 | 0.300000 | 0.843388 |
| 2022-11-10 | 0.286807 | 0.906969 |
| 2022-08-12 | 0.286807 | 0.954462 |
| 2022-05-13 | 0.286807 | 1.093654 |
| 2022-02-11 | 0.286807 | 0.902114 |
| 2021-11-12 | 0.239006 | 0.661570 |
| 2021-08-13 | 0.239006 | 0.816190 |
| 2021-05-14 | 0.191205 | 0.711935 |
| 2021-02-11 | 0.191205 | 0.813634 |
| 2020-11-12 | 0.143403 | 0.761049 |
| 2020-08-14 | 0.143403 | 0.991871 |
| 2020-05-15 | 0.143403 | 1.425678 |
| 2020-02-13 | 0.143403 | 0.771298 |
| 2019-11-15 | 0.119503 | 0.791595 |
| 2019-08-16 | 0.111894 | 0.819542 |
| 2019-05-17 | 0.111894 | 0.826577 |
| 2019-02-14 | 0.111894 | 0.757669 |
| 2018-11-16 | 0.111894 | 0.724883 |
| 2018-09-14 | 0.111894 | 0.667990 |
| 2018-06-15 | 0.089515 | 0.564893 |
| 2018-03-16 | 0.089515 | 0.511478 |
| 2017-12-12 | 0.089515 | 0.484864 |
| 2017-09-15 | 0.089515 | 0.554233 |
| 2017-06-15 | 0.056395 | 0.311921 |
| 2017-03-16 | 0.056395 | 0.302364 |
| 2016-12-12 | 0.056395 | 0.338355 |
| 2016-09-15 | 0.056395 | 0.424590 |
| 2016-06-09 | 0.056395 | 0.459488 |
| 2016-03-10 | 0.056395 | 0.540908 |
| 2015-12-10 | 0.056395 | 0.475660 |
| 2015-09-10 | 0.056395 | 0.392962 |
| 2015-06-11 | 0.056395 | 0.336839 |
| 2015-03-12 | 0.056395 | 0.350148 |
| 2014-12-11 | 0.056395 | 0.364371 |
| 2014-09-11 | 0.056395 | 0.322443 |
| 2014-06-12 | 0.056395 | 0.323735 |
| 2014-03-13 | 0.056395 | 0.318584 |
| 2013-12-12 | 0.056395 | 0.305028 |
| 2013-09-12 | 0.056395 | 0.304740 |
| 2013-06-13 | 0.056395 | 0.298812 |
| 2013-03-14 | 0.056395 | 0.310181 |
| 2012-12-13 | 0.217905 | 1.444203 |
| 2011-12-14 | 0.217905 | 1.538367 |
| 2010-12-15 | 0.217905 | 1.223663 |
| 2007-12-13 | 0.217905 | 0.706173 |
| 2006-12-14 | 0.217905 | 1.262098 |
| 2005-12-19 | 0.108952 | 0.758397 |
| 2004-12-21 | 0.108952 | 0.764410 |
| 2003-12-17 | 0.072635 | 0.838076 |
| 2002-12-05 | 0.018304 | 0.226415 |
| 2001-12-05 | 0.072635 | 1.303875 |
| 2000-12-06 | 0.072635 | 1.212187 |
| 1999-12-15 | 0.459053 | 10.878800 |
| 1999-05-24 | 3.486475 | 90.546771 |
| 1998-12-03 | 0.018013 | 0.513896 |
| 1997-12-03 | 0.072635 | 1.830109 |
| 1996-12-04 | 0.072635 | 2.371535 |
| 1995-12-13 | 0.072635 | 2.371957 |
| 1994-12-09 | 0.036317 | 1.487531 |
| 1993-11-24 | 0.036317 | 1.622815 |
| 1992-12-24 | 0.002905 | 0.137529 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.15656567 |
| Address1 | 520 Madison Avenue |
| Address2 | 10th Floor |
| All Time High | 82.68 |
| All Time Low | 0.040857 |
| Ask | 48.5 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,123,870 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 3,075,941 |
| Average Volume | 3,075,941 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,123,870 |
| Bid | 48.0 |
| Bid Size | 500 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 51.906 |
| City | New York |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 48.09 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 49.52 |
| Day Low | 47.41 |
| Debt To Equity | 343.678 |
| Display Name | Jefferies Financial |
| Dividend Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Dividend Rate | 1.6 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.33 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.228 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.218 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,774,468,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,782,331,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,782,331,200 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | -1.986 |
| Enterprise Value | -10,729,194,496 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.50333 |
| Eps Forward | 4.42667 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.98 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,779,062,400 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 45.3964 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.6935997 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.059335094 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 15.656567 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 71.04 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -22.95 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.32305744 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 35.53 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 12.560001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.35350412 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 35.53 - 71.04 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 322,151,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 2.82 |
| Float Shares | 171,222,279 |
| Forward Eps | 4.42667 |
| Forward P E | 10.863696 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 7,596 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.02625 |
| Gross Profits | 141,832,352 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.25972 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.68793 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 206,548,730 |
| Industry | Capital Markets |
| Industry Disp | Capital Markets |
| Industry Key | capital-markets |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,771,286,400 |
| 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 | 9,932,929,024 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_285359 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,772,236,800 |
| Net Income To Common | 388,839,520 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,795,996,800 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 9,831,149,643 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 47.86 |
| Operating Margins | 0.13408 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.5369 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.46 |
| Phone | 212 284 2300 |
| Post Market Change | 0.02999878 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.062380493 |
| Post Market Price | 48.12 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,657 |
| Previous Close | 46.56 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 13.72694 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.9264825 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.8385471 |
| Profit Margins | 0.23019 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.53 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.28608 |
| Regular Market Day High | 49.52 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 47.41 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 47.41 - 49.52 |
| Regular Market Open | 47.86 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 46.56 |
| Regular Market Price | 48.09 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,266 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,555,837 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.266 |
| Revenue Per Share | 18.586 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Sector Disp | Financial Services |
| Sector Key | financial-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 204,432,307 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0231 |
| Shares Short | 4,728,181 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,860,051 |
| Short Name | Jefferies Financial Group Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.027 |
| Short Ratio | 1.21 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | JEF |
| Target High Price | 74.0 |
| Target Low Price | 42.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 54.0 |
| Target Median Price | 52.5 |
| Total Cash | 57,255,104,512 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 280.069 |
| Total Debt | 36,643,414,016 |
| Total Revenue | 5,402,596,864 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.98 |
| Trailing P E | 16.137585 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.5072 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 56.09165 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -8.001648 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.14265311 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,555,837 |
| Website | https://www.jefferies.com |
| Zip | 10,022 |