Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF)’s stock price has plunge by 1.01relation to previous closing price of 52.69. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -0.50% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-06-19 that Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Jefferies (JEF) for the quarter ended May 2025 by going beyond Wall Street’s top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.
Is It Worth Investing in Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) Right Now?
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.44x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for JEF is 1.44. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 rating it as “overweight,” 2 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for JEF is 164.19M and currently, short sellers hold a 2.05% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of JEF on June 20, 2025 was 1.89M shares.
JEF’s Market Performance
JEF’s stock has seen a -0.50% decrease for the week, with a 3.72% rise in the past month and a -10.25% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.78%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.22% for Jefferies Financial Group Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 4.58% for JEF’s stock, with a -15.60% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of JEF
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for JEF stocks, with Morgan Stanley repeating the rating for JEF by listing it as a “Equal-Weight.” The predicted price for JEF in the upcoming period, according to Morgan Stanley is $41 based on the research report published on April 07, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Morgan Stanley gave a rating of “Overweight” to JEF, setting the target price at $97 in the report published on December 09th of the previous year.
JEF Trading at 8.93% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought JEF to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -35.63% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at JEF starting from FRIEDMAN BRIAN P, who sale 393,397 shares at the price of $72.17 back on Nov 06 ’24. After this action, FRIEDMAN BRIAN P now owns 560,507 shares of Jefferies Financial Group Inc, valued at $28,393,256 using the latest closing price.
HANDLER RICHARD B, the CEO of Jefferies Financial Group Inc, sale 400,000 shares at $72.26 during a trade that took place back on Nov 06 ’24, which means that HANDLER RICHARD B is holding 14,971,288 shares at $28,902,360 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for JEF
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.44 for the present operating margin
- 0.59 for the gross margin
The net margin for Jefferies Financial Group Inc stands at 0.07. The total capital return value is set at 0.08. Equity return is now at value 6.38, with 0.97 for asset returns.
Based on Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF), the company’s capital structure generated 0.7 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.07. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.31. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.27.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 4.68 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 2.67. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.27. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.05for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.15. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.46.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) has seen mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
