Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 21.43x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.46. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for JEF is 164.19M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.47% of that float. On July 03, 2025, the average trading volume of JEF was 1.85M shares.
JEF) stock’s latest price update
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 1.91% compared to its previous closing price of $55.56. However, the company has seen a gain of 1.25% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-06-28 that Upgrading Jefferies from ‘hold’ to ‘buy’ due to a more attractive valuation and resilient outlook despite recent volatility. Q2 results showed YoY revenue declines, but segment performance exceeded expectations given macro uncertainty, especially with client confidence rebounding in May. Management was optimistic with regard to the deal activity outlook and set the tone in anticipation of bulge bracket investment banks’ earnings.
JEF’s Market Performance
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) has experienced a 1.25% rise in stock performance for the past week, with a 17.10% rise in the past month, and a 5.75% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.95%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 3.00% for JEF. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 5.39% for JEF’s stock, with a simple moving average of -10.07% for the last 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 10.97% 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 -31.52% 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:
- 0.25 for the present operating margin
- 0.6 for the gross margin
The net margin for Jefferies Financial Group Inc stands at 0.06. The total capital return value is set at 39.14. Equity return is now at value 5.86, with 0.91 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 4.68 billion with net debt to EBITDA at -0.0. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.12. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.46.
Conclusion
To sum up, Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others 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.
