Jefferies Financial Group Inc. JEF R3KFINANCIAL
Company Overview
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.
Why Investors Should Care
Revenue has grown at a 14.1% CAGR over the past five years.
Trades at an undemanding P/E of 15.6.
Operating margin of 16.9% supports profitability.
Offers a dividend yield of 3.34%.
Recent Developments
- Nov 2025 Revenue of $10.82B (+2.9% YoY); net profit $710.48M.
- Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +35.0%, earnings +159.8%.
- 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 14.1%, profit CAGR 2.1%.
Growth & Price Performance
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 14.07% |
| 1 Year: | 35.00% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | 2.15% |
| 1 Year: | 159.80% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -8.93% |
| 6 Months: | +48.23% |
| 3 Months: | -3.05% |
| 1 Month: | -0.86% |
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- RSI (14)59.79 · Neutral
P/E of 15.56 is above the sector median of 12.89 — pricier than peers.
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Technical Trend
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Fundamental Growth Charts
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PROS
- Compounding revenue at 14.1% over 5 years.
- Attractive dividend yield of 3.34%.
- In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).
CONS
No notable concerns flagged.
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
Valuation
Growth (CAGR)
Profitability & Returns
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Ownership
Financial Snapshot
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Financial Services).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JEF Jefferies Financial Group Inc. R3KFINANCIAL | 55.72 | 15.56 | $10.82B | 3.34% | 6.20% | 8.27% | 14.07% | 2.15% |
| 2 | JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. SPXR3KFINANCIAL | 353.51 | 15.15 | $939.70B | 1.72% | - | 17.79% | 12.50% | 14.83% |
| 3 | BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. SPXFINANCIAL | 505.83 | 12.72 | $712.23B | 0.00% | - | 12.12% | 4.18% | 9.44% |
| 4 | V Visa Inc. SPXR3KFINANCIAL | 368.64 | 31.35 | $628.20B | 0.72% | 37.15% | 61.19% | 14.33% | 13.04% |
| 5 | MA Mastercard Incorporated SPXR3KFINANCIAL | 570.89 | 31.44 | $496.37B | 0.62% | 60.19% | - | 12.29% | 19.21% |
| 6 | BAC Bank of America Corporation SPXR3KFINANCIAL | 62.39 | 14.41 | $436.28B | 2.04% | - | 11.20% | 3.14% | 4.27% |
| 7 | BRK-A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. FINANCIAL | 757,791.00 | 12.71 | $370.14B | 0.00% | - | 12.12% | 7.60% | 10.02% |
| 8 | HSBC HSBC Holdings plc FINANCIAL | 106.26 | 15.18 | $363.70B | 3.65% | - | 13.10% | 9.75% | 12.72% |
| 9 | MS Morgan Stanley SPXR3KFINANCIAL | 216.24 | 17.48 | $339.62B | 2.26% | - | 17.97% | 3.76% | 9.66% |
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Jun 2015 | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Nov 2018 | Feb 2019 | May 2019 | Aug 2019 | Nov 2019 | Feb 2020 | May 2020 | Aug 2020 | Nov 2020 | Feb 2021 | May 2021 | Aug 2021 | Feb 2022 | May 2022 | Aug 2022 | Feb 2023 | May 2023 | Aug 2023 | Feb 2024 | May 2024 | Aug 2024 | Feb 2025 | May 2025 | Aug 2025 | Feb 2026 | May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 728.42M | 834.55M | 780.08M | - | 570.00M | 750.01M | 734.43M | - | 912.82M | 749.92M | 974.74M | - | 1.43B | 1.49B | 1.63B | 1.41B | 1.13B | 1.18B | 775.01M | 753.40M | 844.96M | 1.03B | 1.09B | 1.28B | 1.14B | 1.23B | 1.50B | 1.46B | 1.67B |
| Net Income | 16.41M | -173.17M | 55.59M | -222.88M | 57.29M | 154.36M | 137.17M | 281.41M | 58.19M | 99.35M | -271.60M | 124.53M | 725.53M | 192.63M | -20.37M | 44.81M | 670.76M | 48.48M | 195.54M | 113.01M | 44.92M | 304.41M | 307.27M | - | - | - | - | - | 195.46M | - | - | 57.72M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diluted EPS | 0.04 | -0.47 | 0.15 | -0.60 | 0.15 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.75 | 0.16 | 0.27 | -0.74 | 0.34 | 2.03 | 0.55 | -0.06 | 0.14 | 2.14 | 0.15 | 0.62 | 0.37 | 0.16 | 1.07 | 1.11 | 2.13 | 1.30 | 1.50 | 1.23 | 0.45 | 0.78 | 0.54 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.75 | 0.57 | 0.40 | 1.01 | 0.70 | - |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2007 | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Nov 2017 | Dec 2017 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2019 | Nov 2020 | Nov 2021 | Nov 2022 | Nov 2023 | Nov 2024 | Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.15B | 490.54M | 575.21M | 1.20B | 642.63M | 9.40B | 11.00B | 12.33B | 11.68B | 10.88B | - | 5.05B | 3.12B | 2.79B | 3.92B | - | 7.15B | 7.44B | 10.52B | 10.82B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.38B | 2.93B | 4.30B | 4.54B |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.77B | 4.51B | 6.22B | 6.28B |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.16B | 1.20B | 1.50B | 1.65B |
| Operating Income | -61.24M | -367.95M | -250.97M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.61B | 3.31B | 4.71B | 4.63B |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.42B | 3.21B | 4.68B | 4.55B |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.17B | 2.74B | 3.48B | 3.48B |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.06B | 354.27M | 1.01B | 870.99M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 273.85M | 91.88M | 293.19M | 184.57M |
| Net Income | 484.29M | -2.54B | 550.28M | 1.94B | 25.23M | 854.47M | 369.24M | 204.31M | 279.59M | 125.94M | 610.28M | 167.35M | 1.02B | 959.59M | 769.61M | - | 785.45M | 277.69M | 743.38M | 710.48M |
| Diluted EPS | 2.10 | -11.00 | 2.25 | 7.85 | 0.10 | 3.44 | 1.06 | 0.54 | 0.74 | 0.34 | 1.63 | 0.45 | 2.90 | 3.03 | 2.65 | - | 3.06 | 1.10 | 2.99 | 2.83 |
| R&D Expense | - | 14.00M | 3.52M | 5.48M | 22.15M | 17.58M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2006 | Dec 2007 | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2019 | Nov 2020 | Nov 2021 | Nov 2022 | Nov 2023 | Nov 2024 | Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 5.20B | 6.76B | 9.35B | 9.26B | 9.35B | 47.87B | 52.61B | 46.33B | 45.07B | 47.17B | 47.13B | 49.46B | 53.12B | 56.11B | 51.06B | 57.91B | 64.36B | 76.01B |
| Total Equity | 3.91B | 5.59B | 2.68B | 4.36B | 6.96B | 6.17B | 6.77B | 10.10B | 10.30B | 10.40B | 10.13B | 10.11B | 10.06B | 9.58B | 9.40B | 10.55B | 10.23B | 9.71B | 10.16B | 10.57B |
| Cash & Equivalents | 287.20M | 456.97M | 237.50M | 130.47M | 441.34M | 168.49M | 145.96M | 3.91B | 4.28B | 3.64B | 3.81B | 5.28B | 5.26B | 7.68B | 9.06B | 10.76B | 9.70B | 8.53B | 12.15B | 14.04B |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | 1.83B | 1.66B | 1.55B | 1.87B | 918.13M | 8.18B | 8.53B | 7.40B | 7.38B | 7.89B | 7.62B | 8.34B | 8.35B | 9.13B | 8.77B | 9.70B | 13.53B | 15.90B |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | 2.50B | 2.39B | 2.39B | 2.85B | 2.34B | 37.33B | 41.94B | 35.55B | 34.31B | 36.48B | 36.91B | 39.71B | 43.53B | 45.38B | 40.63B | 48.10B | 54.13B | 65.37B |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 562.92M | 624.98M | 747.84M | 877.13M | 1.28B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2007 | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2019 | Nov 2020 | Nov 2021 | Nov 2022 | Nov 2023 | Nov 2024 | Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | -18.37M | 8.75M | -133.40M | 431.27M | -556.77M | 645.44M | 702.34M | -987.16M | -761.75M | 608.85M | 788.29M | 691.10M | -827.84M | 2.06B | 1.58B | 1.80B | -1.93B | - | - |
| Investing Cash Flow | -957.36M | -403.03M | 71.97M | -208.72M | 390.67M | -16.62M | 3.32B | 449.08M | 781.16M | -639.66M | -54.63M | 142.44M | 1.71B | -165.68M | -409.87M | -60.54M | -12.20M | 210.31M | -298.81M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 1.15B | 174.82M | -21.95M | 64.66M | -106.64M | -651.71M | -270.51M | 917.78M | -651.98M | 230.91M | 434.80M | -575.84M | 1.59B | -723.52M | 994.29M | -2.84B | 1.06B | - | - |
| Capital Expenditure | -37.70M | -76.07M | -23.57M | -44.34M | -38.59M | -71.33M | -137.13M | - | - | - | - | - | - | -176.96M | -165.60M | -224.30M | -1.16M | -250.58M | -207.47M |
| Free Cash Flow | -56.07M | -67.32M | -156.96M | 386.92M | -595.36M | 574.11M | 565.21M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.88B | 1.42B | 1.58B | -1.93B | - | - |
| Share Buybacks | 163.00K | 122.00K | 0 | 18.00K | 155.00K | - | 40.02M | 75.73M | 125.75M | 95.02M | 100.48M | 1.13B | 509.91M | 816.87M | 269.40M | 859.59M | 169.40M | 44.31M | 58.52M |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2007 | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Nov 2017 | Dec 2017 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2019 | Nov 2020 | Nov 2021 | Nov 2022 | Nov 2023 | Nov 2024 | Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52.8% | 60.6% | 59.1% | 58.1% |
| Operating Margin % | -5.3% | -75.0% | -43.6% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36.6% | 44.5% | 44.8% | 42.8% |
| Net Margin % | 41.9% | -516.9% | 95.7% | 161.1% | 3.9% | 9.1% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 1.2% | - | 3.3% | 32.8% | 34.4% | 19.6% | - | 11.0% | 3.7% | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| ROE % | 8.7% | -94.7% | 12.6% | 27.9% | 0.4% | 12.6% | 3.7% | 2.0% | 2.7% | 1.2% | - | 1.7% | 10.2% | 10.0% | 8.2% | - | 7.7% | 2.9% | 7.3% | 6.7% |
| ROCE % | - | -7.9% | -4.1% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 8.62% | 16.71M | $800.20M |
| 2 | AQR Capital Management, LLC | 4.35% | 8.43M | $403.65M |
| 3 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 3.67% | 7.11M | $340.53M |
| 4 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 3.45% | 6.69M | $320.59M |
| 5 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 3.32% | 6.43M | $307.97M |
| 6 | State Street Corporation | 2.56% | 4.96M | $237.80M |
| 7 | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. | 2.40% | 4.65M | $222.94M |
| 8 | Alliancebernstein L.P. | 1.73% | 3.35M | $160.36M |
| 9 | Two Sigma Investments, LP | 1.65% | 3.21M | $153.52M |
| 10 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1.54% | 2.98M | $142.61M |
Analyst View
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JEF — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current share price of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)?
As of 2026-09-19 21:16 PDT, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) trades at $55.72 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $35.48 to $68.30.
What is the market capitalisation of JEF?
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) has a market capitalisation of $10.82B on NYSE.
What is the P/E ratio of JEF?
JEF trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.56. The industry average P/E is 12.89. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 0.92.
Does JEF pay a dividend?
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) currently offers a dividend yield of 3.34%.
What is the return on equity (ROE) of JEF?
JEF has a return on equity (ROE) of 8.27%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 6.20%.
Is JEF a good stock to buy?
This page provides a data-driven analysis of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.