JEF · Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
$45.43
+1.43% last session
End-of-day data · close of 2026-10-26
Market cap
$10B
Enterprise value
$-13B
Trailing P/E
12.1
Forward P/E
10.1
Dividend yield
4.0%
Beta
1.54
Avg volume
2M
Employees
7K
Daily Change %
1.43%
5 Days Change
-0.46%
10 Days Change
1.41%
30 Days Change
-4.72%
60 Days Change
-14.43%
Month to Day Change
0.40%
Year to Day Change
-25.02%
Analyst Outlook
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — JEF
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-09-29
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
Morgan Stanley
Equal-Weight$49.00
+7.9% vs priceGoldman Sachs
Buy$57.00
+25.5% vs priceUBS
Neutral$61.00
+34.3% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Oppenheimer | Maintains | Outperform | $76.00 → $71.00 |
| 2026-09-29 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains | Equal-Weight | $50.00 → $49.00 |
| 2026-09-29 | Goldman Sachs | Maintains | Buy | $67.00 → $57.00 |
| 2026-09-29 | BMO Capital | Maintains | Market Perform | $57.00 → $50.00 |
| 2026-09-11 | UBS | Maintains | Neutral | $65.00 → $61.00 |
| 2026-09-11 | BMO Capital | Maintains | Market Perform | $60.00 → $57.00 |
| 2026-06-25 | UBS | Maintains | Neutral | $67.00 → $65.00 |
| 2026-06-25 | Oppenheimer | Maintains | Outperform | $87.00 → $83.00 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-10-26
- neutral: RSI (14): RSI is 46 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- bearish: Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 6.8% below the 50-day MA ($48.77).
- bearish: Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 10.3% below the 200-day MA ($50.67).
- bearish: MA cross: The 50-day MA sits below the 200-day MA (death-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points down.
- bullish: MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is positive (+0.35) — short-term momentum is improving.
- neutral: 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($35.48) and high ($64.78).
JEF Price Chart
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Fundamentals
About Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
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.
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