Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
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.
Sector: Financial Services · Industry: Capital Markets · United States · 7,371 employees · jefferies.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) had a market capitalization of $11.23B, a trailing P/E of 15.4 (forward 12.2), a dividend yield of 2.95%; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $35.53 – $71.04 (-15.5% over the year).
- Market cap
- $11.23B
- Enterprise value
- $-11.16B
- Trailing P/E
- 15.4
- Forward P/E
- 12.2
- PEG ratio
- 1.20
- Price / book
- 1.06
- EPS (trailing)
- $3.58
- EPS (forward)
- $4.54
- Dividend yield
- 2.95%
- Payout ratio
- 44.7%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-08-18
- 52-week range
- $35.53 – $71.04
- 52-week change
- -15.5%
- Average volume
- 2.1M
- Shares outstanding
- 194.1M
- Short % of float
- 3.24%
- Profit margin
- 23.0%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-08
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-08 scan of the US universe, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) last closed at $55.23 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 57 (neutral territory), price +3.0% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread -0.7%, MACD histogram 0.20.
Sentiment inputs: 50% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 100% bullish; analyst consensus score 58/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 20 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 0 sells of JEF; corporate insiders filed 1 buy and 0 sells (1 filer, latest disclosure 2026-07-17). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (1B/0S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
JEF has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell JEF.
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