Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $57.75, with 4.07 million shares of worth about $235.2 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 0.84% during that period and on March 06, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -5.11%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 205.50M shares, out of which, 164.18M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -10.96% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -22.72%. Year-to-date (YTD), JEF shares are showing a performance of -26.34% which increased to 36.07% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $40.72 but also hit the highest price of $82.68 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Jefferies Financial Group Inc shares is 1.63 million. The stock is currently trading -14.62% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -20.95% for SMA50 and it goes to -8.84% lower than SMA200.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) currently have 205.50M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 75.29% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $11.91B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.23. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 19.41, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.98 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.59 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 3.12. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for JEF, volatility over the week remained 4.13% while standing at 3.18% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 42.63% while it is estimated to increase by 37.31% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 33.07% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -0.32% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Morgan Stanley on December 09, 2024 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $67 and $97 to it. Coverage by UBS stated Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on September 17, 2024, suggesting a price target of $67 for the stock. On August 22, 2023, Goldman Upgrade their recommendations, while on July 12, 2023, Morgan Stanley Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $36. Stock get an Underweight rating from Morgan Stanley on April 12, 2023.
