Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $54.35, with 5.41 million shares of worth about $293.81 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -13.01% during that period and on March 27, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -9.85%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 206.25M shares, out of which, 164.19M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -8.16% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -17.36%. Year-to-date (YTD), JEF shares are showing a performance of -30.68% which increased to 20.08% 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 1.82 million. The stock is currently trading -7.19% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -18.92% for SMA50 and it goes to -15.35% lower than SMA200.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) currently have 206.25M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 75.16% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $11.20B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.24. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.86, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.88 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.60 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 3.10. 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 3.95% while standing at 3.77% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 19.64% while it is estimated to increase by 51.19% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 31.24% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -0.32% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by Morgan Stanley stated Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) stock as an Overweight in their note to investors on December 09, 2024, suggesting a price target of $97 for the stock. On September 17, 2024, UBS Initiated their recommendations, while on August 22, 2023, Goldman Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $40. Stock get an Equal-weight rating from Morgan Stanley on July 12, 2023.
