Stocks · Financial Services · Financial - Capital Markets
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. JEF
$45.97 +1.59% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $9.35B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Jan 6, 2027
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to 8.9% from 34.3% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count fell 7.4% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 50%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 49%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 17%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 1%
- Gross marginTop 27%
- Operating marginBottom 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 28%
- Interest coverBottom 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 37%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 13%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 9%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 22%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 12%
- 6-month returnTop 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 11%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 9%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 18%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 43%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 30%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 24%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 28%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 16.6% | 6.8% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 35.1% | 25.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 59.3% | 74.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 34.3% | 8.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.8% | 16.6% | ↓ | Top 50% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 25.4% | 35.1% | ↓ | Top 44% |
| Gross margin | 74.4% | 59.3% | ↑ | Top 27% |
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 34.3% | ↓ | Bottom 19% |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 6.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4238.1% | — | Top 1% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 14.8% | — | Top 49% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -106.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.01×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.4×
Shareholder returns
- Share count change, 1 year
- -7.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 31, 2026 (filed Sep 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -5.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $58.17
- Target vs current price
- +26.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 33%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | +8.0% | -1.2% | -3.6% | — | — |
| Jun 24, 2026 | -11.2% | -4.3% | -17.4% | -7.5% | -20.9% |
| Mar 25, 2026 | -19.5% | -2.2% | +1.8% | +15.9% | +53.1% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | +1.6% | -2.4% | -6.2% | -11.2% | -37.1% |
| Sep 29, 2025 | +31.3% | -0.1% | -6.4% | -14.9% | -5.1% |
| Jun 25, 2025 | -2.3% | +1.0% | +0.4% | +3.1% | +27.1% |
| Mar 26, 2025 | -36.1% | -2.3% | -13.2% | -26.7% | -14.3% |
| Jan 8, 2025 | +23.5% | +0.7% | -6.6% | -3.9% | -45.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.08 | $1.00 | +8.0% | $2.22B |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $1.03 | $1.16 | -11.2% | $2.21B |
| Mar 25, 2026 | $0.72 | $0.89 | -19.5% | $2.02B |
| Jan 7, 2026 | $0.89 | $0.88 | +1.6% | $2.07B |
| Sep 29, 2025 | $1.05 | $0.80 | +31.3% | $2.91B |
| Jun 25, 2025 | $0.43 | $0.44 | -2.3% | $2.49B |
| Mar 26, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.94 | -36.1% | $2.47B |
| Jan 8, 2025 | $1.05 | $0.85 | +23.5% | $2.85B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 12.6× | 16.3× | 24th | Top 37% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.9× | — | — | Top 13% |
| EV / Sales | 0.81× | — | — | Top 9% |
| Earnings yield | 7.94% | — | — | Top 37% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.5× – 37.2× since Aug 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -27.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +25.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -29.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -12.7%
- RSI (14)
- 33.4
- Relative volume
- 0.81×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 29.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 36th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.78
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.59
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -30.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2024 | Mar 12, 2026 | -55.9% | 308 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -40.4% | 155 days | 429 days (Mar 4, 2024) |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | -14.4% | 65 days | 33 days (Aug 5, 2021) |
| Jan 11, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -13.6% | 11 days | 9 days (Feb 9, 2021) |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Apr 16, 2024 | -11.0% | 13 days | 18 days (May 10, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $9.35B
- P/E (TTM)
- 12.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.65
- Revenue (TTM)
- $11.45B
- Dividend yield
- 4.35%
- 52-week range
- $35.53 – $66.60
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.95B | $7.15B | $7.44B | $10.52B | $10.82B |
| Gross profit | $4.62B | $3.77B | $4.51B | $6.22B | $6.46B |
| Operating income | $3.52B | $2.61B | $3.31B | $4.71B | $686.4M |
| Net income | $1.67B | $785.4M | $277.7M | $743.4M | $710.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.13 | $3.06 | $1.10 | $2.99 | $2.83 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.85B | $2.47B | $2.49B | $2.91B | $2.95B | $2.87B | $3.41B | $2.22B |
| Net income | $232.2M | $143.8M | $99.1M | $252.5M | $215.0M | $175.2M | $255.4M | $266.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.93 | $0.57 | $0.40 | $1.01 | $0.85 | $0.70 | $1.02 | $1.08 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.58B | $1.80B | -$1.93B | -$209.3M | -$1.50B |
| Capital expenditure | -$165.6M | -$224.3M | -$1.2M | -$250.6M | -$207.5M |
| Free cash flow | $1.42B | $1.58B | -$1.93B | -$459.8M | -$1.71B |
| Dividends paid | -$222.8M | -$280.1M | -$278.6M | -$303.0M | -$374.1M |
| Net share buybacks | -$269.4M | -$859.6M | -$169.4M | -$44.3M | -$58.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $16.9M
- Total assets
- $81.3M
- Total liabilities
- $70.5M
- Total debt
- $0
- Net debt
- -$16.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $10.7M
As of Aug 31, 2026 (filed Sep 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2026 | $0.40 | Nov 25, 2026 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $0.40 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| May 18, 2026 | $0.40 | May 29, 2026 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.40 | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $0.40 | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | $0.40 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| May 19, 2025 | $0.40 | May 29, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.40 | Feb 27, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,953,385
- Days to cover
- 3.92
- Change vs previous report
- -0.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 17, 2023
- 523-for-500
- Sep 27, 2019
- 267-for-250
- Feb 26, 2013
- 1,027-for-1,000
- Jun 15, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Jan 3, 2005
- 3-for-2