NYSE · JEF

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

$55.86 +$0.28 (+0.50%) 1D After hours
Session Pulse Overnight session chatter is way louder than usual 2 mentions today 2 SEC filings since Mon close 4 4 its sector ranked 8/11 this week Full pulse →

Key Metrics

$12.81B
Market cap
16.42×
P/E · TTM
$11.74B
Revenue · TTM
$780.29M
Net income
EPS · TTM $3.51
Dividend yield 2.9%
Free cash flow $1.78B
Beta · 1Y 1.82
EBITDA · TTM $1.14B
Gross margin

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 27
    2 insider transaction filings hit the record.

    Form 4s are events, not verdicts — officers, directors, and 10% owners reporting their own trades. The forms post hours before the media writes them up.

    RECEIPT: SEC FORM 4 × 2, TIMESTAMPED
  • Jul 27
    Chatter ran way louder than usual.

    2 mentions across the stream that day (+3.9σ vs its own baseline) — attention, not direction. Loud days mark where the crowd was looking.

    RECEIPT: NARRATIVE VELOCITY, 30-DAY BASELINE
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 18.6 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Mar 12
    From its Jan 29 high, the share price fell 41%.

    Peak close $61.20 on Jan 29; trough close $36.02 on Mar 12. The drawdown is the fact — the chapters around it are the context.

    RECEIPT: PRICE SERIES, PEAK-TO-TROUGH -41%
  • Mar 6
    The stock moved -13.5% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Mar 6
  • Feb 27
    The stock moved -9.3% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Feb 27

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$12.81B
Enterprise value$16.54B
Shares outstanding230.6M
52-wk range$35.53 – $71.04
Avg volume · 20D1.7M
Net cash −$3.73B
Book value / share$47.52
IndustrySecurity Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies
ExchangeNYSE
About Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
IPO dateOct 7, 1968
Employees7371

Jefferies Financial Group is a full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that was founded in 1962. After nearly 30 years of focusing on institutional trading services, it entered the investment banking industry in the early 1990s, which ultimately grew into the core business.

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Valuation

P/E16.42
P/S1.09
P/FCF7.19
EV/EBITDA14.53
EV/Sales1.41
Graham №$61.25

Profitability

Gross
Operating 8.1%
Net 6.6%
FCF 15.2%
ROE / ROIC 7.7% · 5.2%

Financial Health

Current ratio
Quick ratio
Debt / equity1.71
Debt / EBITDA 15.85
Net cash −$3.73B
Working capital

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $2.01B
Capex −$227.08M
Free cash flow $1.78B
Buybacks $372.66M
Dividends paid $371.67M
Shareholder yield 5.8%

Piotroski F-Score

3 / 9
Weak fundamentals · 3 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

0.5
Distress zone (< 1.81) · elevated risk

Graham Number vs Price

$61.25 vs $55.86
Trades below classic defensive value — Graham-cheap
Fundamentals through 2026-05-31 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings