Jefferies Financial Group Inc [JEF] stock is trading at $72.06, up 11.17%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The JEF shares have gain 11.58% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 13.20%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE: JEF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 17, 2024, when UBS initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $67. Previously, Goldman upgraded its rating to Buy on August 22, 2023, and elevated its price target to $40. On July 12, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight and revised its price target to $36 on the stock. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and decreased its price target to $27 on April 12, 2023. Goldman downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $40 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 11, 2023. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform for this stock on December 22, 2022, and downed its price target to $37. In a note dated September 06, 2022, Keefe Bruyette upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $30 to $38.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc [JEF] stock has fluctuated between $33.16 and $67.79 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $59.6 within the next 12 months. Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE: JEF] shares were valued at $72.06 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -17.29% based on the average JEF price forecast.
Analyzing the JEF fundamentals
Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE:JEF] reported sales of 9.59B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 37.59%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.83% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.42%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.06 and Total Capital is 0.08. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 2.07.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 70.13 points at the first support level, and at 68.20 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 73.38, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 74.69.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.54, the price to book ratio is 1.47 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 30.83.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved FRIEDMAN BRIAN P, President, that happened on Nov 06 ’24 when 0.39 million shares were sold. CEO, HANDLER RICHARD B completed a deal on Nov 06 ’24 to sell 0.4 million shares. Meanwhile, Executive Officer & Director FRIEDMAN BRIAN P bought 0.39 million shares on Nov 06 ’24.
