Jefferies Financial Group Inc [JEF] stock prices are up 2.80% to $77.87 at the moment. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The JEF shares have gain 9.86% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.67%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE: JEF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 09, 2024, when Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also boosted its price target to $97 from $67. Previously, UBS started tracking the stock with Buy rating on September 17, 2024, and set its price target to $67. On August 22, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $40 on the stock. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and increased its price target to $36 on July 12, 2023. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $27 on April 12, 2023. Goldman downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on January 11, 2023, but kept the price target unchanged to $40. In a note dated December 22, 2022, Keefe Bruyette downgraded an Mkt Perform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $38 to $37.
The stock price of Jefferies Financial Group Inc [JEF] has been fluctuating between $38.77 and $82.68 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $71.2 within the next 12 months. Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE: JEF] shares were valued at $77.87 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -8.57% based on the average JEF price forecast.
Analyzing the JEF fundamentals
The Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE:JEF] reported sales of 9.62B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 1.63%. 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 76.65 points at the first support level, and at 75.44 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 78.65, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 79.43.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.66, the price to book ratio is 1.58 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.17.
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.
