A share price of Jefferies Financial Group Inc [JEF] is currently trading at $53.42, up 1.93%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The JEF shares have gain 10.49% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 6.08%, and 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 April 07, 2025, when Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and also revised its price target to $41 from $75. Previously, Oppenheimer downgraded its rating to Perform on March 19, 2025. On December 09, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $97 on the stock. UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $67 on September 17, 2024. Goldman upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $40 on August 22, 2023. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on July 12, 2023, and upped its price target to $36. In a note dated April 12, 2023, Morgan Stanley downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $28 to $27.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $39.28 and $82.68. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $79 within the next 12 months. Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE: JEF] shares were valued at $53.42 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 47.88% based on the average JEF price forecast.
Analyzing the JEF fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE:JEF] were 9.74B which represents -29.86% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.59% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.44%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.07 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 2.31.
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 52.76 points at the first support level, and at 52.09 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 53.90, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 54.37.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE:JEF] is 1.46. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.46, and the Cash Ratio is 0.95. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.13, the price to book ratio is 1.08 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.51.
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.
