Jefferies Financial Group Inc [JEF] stock is trading at $53.93, up 1.75%. 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 1.93% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -8.75%, 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 October 17, 2025, when Oppenheimer upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $81 for it. Previously, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock with Market Perform rating on October 03, 2025, and set its price target to $69. On April 07, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight and revised its price target to $41 on the stock. Oppenheimer downgraded its rating to a Perform. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to an Overweight and raised its price target to $97 on December 09, 2024. UBS started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on September 17, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $67. In a note dated August 22, 2023, Goldman upgraded a Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $37 to $40.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc [JEF] stock has fluctuated between $39.28 and $82.68 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $67.67 within the next 12 months. Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE: JEF] shares were valued at $53.93 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 25.48% based on the average JEF price forecast.
Analyzing the JEF fundamentals
Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE:JEF] reported sales of 9.07B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 2.28%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.52% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.19%, 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 10.26, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is -29.63.
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 52.67 points at the first support level, and at 51.42 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 54.67, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 55.42.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.56. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.56. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.23, the price to book ratio is 1.07 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.58.
