At the time of writing, Jefferies Financial Group Inc [JEF] stock is trading at $56.85, up 2.73%. 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 6.80% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.49%, 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 October 17, 2025, when Oppenheimer upgraded its rating to an 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Jefferies Financial Group Inc fluctuated between $39.28 and $82.68. 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 $56.85 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 19.03% based on the average JEF price forecast.
Analyzing the JEF fundamentals
According to Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE:JEF], the company’s sales were 9.07B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 2.28% jump. 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 55.66 points at the first support level, and at 54.48 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 57.67, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 58.49.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Jefferies Financial Group Inc [NYSE:JEF] has a current ratio of 1.56. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.56. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.29, the price to book ratio is 1.12 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.58.
