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After finishing at $62.25 in the prior trading day, Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) closed at $62.73, up 0.77%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.77 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.69 million shares were traded. JEF stock price reached its highest trading level at $63.13 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $60.6.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of JEF by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.56 and its Current Ratio is at 1.56. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.32 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.57.
On December 08, 2025, Morgan Stanley Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Equal-Weight but kept the price unchanged to $78.
Oppenheimer Upgraded its Perform to Outperform on October 17, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $81.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, JEF now has a Market Capitalization of 12940948480 and an Enterprise Value of -5329076736. As of this moment, Jefferies’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 22.19, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.21. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.40. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.58 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.22. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -0.726.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for JEF is 1.50, which has changed by -0.12961411 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19226205 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, JEF has reached a high of $78.21, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $39.28. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.59%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 11.56%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 2.28M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2167640 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 206.30M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 163.78M. Insiders hold about 20.60% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 72.34% stake in the company. Shares short for JEF as of 1767139200 were 3901029 with a Short Ratio of 1.71, compared to 1764288000 on 4337083. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3901029 and a Short% of Float of 2.21.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, JEF’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.6, compared to 1.60 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.025702812. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.77. The current Payout Ratio is 56.54% for JEF, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-17 with an ex-dividend date of 2026-02-17. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2023-01-17 when the company split stock in a 1046:1000 ratio.
