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Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) closed the day trading at $53.54 down -0.06% from the previous closing price of $53.57. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.8 million shares were traded. JEF stock price reached its highest trading level at $53.63 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $51.83.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of JEF, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 0.83 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 125.54. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.10 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.39.
On December 09, 2024, Morgan Stanley Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Equal-Weight and also upped its target price recommendation from $67 to $97.
On September 17, 2024, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $67.UBS initiated its Buy rating on September 17, 2024, with a $67 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 06 ’24 when FRIEDMAN BRIAN P sold 393,397 shares for $72.17 per share. The transaction valued at 28,393,256 led to the insider holds 560,507 shares of the business.
HANDLER RICHARD B sold 400,000 shares of JEF for $28,902,360 on Nov 06 ’24. The CEO now owns 14,971,288 shares after completing the transaction at $72.26 per share. On Nov 06 ’24, another insider, FRIEDMAN BRIAN P, who serves as the Executive Officer & Director of the company, bought 393,397 shares for $63.98 each.
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 11042625536 and an Enterprise Value of -7215747072. As of this moment, Jefferies’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.58, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.36. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.63. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.18 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.08. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -1.051.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for JEF is 1.28, which has changed by 0.21240938 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08089435 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, JEF has reached a high of $82.68, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $40.72. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -18.55%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -16.79%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, JEF traded about 1.97M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, JEF traded about 2575050 shares per day. A total of 206.25M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 164.19M. Insiders hold about 20.35% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 75.16% stake in the company. Shares short for JEF as of 1741910400 were 2224193 with a Short Ratio of 1.13, compared to 1739491200 on 2815539. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2224193 and a Short% of Float of 1.26.
Dividends & Splits
JEF’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.40, up from 1.4 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.026134029The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.84. The current Payout Ratio is 43.67% for JEF, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1747612800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2023-01-17 when the company split stock in a 1046:1000 ratio.
