Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) is 85.37% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $34.34 and a high of $75.81 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The JEF stock was last observed hovering at around $74.62 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.29%.
Currently trading at $74.91, the stock is 7.95% and 14.41% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.02 million and changing 0.39% at the moment leaves the stock 43.02% off its SMA200. JEF registered 114.64% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 60.37%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $65.4732 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $52.3755.
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The stock witnessed a 14.37% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 30.53%, and is 0.44% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.01% over the week and 2.14% over the month.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) has around 7564 employees, a market worth around $15.39B and $9.59B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 32.05 and Fwd P/E is 16.80. Profit margin for the company is 5.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 118.14% and -1.19% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.22%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 168.79% this year
686.0 institutions hold shares in Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF), with institutional investors hold 87.94% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 210.63M, and float is at 153.81M with Short Float at 6.77%. Institutions hold 68.98% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 16.04 million shares valued at $797.99 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.2904 of the JEF Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 15.69 million shares valued at $780.91 million to account for 7.1344 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS, LLC which holds 7.05 million shares representing 3.2049 and valued at over $350.8 million, while FIRST PACIFIC ADVISORS, LP holds 2.4595 of the shares totaling 5.41 million with a market value of $269.21 million.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by FRIEDMAN BRIAN P, the company’s President. SEC filings show that FRIEDMAN BRIAN P sold 393,397 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 06 ’24 at a price of $72.17 per share for a total of $28.39 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.56 million shares.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 06 ’24 that HANDLER RICHARD B (CEO) sold a total of 400,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 06 ’24 and was made at $72.26 per share for $28.9 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 14.97 million shares of the JEF stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 06 ’24, FRIEDMAN BRIAN P (Executive Officer & Director) Proposed Sale 393,397 shares at an average price of $63.98 for $25.17 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF).
