Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) is -9.73% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $39.86 and a high of $82.68 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The JEF stock was last observed hovering at around $71.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.15%.
Currently trading at $70.77, the stock is -5.88% and -8.04% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.01 million and changing -1.60% at the moment leaves the stock 14.49% off its SMA200. JEF registered 73.29% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 28.74%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $77.1222 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $61.6771.
The stock witnessed a -0.16% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.02%, and is -6.04% down 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 2.58% over the week and 2.30% over the month.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) has around 7822 employees, a market worth around $14.59B and $10.59B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 23.78 and Fwd P/E is 12.00. Profit margin for the company is 6.28%. Distance from 52-week low is 77.55% and -14.40% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.74%).
with sales reaching $1.96B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 49.00% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 15.81% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 12.71% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 205.50M, and float is at 155.07M with Short Float at 2.20%.
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).
