JEF
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
JEF's fundamentals are strong: revenue grew 18% and earnings per share grew 39%. At 11x earnings, it's trading below its usual 13x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
JEF Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
JEF's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like JEF.
JEF PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 6.5x | $26.66 | -42% |
| Current | 11x | $46.27 | — |
| Forward | 11x | $46.27 | — |
| Fair | 13x | $53.80 | +16% |
| Expensive | 26x | $105 | +126% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
JEF's PE is in its fair range at 11.4x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 11.0x next year's earnings.
JEF Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect JEF's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
JEF Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.21 | +3.3% |
| Q3 2026 | $4.07 | +39% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.82 | +44% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.96 | +2.1% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.83 | -5.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.92 | +25% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.66 | +47% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.90 | +138% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.99 | +172% |
JEF's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $4.07 over the past year, against $5.86 in late 2021.
JEF Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.2B | +8.5% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.2B | +35% |
| Q1 2026 | $2B | +27% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.1B | +5.7% |
| Q3 2025 | $2B | +22% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.6B | -1.3% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.6B | -8.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $2B | +63% |
JEF's revenue has grown year over year for five quarters in a row: $2.2B last quarter, up 8.5% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 16% | -0.4 points |
| Q2 2026 | 14% | +6.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | 11% | +1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 12% | -3.3 points |
| Q3 2025 | 16% | +1.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 8.3% | -5.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 9.5% | -3.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 16% | +8.3 points |
JEF's operating margin was 16% last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
JEF Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.5B | +1917% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.6B | +$2.6B |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.8B | +$912.6M |
| Q4 2025 | $1.9B | +16% |
| Q3 2025 | $126M | +$831.9M |
| Q2 2025 | -$1B | -3629% |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.7B | -$1.4B |
| Q4 2024 | $1.6B | +4531% |
JEF's free cash flow was $4.2B over the past year, against −$2B the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like JEF.
JEF Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +13% | +26.3M shares |
| 1 year | +3.1% | +6.9M shares |
| 3 years | -1% | -2.4M shares |
| 5 years | -19% | -54.2M shares |
| Available history | -31% | -101M shares |
JEF has 230M diluted shares, up 3.1% from a year ago, despite $440M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $68.2M |
| Q2 2026 | $197.4M |
| Q1 2026 | $174.3M |
| Q4 2025 | $29,000 |
| Q3 2025 | $918,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $1.3M |
| Q1 2025 | $56.3M |
| Q4 2024 | $1,000 |
JEF spent $440M buying back its own shares over the past year, about eight times what it spent the year before.
JEF Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 2.8x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 6.3x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 3.4x | Elevated |
| Q3 2025 | 5.2x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 5.3x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 4.3x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 1.5x | Healthy |
JEF's net debt is about 1.2 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 5.2 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like JEF.
JEF Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 42.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 27.1 | Neutral |
JEF's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 27 (neutral).
JEF PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | JEF | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 11x | 13x | 13% below |
| PE % | 43 | 63 | 20 pts below |
JEF is trading at 11x earnings, a 13% discount to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
JEF Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $45.9 | 0.8% above |
| 20 week MA | $50.5 | 8.3% below |
| 50 week MA | $52.1 | 11% below |
| 100 week MA | $55.7 | 17% below |
| 200 week MA | $49.8 | 7.1% below |
JEF has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8-week average, but 7.1% below its 200-week average.
JEF Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $20.2 | $22.6 | +12% |
| 2021 | $22.6 | $36.9 | +63% |
| 2022 | $36.9 | $33.4 | -9.6% |
| 2023 | $33.4 | $40.4 | +21% |
| 2024 | $40.4 | $78.9 | +95% |
| 2025 | $78.9 | $63.9 | -19% |
| 2026 YTD | $63.9 | $46.3 | -28% |
JEF has finished higher in four of the last six years, two of them by more than 50%. It's down 28% so far in 2026.