Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.81M but it saw 1475474 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 12.20B USD, the company’s current market price of $59.18 came falling about -0.20 while comparing to the previous closing price of $59.30. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $82.68 and as low as $40.72. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $58.66 while lowest mark touched by it was $59.94.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) gives us an average price of $59.98, while its current price level is -28.42% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 45.33% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $68.55 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $63.85. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.13% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.72%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 40.71 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
Morgan Stanley upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Overweight” from “Equal-Weight” on December 09, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $67-$97. UBS issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $67.
Over the week, JEF’s stock price is moving 9.07% up while it is -14.84% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -24.52% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 35.73%.
The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Jan-07, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 1.2 while estimate for next year EPS is 4.5. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $1.84B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $7.81B and seeing the company making $8.9B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $1.86B for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 205.50M with 25.89% of that held by the insiders while 73.56% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 2.74% and return on equity (ROE) at 6.86%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 19.89 while having a 10.56 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.24. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.20 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.15. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.11% on average.
