Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.97M but it saw 2202429 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 11.37B USD, the company’s current market price of $55.14 came rising about 2.99 while comparing to the previous closing price of $53.54. 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 $51.73 while lowest mark touched by it was $55.475.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) gives us an average price of $56.72, while its current price level is -33.31% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 35.41% 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 $65.28 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $64.40. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 5.76% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.98%. 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 39.11 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 -8.54% down while it is -8.72% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -29.67% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 26.61%.
The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Mar-25, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.67 while estimate for next year EPS is 3.15. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $1.89B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $7.24B and seeing the company making $8.59B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $1.71B for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 206.25M with 25.91% of that held by the insiders while 73.42% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 2.65% and return on equity (ROE) at 6.54%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 19.14 while having a 10.70 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.44. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.11 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.22. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.00% on average.
