Learn more about whether Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is a good stock to buy or sell based on recent news as well as its key financial metrics. Read on to find out how (JEF) grades on certain investment factors and determine whether it meets your investment needs.

Latest Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Stock News

As of September 04, 2026, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. had a $12.7 billion market capitalization, putting it in the 81st percentile of companies in the Capital Markets industry.

Currently, Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 15.4. Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s trailing 12-month revenue is $8.3 billion with a 10.8% profit margin. Year-over-year quarterly sales growth most recently was 35.0%. Analysts expect adjusted earnings to reach $3.557 per share for the current fiscal year. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. currently has a 2.9% dividend yield.

Our fundamental outlook remains positive on the investment banking and brokerage sub-industry. We think strong momentum in the global capital markets will continue in 2021, albeit with some fall off from the parabolic moves in investment banking fee revenues that were realized most of 2020. Equity markets have climbed to all-time highs, driven by the Fed’s low rate policy and injection of liquidity into the Treasury and assetbacked mortgage markets. Retail investors has also contributed to higher trading volumes and fee commission. Equity trading volumes and transaction fees have increased significantly with greater investor participation with equity inflows and active trading from retail investors. In our view, investor confidence has been more positive about future economic conditions, with the S&P 500 Index up from March 2020 lows. We think the investment banks could realize 7%-9% plus growth year over year in debt underwriting fees from new issuances, driven by high yield corporate bond issuances. Investment banking fees set a first half record in 2021, reaching $79.7 billion or a 26% increase Y/Y says Refinitiv. This is the strongest six-month period since records began in 2000, but we think the Y/Y gains will be much lower in the second half of 2021. On a Q/Q basis, investment banking fees declined 12% in Q2 2021 from the recordbreaking Q1 2021. Overall, global debt offerings were $5.3 trillion in the first half of 2021, down 8% Y/Y, but only the second time new debt issuances crossed $5.0 trillion for six months. Equity capital markets activity was up 50% Y/Y to $686.5 billion in the first half of 2021 and making the strongest first six-months period. As of July 2021, we are seeing continued strength in IPO activity ahead. Technology has been the hottest area, with recent IPOs generating higher investment banking fees. During the first half of 2021, global IPO activity tallied $209.3 billion, more than 3x last year’s total and the strongest three-month period for global IPOs since records began in 1980, according to Refinitiv. There were 2,400 secondary equity offerings that totalled $363 billion during first half of 2021, up 21% Y/ Y, according to Refinitiv.

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Grading Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Stock

Before you choose to buy, sell or hold Jefferies Financial Group Inc. stock, you’ll want to analyze how it has been graded. Stock evaluation requires access to huge amounts of data and the knowledge and time to sift through it all, making sense of financial ratios, reading income statements and analyzing recent stock movement. To help individual investors decide whether or not to buy (JEF) stock, AAII created A+ Investor, a robust data suite that condenses data research in an actionable and customizable way that is suitable for investors of all knowledge levels.

AAII’s proprietary stock grades come with A+ Investor. These offer intuitive A‐F grades for each of five key investing factors: value, growth, momentum, earnings revisions and quality. Here, we’ll take a closer look at Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s stock grades for value, growth and quality. Learn more about A+ Investor here!

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Stock Value Grade

Buying stocks that are going to go up typically means buying stocks that are undervalued in the first place, although momentum investors may argue that point.

AAII’s A+ Investor Value Grade is derived from a stock’s value score. The value score is the percentile rank of the average of the percentile ranks of the price-to-sales ratio, price-earnings ratio, enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) ratio, shareholder yield, price-to-book-value ratio and price-to-free-cash-flow ratio. The score is variable, meaning it can consider all six ratios or, should any of the six ratios not be valid, the remaining ratios that are valid. To be assigned a Value Score, stocks must have a valid (non-null) ratio and corresponding ranking for at least two of the six valuation ratios.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are a good value and so on.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has a Value Score of 86, which is Deep Value.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Stock Growth Grade

The foundation of growth investing is seeking out stocks of companies exhibiting strong, consistent and prolonged growth that is expected to continue into the future.

In order to compute the Growth Score and assign it a letter grade, the percentile ranks for each of the three individual components‐consistency of annual sales growth, five‐year sales growth rankings adjusted for extreme levels, and consistency of positive annual cash from operations‐must be determined. These three rank figures are added together, and the sum is ranked against the entire stock universe to arrive at a company’s Growth Score to create an equal distribution of grades.

The companies in the bottom 20% of the stock universe receive Growth Grades of F, considered Very Weak, while those in the top 20% receive A grades, which are considered Very Strong.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has a Growth Score of 20, which is Very Weak.

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Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Stock Momentum Grade

Momentum grades help uncover stocks experiencing anomalously high rates of return; research finds that stocks with high relative levels of momentum tend to outperform, whereas those with low levels of momentum tend to continue underperforming. Momentum is based on the price change of a stock over a specified period relative to all other stocks.

Typically, AAII looks at the weighted relative strength over the trailing four quarters. The weighted four-quarter relative strength rank is the relative price change for each of the past four quarters. The most recent quarterly price change is given a weight of 40% and each of the three previous quarters are given a weighting of 20%.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has a Momentum Score of 35, which is Weak.

Other Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Stock Grades

In addition to Value, Growth and Momentum, A+ Investor also provides grades for Estimate Revisions and Quality.

The Earnings Estimate Revisions Grade takes into account the magnitude of a company’s earnings surprise in its last two reported fiscal quarters. Often, surprises beget further surprises‐or at least continued sales growth (the exact opposite is generally true, too). AAII’s stock screen that follows the companies with the highest earnings estimate revisions (i.e., the best grades) has a 23.3% backtested annual return since inception, whereas an example screen following those with the worst revisions has a backtested annual return since inception of under 5%.

AAII’s A+ Investor Quality Grade comes from the ranking of key metrics. Specifically, the Quality Grade is the percentile rank of the composite return on assets (ROA), return on invested capital (ROIC), gross profit relative to assets, buyback yield, change in total liabilities to assets, accruals, Z double prime bankruptcy risk (Z) score and F—Score.

These 2 key factors, when combined with the above, provide a holistic view into a stock. Further, by joining A+ Investor you can see whether Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s stock passes any of our 60+ stock screens that have outperformed the market since their creation.

Should I Buy Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Stock?

Overall, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A, Growth Grade of F, and Momentum Grade of D.

Whether or not you should buy Jefferies Financial Group Inc. stock will ultimately depend on your individual goals, risk tolerance and allocation. AAII can help you figure these out and identify which investments align with what works best for you.

Lastly, it’s important to evaluate a stock by comparing it against others in the same industry. Review the table below to see how Jefferies Financial Group Inc. stock stands up against its competitors. Click into any of the below tickers to see their stock grades for value, momentum, quality and EPS revisions.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) Competitors

Companies similar to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in the Capital Markets industry.

Company name	Ticker	Market Cap
Stifel Financial Corp.	SF	$12.31Bil
SEI Investments Company	SEIC	$13.25Bil
Invesco Ltd.	IVZ	$14.60Bil
Japan Exchange Group, Inc.	JPXGY	$14.96Bil
Pershing Square Inc.	PS	$15.63Bil

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Stock: Bottom Line

You can use the information about how Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is graded to determine if you should invest in this stock. However, you should decide whether Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s stock is a buy, sell or hold based on a combination of grades, metrics, ratios and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports.

Investors are encouraged to do their own due diligence and research. In this way, individuals can effectively become managers of their own assets—without having to rely on others for financial independence. You can count on AAII for timeless articles on financial planning and stock-picking, unbiased research and actionable analysis.

So, if you’re still on the fence about whether Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is a buy, sell or hold, you can utilize AAII’s expansive and robust screening tools like A+ Investor to help with your decision.

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