Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.26x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for JEF is 1.34. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 0 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for JEF is 162.84M and currently, short sellers hold a 5.43% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of JEF on July 24, 2024 was 1.20M shares.
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JEF) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) has dropped by -1.43 compared to previous close of 55.80. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -1.79% in its stock price over the last five trading days. investorplace.com reported 2024-07-17 that Dividend stocks are a powerful multiplier. Not only do investors benefit from capital appreciation from the stock but their portfolios are supercharged by the dividend payments increasing total returns.
JEF’s Market Performance
JEF’s stock has fallen by -1.79% in the past week, with a monthly rise of 18.69% and a quarterly rise of 23.35%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.28% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.17% for Jefferies Financial Group Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 5.45% for JEF’s stock, with a 31.84% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of JEF
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for JEF stocks, with Goldman repeating the rating for JEF by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for JEF in the upcoming period, according to Goldman is $40 based on the research report published on August 22, 2023 of the previous year 2023.
Morgan Stanley, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see JEF reach a price target of $36, previously predicting the price at $27. The rating they have provided for JEF stocks is “Equal-Weight” according to the report published on July 12th, 2023.
Morgan Stanley gave a rating of “Underweight” to JEF, setting the target price at $27 in the report published on April 12th of the previous year.
JEF Trading at 13.82% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought JEF to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -3.98% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.17%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.28%, as shares surge +20.03% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +18.84% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, JEF fell by -1.32%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +56.41% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $52.62. In addition, Jefferies Financial Group Inc saw 36.10% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at JEF starting from FRIEDMAN BRIAN P, who sale 165,396 shares at the price of $46.25 back on May 14 ’24. After this action, FRIEDMAN BRIAN P now owns 2,425,954 shares of Jefferies Financial Group Inc, valued at $7,649,433 using the latest closing price.
FRIEDMAN BRIAN P, the President of Jefferies Financial Group Inc, sale 60,000 shares at $46.30 during a trade that took place back on May 13 ’24, which means that FRIEDMAN BRIAN P is holding 496,780 shares at $2,778,222 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for JEF
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.37 for the present operating margin
- 0.84 for the gross margin
The net margin for Jefferies Financial Group Inc stands at 0.06. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 4.56, with 0.76 for asset returns.
Based on Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF), the company’s capital structure generated 0.75 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.02. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.95. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.96.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 3.21 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 5.4. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.45. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.18for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.13.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
