On Tuesday, Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) opened higher 0.89% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $43.77. Price fluctuations for JEF have ranged from $39.28 to $82.68 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 18.51% annually for the last half of the decade. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -9.45% at the time writing. With a float of $164.32 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $206.25 million.
In an organization with 7822 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 59.4%, operating margin of 35.08%, and the pretax margin is 9.09%.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) Insider and Institutional Ownership
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Capital Markets industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Jefferies Financial Group Inc is 20.33%, while institutional ownership is 75.23%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 06 ’24, was worth 28,393,256. In this transaction President of this company sold 393,397 shares at a rate of $72.17, taking the stock ownership to the 560,507 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 06 ’24, when Company’s CEO sold 400,000 for $72.26, making the entire transaction worth $28,902,360. This insider now owns 14,971,288 shares in total.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.74 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -9.45% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 24.79% during the next five years compared to -0.32% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.93. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 5.21.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.89, a number that is poised to hit 0.58 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.41 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.33 million. That was better than the volume of 2.09 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 29.61%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.50.
During the past 100 days, Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s (JEF) raw stochastic average was set at 11.24%, which indicates a significant decrease from 27.54% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 111.20% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 55.45% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $59.49, while its 200-day Moving Average is $64.30. However, in the short run, Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $45.00. Second resistance stands at $45.84. The third major resistance level sits at $46.40. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $43.61, it is likely to go to the next support level at $43.05. The third support level lies at $42.21 if the price breaches the second support level.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) Key Stats
There are currently 206,256K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 9.11 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 7,035 M according to its annual income of 743,380 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,593 M and its income totaled 143,830 K.
