On Tuesday, Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) opened higher 2.65% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $53.91. Price fluctuations for JEF have ranged from $39.28 to $82.68 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales drop of Financial Sector giant was -0.32%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -19.06% at the time writing. With a float of $164.19 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $206.25 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 7822 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 59.04%, operating margin of 43.64%, and the pretax margin is 9.09%.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
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 20.40%, while institutional ownership is 69.98%. 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) Recent Fiscal highlights
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -19.06% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 24.21% 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 the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.46. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.17. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 6.53.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.89, a number that is poised to hit 0.44 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.27 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF)
Looking closely at Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF), its last 5-days average volume was 1.83 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.87 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 68.48%.
During the past 100 days, Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s (JEF) raw stochastic average was set at 41.66%, which indicates a significant decrease from 86.73% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 31.01% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 56.36% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $49.48, while its 200-day Moving Average is $62.99. However, in the short run, Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $56.07. Second resistance stands at $56.80. The third major resistance level sits at $57.26. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $54.88, it is likely to go to the next support level at $54.42. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $53.69.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) Key Stats
There are currently 206,256K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 11.41 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.
