A new trading day began on Monday, with Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) stock price up 2.12% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $54.69. JEF’s price has 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%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -25.08%. With a float of $164.21 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $206.27 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 7822 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 60.17%, operating margin of 25.29%, and the pretax margin is 8.1%.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Capital Markets Industry. The insider ownership of Jefferies Financial Group Inc is 20.40%, while institutional ownership is 70.03%. 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) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -25.08% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 23.45% 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
Here are Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.55. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.28. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 24.94.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.64, a number that is poised to hit 0.59 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.12 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 2.04 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.9 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 38.51%.
During the past 100 days, Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s (JEF) raw stochastic average was set at 51.85%, which indicates a significant decrease from 67.67% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.58 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 1.92 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $52.33, while its 200-day Moving Average is $62.77. However, in the short run, Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $56.42. Second resistance stands at $56.99. The third major resistance level sits at $58.08. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $54.76, it is likely to go to the next support level at $53.67. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $53.10.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE: JEF) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 11.52 billion, the company has a total of 206,280K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 7,035 M while annual income is 743,380 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,634 M while its latest quarter income was 99,060 K.
