JEF
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
NYSE Financial Services United States
45,84 $US
-0.28% today
-27.77% YTD · -25.07% 1Y
9
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · AMF · BaFin — rolling 90 days
26
Hedge funds tracked
Latest available SEC 13F filings
69
/ 100
STRONG

Analysis Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) — Kairos Score 69/100

Composite score aggregating 8 smart money dimensions: insiders (SEC/AMF/BaFin), hedge funds, politicians & gurus, price momentum, valuation, analyst consensus, financial health, earnings momentum. The higher the score, the more favorable the institutional signals consensus.

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About Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. operates as an investment banking and capital markets firm in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates in two segments, Investment Banking and Capital Markets, and Asset Management. The company provides investment banking and advisory services for mergers or acquisitions, debt financing, restructurings, and private capital advisory transactions; underwriting and placement services related to corporate debt, municipal debt, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, equity and equity-linked securities, and loan syndication services; and corporate lending services. It also offers financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; equities research, sales, and trading services; wealth management services; and online foreign exchange trading services. In addition, the company provides investment-grade distressed debt securities, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, leveraged loans, emerging markets debt, interest rates, and credit index derivative products; and manages and offers services to a diverse group of alternative asset management platforms across a spectrum of investment strategies and asset classes. It serves public companies, private companies, sponsors and owners, institutional investors, and government entities. The company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation and changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Key info

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CEO
Mr. Richard Brian Handler
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HQ
520 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY, 10022, United States
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Employees
7 065
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Market cap
10 663 043 000,00 $US
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P/E
11.7
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Dividend yield
3.49%

🕴️ Insider activity (90 days)

9 transactions — 1 buys and 0 sales reported by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. executives.

HR
HANDLER RICHARD B
CEO · 2026-10-01
Other
SM
Sharp Michael J.
EVP and General Counsel · 2026-08-28
Other
EM
Ellis-Kirk Matrice
2026-08-28
Other

🏦 Hedge Funds

26 institutional funds report a position on JEF in their latest SEC quarterly filing.

BlackRock, Inc.
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
STATE STREET CORP

📰 Recent news

15 recent articles on JEF.

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Kairos Score 0-100

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Official sources · Public data · SEC EDGAR — Form 4 & 13F · AMF — Executive filings · BaFin — Directors' Dealings · Yahoo Finance · Alpha Vantage

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