Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Description

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. operates as an investment banking and capital markets firm in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Investment Banking and Capital Markets, and Asset Management. It provides investment banking, advisory services with respect to mergers or acquisitions, debt financing, restructurings or recapitalizations, and private capital advisory transactions; underwriting and placement services related to corporate debt, municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, equity and equity-linked securities, and loan syndication services; and corporate lending services. The company 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, it provides investment grade distressed debt securities, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, leveraged loans, emerging markets debt, and interest rate 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. 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.

About

CEO
Mr. Richard Brian Handler
Employees
7,624
Instrument type
Common Stock
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Capital Markets
MIC code
XNYS
Address
520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, United States
Phone
212 284 2300
Website
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Earnings

Date Estimate EPS Actual EPS Difference % Surprise
Jan 6, 2026
Sep 23, 2025
Jun 24, 2025
Mar 25, 2025
Jan 9, 2025 0.91 0.93 0.02 2.20%

Earnings estimate

Current Quarter
(Feb 2025)
Next Quarter
(May 2025)
Current Year
(Nov 2025)
Next Year
(Nov 2026)
Number of analysts 2 2 2 2
Average estimate 1.13 1.10 4.47 5.68
Low estimate 1.06 1.06 4.45 5.45
High estimate 1.19 1.13 4.50 5.90
Last year EPS 0.68 0.65 3.09 4.47
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Growth estimates

Current qtr (Feb 2025)
64.990%
Next qtr. (May 2025)
68.260%
Current year (Nov 2025)
44.820%
Next year (Nov 2026)
26.860%
Next 5 years (per annum)
Past 5 years (per annum)

Analyst Ratings

Date Firm Action Rating Price Target
Jan 3, 2025
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $82 → $81
Dec 9, 2024
Morgan Stanley
Ryan Kenny
Upgrade Overweight ▲ Raises $67 → $97
Nov 14, 2024
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $73 → $83
Nov 5, 2024
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $71 → $73
Sep 26, 2024
Morgan Stanley
Ryan Kenny
Maintains Equal-Weight ▲ Raises $64 → $67
Sep 23, 2024
Morgan Stanley
Ryan Kenny
Maintains Equal-Weight ▲ Raises $59 → $64
Sep 17, 2024
UBS
Brennan Hawken
Initiates Buy Announces $67
Sep 13, 2024
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $64 → $66
Jul 23, 2024
Morgan Stanley
Ryan Kenny
Maintains Equal-Weight ▲ Raises $44 → $59
Jun 14, 2024
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $56 → $57
Apr 30, 2024
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $54 → $56
Apr 2, 2024
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $52 → $54
Mar 8, 2024
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $53 → $52
Sep 6, 2023
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $39 → $43
Aug 22, 2023
Goldman Sachs
Upgrade Buy
Jul 12, 2023
Morgan Stanley
Upgrade Equal-Weight
Jun 28, 2023
Morgan Stanley
Ryan Kenny
Reiterates Underweight Maintains $27
Jun 21, 2023
Morgan Stanley
Ryan Kenny
Reiterates Underweight Maintains $27
Jun 13, 2023
Oppenheimer
Maintains Outperform
Apr 12, 2023
Morgan Stanley
Ryan Kenny
Downgrade Underweight ▼ Lowers $28 → $27
Apr 6, 2023
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $42 → $40
Mar 24, 2023
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $48 → $42
Jan 11, 2023
Goldman Sachs
James Yaro
Downgrade Neutral Announces $40
Dec 22, 2022
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Michael Brown
Downgrade Market Perform ▼ Lowers $38 → $37
Aug 4, 2022
Goldman Sachs
James Yaro
Maintains Buy ▲ Raises $33 → $37
Jul 19, 2022
Morgan Stanley
Manan Gosalia
Maintains Equal-Weight ▼ Lowers $32 → $28
Jun 28, 2022
Morgan Stanley
Manan Gosalia
Maintains Equal-Weight ▼ Lowers $33 → $32
Jun 7, 2022
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $50 → $47
Mar 18, 2022
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $52 → $47
Mar 8, 2022
Morgan Stanley
Maintains Equal-Weight ▼ Lowers $40 → $35

Income statement

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Fiscal date 2024-11-30 2023-11-30 2022-11-30 2021-11-30 2020-11-30
Total reported revenue 10.52B 7.44B 7.15B 8.95B 6.96B
Cost of revenue 4.30B 2.93B 3.38B 4.33B 3.63B
Gross profit 6.22B 4.51B 3.77B 4.62B 3.33B
Operating expense
Research & development 177.54M 150.50M 109.77M
Selling general and admin 961.47M 849.53M 792.99M 710.15M 1.08B
Other operating expenses 351.95M 238.62M 192.57M 117.57M
Operating income 4.71B 3.31B 2.61B 3.52B 2.09B
Non operating interest income
Income
Expense 3.48B 2.74B 1.17B 931.64M 945.06M
Other income expense -226.92M -214.39M -387.13M -337.32M -75.48M
Pretax income 1.01B 354.27M 1.06B 2.25B 1.07B
Tax provision 293.19M 91.88M 273.85M 576.73M 298.67M
Net income 716.02M 262.39M 781.71M 1.68B 768.41M
Basic EPS 1.12 3.13 6.29 2.68
Diluted EPS 1.10 3.06 6.13 2.65
Basic average shares 232.61M 247.38M 263.60M 285.69M
Diluted average shares 232.61M 247.38M 263.60M 285.69M
EBITDA 4.68B 3.21B 2.42B 3.34B 2.17B
Net income from continuing op. 716.02M 262.39M 781.71M 1.68B 768.41M
Minority interests 27.36M 15.30M 3.74M -3.02M 6.83M
Preferred stock dividends 14.73M 3.02M 9.96M 4.80M

Balance sheet

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Fiscal date 2024-11-30 2023-11-30 2022-11-30 2021-11-30 2020-11-30
Total assets 64.36B 57.91B 51.06B 56.11B 53.12B
Current assets
Cash 3.93B 2.61B 2.54B 2.27B 1.98B
Cash equivalents 8.23B 5.92B 7.16B 8.49B 5.13B
Cash and cash equivalents 12.15B 8.53B 9.70B 10.76B 9.06B
Other short term investments
Accounts receivable 5.82B 4.72B 3.59B 4.65B 6.61B
Other receivables
Inventory
Prepaid assets
Restricted cash 20.19B 18.83B 16.19B 13.75B 611.84M
Assets held for sale 51.89M 1.55B
Hedging assets
Other current assets
Non current assets
Properties
Land and improvements
Machinery furniture equipment
Construction in progress
Leases
Accumulated depreciation
Goodwill 3.88B 3.89B 3.47B 3.49B 3.66B
Investment properties
Financial assets
Intangible assets 226.37M 196.92M 152.40M 167.15M
Investments and advances 19.09B 17.73B 14.94B 19.35B 30.16B
Other non current assets 2.42B 2.21B 2.56B 3.36B 2.19B
Total liabilities 54.13B 48.10B 40.76B 45.50B 43.66B
Current liabilities
Accounts payable 7.76B 7.70B 6.21B 8.41B 10.39B
Accrued expenses 3.51B 2.55B 2.57B 3.33B
Short term debt 443.16M 989.72M 528.39M 221.86M 9.08B
Deferred revenue
Tax payable
Pensions
Other current liabilities 1.17B
Non current liabilities
Long term debt 19.92B 15.10B 13.20B 11.20B 10.75B
Provision for risks and charges
Deferred liabilities
Derivative product liabilities 710.31M 1.15B 1.51B
Other non current liabilities 21.79B 19.45B 16.61B 22.21B 13.31B
Shareholders equity
Common stock 205.50M 210.63M 226.13M 243.54M 249.75M
Retained earnings 8.27B 7.85B 8.42B 7.94B 6.53B
Other shareholders equity -423.13M -395.55M -379.42M -372.14M -288.92M
Total shareholders equity 10.23B 9.80B 10.30B 10.61B 9.46B
Additional paid in capital 2.10B 2.04B 1.97B 2.74B 2.91B
Treasury stock
Minority interest 68.62M 92.71M 69.09M 51.29M 59.31M

Cash flow statement

20242023202220212020201920172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998199719961995199419931992199119901989
Operating Activities
Net Income716.02M262.39M781.71M1.68B768.41M962.56M252.85M194.32M244.28M186.46M352.09M870.99M15.29M1.88B548.60M-2.54B484.29M189.40M1.64B145.50M97.05M161.62M-7.51M116.01M193.40M46.20M-22.30M-28.90M32.50M70.80M116.30M130.60M94.40M65.00M22.70M
Depreciation197.85M113.47M189.34M144.26M142.39M129.77M64.76M71.61M172.07M139.74M138.96M170.11M96.62M105.85M86.38M72.28M42.44M24.00M189.50M235.92M61.10M
Deferred Taxes-4.13M10.46M-70.40M96.89M64.67M-538.19M712.06M118.63M134.02M126.89M70.05M484.97M22.42M-1.17B19.61M1.67B-567.86M99.99M-1.14B7.24M28.96M-28.05M-35.29M28.32M40.70M7.60M-3.80M-20.60M-13.10M20.40M35.30M
Stock-Based Compensation63.12M45.36M43.92M78.16M40.04M49.85M48.38M33.60M74.09M109.84M87.31M14.46M23.26M4.26M11.11M12.18M
Other Non-Cash Items264.68M-99.78M-601.30M-89.00M256.67M61.57M-433.15M-390.92M-93.97M-68.16M-8.66M107.38M-20.01M37.98M-128.47M3.22M7.72M-81.22M96.46M-284.58M-119.62M-95.55M67.51M-115.87M-205.70M-114.90M-28.00M137.70M57.30M-91.10M-602.80M11.60M-20.60M-5.00M33.40M
Accounts Receivable-1.15B-1.02B1.22B-493.98M-1.04B733.57M-1.50B-334.56M463.62M-499.31M242.80M-23.36M-11.50M14.22M6.45M11.99M183.26M20.85M19.58M-18.09M
Accounts Payable64.53M1.14B-2.17B2.38B2.32B582.83M-347.41M326.08M-3.19B2.05B-411.68M30.35M-36.26M36.61M
Other Assets & Liabilities-1.19B-2.38B3.29B-2.76B-708.47M-2.77B1.44B-28.61M1.41B-3.00B441.53M91.71M108.40M-35.58M-16.43M-11.11M1.12M-47.78M-31.37M-23.68M-40.69M17.35M-39.35M-54.94M63.80M-55.20M-123.30M-105.60M41.30M119.40M-38.50M-155.10M-4.80M14.60M
Operating Cash Flow-1.03B-1.93B2.67B1.04B1.84B-784.14M236.01M-9.85M-786.40M-946.61M912.40M1.75B209.73M850.45M535.02M-781.73M-20.30M367.65M776.38M99.97M8.72M55.38M-14.64M-26.48M92.20M-116.30M-177.40M-17.40M118.00M119.50M-489.70M-12.90M73.80M55.20M70.70M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures-250.58M-1.16M-224.30M-165.61M-176.96M-232.23M-94.99M-209.99M-273.07M-548.83M-141.73M-71.33M-38.59M-44.34M2.59M-62.96M-53.85M78.31M-128.59M2.87M-42.51M-53.34M-93.23M-127.90M-79.30M-57.20M-19.90M-45.00M-122.10M-19.40M-27.40M-27.90M-27.00M-30.50M
Net Intangibles
Net Acquisitions610.84M215.19M310.04M179.65M890.79M441.74M-10.00M-16.51M-269.46M3.02B-25.23M-1.02B-333.99M-179.67M-792.05M-90.27M-105.28M-170.52M114.52M-37.85M-51.92M-83.12M
Purchase of Investments-1.08B-251.75M-351.65M-2.34B-906,000-3.00M-1.15B-739.30M-873.83M-1.82B-3.79B-2.69B-3.53B-1.78B-2.24B-4.41B-6.81B-4.38B-3.39B-2.60B-1.68B-1.14B-1.01B-769.19M-1.81B-2.90B-1.72B-877.50M-784.40M-1.25B-1.58B-2.65B-3.03B-1.07B-1.44B
Sale of Investments3.59M3.27M22.99M1.44B787.52M645.75M2.31B3.07B4.21B1.87B4.73B1.22B2.49B4.94B5.97B4.09B3.24B2.34B1.25B1.21B898.18M967.53M2.54B2.98B1.06B933.70M616.50M1.31B1.79B3.09B3.01B861.90M1.29B
Investing Cash Flow-726.37M-128.95M-347.12M-2.72B-1.74B1.59B-3.09B-1.29B-613.94M-2.51B921.48M-201.61M47.75M-919.41M82.07M-294.95M-961.60M-306.40M-436.50M-39.03M-212.57M-56.52M-141.94M183.82M765.80M14.40M540.30M86.00M-244.00M-161.50M58.10M490.80M59.10M-303.80M-13.90M
Financing Activities
Long-Term Debt Issuance6.83B2.30B1.20B3.69B3.35B4.81B1.62B1.14B568.83M1.47B2.15B1.02M93.12M211.70M50.12M88.66M
Long-Term Debt Payments-9.17B-6.29B-6.61B-3.20B-3.08B-2.59B-854.00M-845.40M-1.32B-434.28M-1.89B-572.92M-144.56M-95.00M-42.97M-15.86M
Other Financing Charges2.74M6.06M65.00M-10.13M18.96M1.87M27.86M137.28M14.11M45.62M-315.34M-18.66M-1.02M-2.36M-30.08M-6.01M5.48M14.31M-24.57M-120.52M-245.85M-82.35M-45.93M117.01M128.30M33.90M86.80M6.40M22.60M-11.60M-18.50M-308.80M45.70M207.30M43.40M
Financing Cash Flow-3.22B-3.95B-6.18B-561.80M-723.53M1.59B597.09M401.72M-651.98M917.78M-270.51M-651.71M-106.64M64.66M-21.96M172.99M203.12M-35.67M-48.05M-125.41M-262.32M53.74M-59.29M71.09M-809.10M-33.80M69.30M-9.50M50.80M-19.10M-28.00M-332.00M59.10M169.90M31.50M
Other Cash Details
End Cash Position13.17B9.83B10.71B11.83B9.66B8.48B5.77B4.60B3.64B4.28B3.91B145.96M168.49M441.34M154.13M237.50M456.97M287.20M386.96M486.95M214.39M418.60M373.22M475.37M296.10M581.20M118.60M252.50M
Income Tax Paid257.50M159.36M214.07M727.13M25,00024.59M15.36M510,0009.88M75.93M37.36M26.18M22.23M4.36M3.15M
Interest Paid3.44B2.35B1.16B936.27M1.08B1.56B1.12B957.14M980.27M1.04B722.70M104.00M112.77M123.86M129.60M144.32M
Free Cash Flow-459.84M-1.93B1.58B1.42B1.90B-1.06B665.27M315.75M-1.06B-1.59B536.21M574.11M-595.36M386.92M-167.06M-175.34M-153.46M-19.00M158.80M-52.00M-176.90M55.38M-14.64M-26.48M-35.70M-195.60M-234.60M-37.30M73.00M-2.60M-509.10M-40.30M45.90M28.20M40.20M
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