Key Considerations for Jefferies Financial Investors

By Scott Lee • Friday, January 10 10:14 • Permanent Link

One of the losers of today's trading session was Jefferies Financial. Shares of the Capital markets company plunged -9.8%, and some investors may be wondering if its price of $72.24 would make a good entry point. Here's what you should know if you are considering this investment:

Jefferies Financial has moved 101.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 23.7%
JEF has an average analyst rating of buy and is -18.14% away from its mean target price of $88.25 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.96
Jefferies Financial has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.4 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.47 and its forward P/E ratio is 16.2
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.48 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Jefferies Financial is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.04 and an average P/B of 1.86
JEF has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 240.3% and gross profit margins of 0.8%
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.

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