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JEF

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
NYSE· Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies· Inc. NY· CIK 0000096223 Traditional Finance
$45.74 +0.95 (+2.12%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $44.79
Market cap
$10.5B
Large cap
Consensus
Buy
56% Buy or better · 9 analysts
Median target
$51.00
+11% · range $47.00–71.00
1 year
−19.1%
from $56.57 · Oct 27
30 days
−2.9%
from $47.13
52-week range
$36.02–66.26
−31% from high · low Mar 12
Avg volume 20D
2.36M
shares / day
Short interest
7.34M
≈3.8% of shares · +5.5%
Days to cover
2.4
at average volume
Insider net
+$986.6M
1 buyer · 1 seller · since Feb 27
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 2 exits
Filing reports
77
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read MIXED 37 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 0 bullish · 37 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 31/37
Strongest NEUTRAL Jefferies held its 2026 Annual Investor Meeting, reporting strong trailing-12-month financial results: net…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBULLISH

    1 insider bought $986.6M at an average $52.57. 1 insider sold $51.90. Price is 13% below their cost.

  • InstitutionsMIXED

    Q2 2026: 39 added (0 new), 47 trimmed or exited.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    5 of 9 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • Short sellersSTEADY

    Short interest +5.5% to 7.34M shares. 2.4 days to cover, ≈3.8% of shares.

  • TrendDOWNTREND

    6% below its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
2
exits
FundMoveSharesValue
BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLCTRIM2,545,859$127.2M
BAMCO INC /NY/ADD2,141,744$107.0M
UBS Group AGADD1,562,599$78.1M
Nuveen, LLCADD1,298,376$64.9M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ADD1,012,791$50.6M
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LPDOUBLED928,364$46.4M
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P.ADD820,771$41.0M
CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A.ADD688,560$34.4M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

9 analysts
Buy 56% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy2Buy3Hold4Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 6 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +11%.Targets as of Oct 26, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Sep 29, 2026Oppenheimer
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOutperform
Sep 29, 2026Morgan Stanley
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINEqual-Weight
Sep 29, 2026Goldman Sachs
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Sep 29, 2026BMO Capital
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINMarket Perform
Sep 11, 2026UBS
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINNeutral
Sep 11, 2026BMO Capital
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINMarket Perform

Insider ledger

Form 4
$986.6M
bought · 1 insider
$51.90
sold · 1 insider
−13.0%
vs their $52.57 cost
DateInsiderTypeValue
Oct 7, 2026
FRIEDMAN BRIAN P
President
GIFT100 sh
Oct 1, 2026
HANDLER RICHARD B
CEO
GIFT842 sh
Aug 28, 2026
Larson Matthew Scott
EVP, CFO
AWARD$39.6K
Aug 28, 2026
BEYER ROBERT D
Director
AWARD$26.6K
Aug 28, 2026
O Kane Michael T
Director
AWARD$28.6K
Aug 28, 2026
Ellis-Kirk Matrice
Director
AWARD$8.8K
Aug 28, 2026
Weiler Melissa
Director
AWARD$8.8K
Aug 28, 2026
Sharp Michael J.
EVP and General Counsel
AWARD$39.6K

Earnings setup

Estimates

Revision history: 🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next Q$0.78$0.78–$0.78-23.9%$2.2B
Current FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

Short side

FINRA· Sep 30, 2026
7,335,673
shares short
+5.5%
vs prior settlement
2.4
days to cover
≈3.8%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 20, 2026 SEC
Jefferies held its 2026 Annual Investor Meeting, reporting strong trailing-12-month financial results: net revenues of…
8-K — Impact 4/10
Oct 19, 2026 SEC
Jefferies Financial Group held its 2026 Investor Meeting on October 19, 2026, posting a comprehensive investor…
8-K — Impact 4/10
Oct 9, 2026 SEC
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. filed a preliminary pricing supplement for an offering of Senior Autocallable Barrier…
424B5 — Impact 3/10
Oct 9, 2026 Event
Jefferies LLC
Jefferies LLC
Oct 7, 2026 Insider
FRIEDMAN BRIAN P gifted 100 shares
President
Oct 1, 2026 Insider
HANDLER RICHARD B gifted 842 shares
CEO
Sep 30, 2026 Earnings calendar
JEF Q3 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-09-30
Aug 28, 2026 Insider
Larson Matthew Scott was granted 746 shares
EVP, CFO @ $53.09 ($39.6K)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Recent
Oct 9, 2026
Enforcement
Jefferies LLC
Jefferies LLC
Sep 30, 2026
Earnings date
JEF Q3 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-09-30
Sep 28, 2026
Earnings result
JEF Q3 2026 Earnings: EPS $1.08 (+6.5% vs est)
Aug 31, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: JEF up 31% to 7.0M shares
Settlement 2026-08-31 | Days to cover: 4.04 | ≈3.60% of shares outstanding (est.)
Aug 16, 2026
Press release
JEF INVESTIGATION ALERT: Investigation Launched into Jefferies Financial Group Inc., Attorneys Encourage Investors and Potential Witnesses to Contact Law Firm
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is investigating potential violations of U.S. federal…

SecBot reports

77 filings · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 mixed · 71 neutral
All JEF filing & press-release reports (77)