The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

JEF

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.jefferies.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$4.86B+10.5%
Net income$959.59M+7.2%
Cash from ops-$1.93B+36.7%
Quotation

$55.86

+1.04 (+1.9%)

52w hi$68.80
52w lo$35.74
Vol1.78M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.09

Short-0.15
Medium+0.14
Long+0.45

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Financial Services · Capital Markets

Market cap$11.36B
Enterprise value-$11.25B
Trailing P/E15.60x
Forward P/E12.30x
EV / EBITDA
P / S (ttm)2.10x
Profit margin23.0%
Return on equity
Revenue growth+35.0%
Earnings growth+159.8%
Debt / equity364.76
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.76
Corr SPX0.66
Annual vol43.1%
Annual ret+9.9%
Sharpe0.23
Max DD-55.9%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.36
Sector+0.09
Technical-0.02
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$55.28$56.11$54.75$55.861.78M
Aug 12$55.81$55.81$54.54$54.821.38M
Aug 11$55.64$56.42$54.80$55.001.81M
Aug 10$56.09$56.50$55.08$55.312.50M
Aug 7$56.41$56.90$56.01$56.621.15M