Jefferies Financial (JEF)

Financial Services · Capital Markets
$44.96 -1.92% on the day Market cap $8.9B 52-week range $35.53 to $66.60 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Jefferies Financial's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2025, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from JEF's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation8
Profitability4
Growth4
Financial health1
Cash efficiency0

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)14.6x
P/E (forward)11.9x
Price / free cash flow—
EV / EBITDA17.1x
Price / sales0.85x
Price / book0.83x
Revenue growth-32.9%
Operating margin—
Net margin8.3%
Return on equity8.2%
Dividend yield0.0%
Debt / equity6.52x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Jefferies Financial's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$8.9B$7.1B$7.4B$10.5B$10.8B
Net income$1.7B$782M$262M$716M$682M
Free cash flow$1.4B$1.6B-$1.9B-$391M-$1.7B
EPS (diluted)$6.13$3.06$1.10$2.99$2.83
Operating margin34.8%————

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Investment Banking and Capital Markets$5.1B92%
Asset Management$458M8%

Superinvestors who own JEF

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 7 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $421M0.15%Q2 2026
Steven Romick
First Pacific Advisors
Added $135M1.7%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Added $107M0.16%Q2 2026
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
Held $22M0.01%Q2 2026
Robert Robotti
Robotti & Company
Added $16M2.6%Q2 2026
Francis Chou
Chou Associates Management
Held $7M3.4%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $1M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Jefferies Financial's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of JEF in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are Jefferies Financial insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of JEF in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Jefferies Financial?

7 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold JEF in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Steven Romick, Ron Baron.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.