Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) shares, rose in value, with the stock price up by 0.23% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $43.56.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $43.46. The PE ratio was 35.61 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $47.39, and the low was $28.81. On the whole, JEF has fluctuated by -5.57% over the past month.
The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.20, with its dividend yield at 2.75%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 6.79B, with a low estimate of 1.61B and a high estimate of 1.65B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 1.63B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that JEF’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.98, with the price of JEF currently trading nearly 0.99% and 1.27% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 52.51, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.49% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.36%. Furthermore, Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF)’s beta value is 1.36, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.97.
A comparison of Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. JEF showed an intraday change of 0.23% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 43.86%%.
Data on historical trading for Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 1.01 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 210.63 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 26.51% of Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 63.56% of the company’s shares. The stock has risen by 7.80% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the JEF stock heading into the next quarter.
