NYSE: JEF - Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Yield per half year: -8.54%
Dividend yield: +2.60%
Sector: Financials

Company Analysis Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • The stock's return over the last year (20.91%) is higher than the sector average (19.36%).

Disadvantages

  • Price (53.54 $) is higher than fair price (11.21 $)
  • Dividends (2.6%) are below the sector average (2.68%).
  • Current debt level 26.85% has increased over 5 years from 17.97%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=2.86%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=10.99%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.2. News

2.3. Market efficiency

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Financials Index
7 days -7.3% -0.4% 2.7%
90 days -34% 7.6% -4.5%
1 year 20.9% 19.4% 10%

JEF vs Sector: Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has outperformed the "Financials" sector by 1.55% over the past year.

JEF vs Market: Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has outperformed the market by 10.87% over the past year.

Stable price: JEF is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: JEF with weekly volatility of 0.4022% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 29.54
P/S: 1.1

3.2. Revenue

EPS 1.17
ROE 2.86%
ROA 0.4796%
ROIC 5.01%
Ebitda margin 43.11%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (53.54 $) is higher than the fair price (11.21 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (53.54 $) is 79.1% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (29.54) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (62.98).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (29.54) is lower than that of the market as a whole (73.05).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (0.8369) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (1.47).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (0.8369) is lower than that of the market as a whole (22.32).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (1.1) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (3.6).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (1.1) is lower than that of the market as a whole (15.91).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (4.92) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-77.97).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (4.92) is lower than that of the market as a whole (23.05).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -12.83% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-12.83%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (-71.87%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (2.86%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (10.99%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (2.86%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (25.12%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (0.4796%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (3.23%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (0.4796%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (6.65%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (5.01%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (5.17%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (5.01%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (9.31%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (26.85%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Increasing debt: over 5 years, the debt has increased from 17.97% to 26.85%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 5598.83%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 2.6% is below the average for the sector '2.68%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 2.6% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.93.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 2.6% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (100.33%) are at an uncomfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

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