Overview
Smart money at a glance
Filings to Oct 1, 2026Net buying: insiders sold $0 and bought $318.7M on the open market in 90 days (SEC Form 4). Congress: no trades disclosed in 180 days.
- Company insidersSEC Form 4, last 90 days
- +$318.7M netNet buying
- CongressSTOCK Act, last 180 days
- NoneNo trades disclosed
- Big fundsSEC 13F, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- 2 added, 3 cutMore cutting
- Federal contractsUSAspending.gov, last 12 months
- No awardsNone on record
Key stats
Fundamentals Sep 30- Open
- $47.59
- 52-wk high
- $65.12
- High
- $48.32
- 52-wk low
- $35.00
- Low
- $46.63
- Prev close
- $47.68
- Mkt cap
- $9.59B
- P/E
- 13.2x
- Volume
- 3.95M
- Fwd P/E
- 10.3x
- Beta
- 1.49
- Div yield
- 3.36%
- P/S
- 1.1x
- P/B
- 1.0x
- Profit margin
- +10.8%
- Op margin
- +16.9%
- ROE
- +8.3%
What do analysts expect?
Analyst target and ratings are on paid plans
See the 12-month consensus target and the buy/hold/sell rating split.
Unlock the full resultsQuestions about JEF filings
Are insiders buying or selling Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) stock?
Net buying: insiders sold $0 and bought $318.7M of JEF stock on the open market in the 90 days to Oct 1, 2026, according to SEC Form 4 filings. The largest was Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Director), who bought $318.7M. The latest filing was on Jul 17, 2026.
Which members of Congress have traded JEF recently?
None. No member of Congress disclosed a JEF trade with a trade date in the last 180 days, according to House and Senate STOCK Act filings.
How current is this JEF smart-money data?
This summary uses filings available on Oct 1, 2026. Insiders must report trades to the SEC within 2 business days, members of Congress have up to 45 days to disclose a trade, and funds file 13F holdings up to 45 days after each quarter ends, so the latest moves may not be public yet.
Smart money
8 funds hold a position and insiders have been net buying.
What funds are doing
Buys/Adds (1)
- AQ

AQR
$205.4M
added
Sells/Trims (2)
- QR

Qube Research
$41.5M
sold
- MI

Millennium
$21.6M
trimmed
What insiders are doing
Buys (2)
- SM
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
$318.7M
bought
- SM
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
$310.0M
bought
Sells (1)
- FB
Friedman Brian P
$52
sold
How top traders are positioned
No tracked top-trader positions in JEF right now.
Live Hyperliquid positioning - not every stock is covered
Earnings
Earnings came in 4.8% above what analysts expected.
Earnings per share
$1.04 expected
Reports Oct 5, 2026, in 4 days
Financials
What it sold, what it cost, what was left.
| USD | Aug 2025 | Nov 2025 | Feb 2026 | May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What came in | ||||
| Revenue | $2.91B | $2.95B | $2.87B | $3.41B |
| Cost of what it sold | $1.15B | $1.19B | $1.25B | $300.2M |
| Gross profit | $1.75B | $1.76B | $1.62B | $3.11B |
| What it spent | ||||
| Research and development | $144.6M | $296.9M | $75.4M | $75.4M |
| Sales and admin | $484.3M | $2.88B | $270.7M | $270.7M |
| Other operating costs | $882.0M | $320.5M | $88.2M | $1.55B |
| Total operating expenses | $1.51B | $3.50B | $434.3M | $1.89B |
| What was left | ||||
| Operating profit | $242.5M | -$1.74B | $1.19B | $1.22B |
| Interest on debt | $860.2M | $880.0M | $854.1M | $911.7M |
| Profit before tax | $331.8M | $253.2M | $212.2M | $315.5M |
| Tax | $89.3M | $37.5M | $52.9M | $65.6M |
| Net profit | $252.5M | $215.0M | $175.2M | $255.4M |
| EBITDA | $385.0M | -$1.44B | $1.12B | $1.26B |
Technicals
Price structure
This stock is under pressure, and looks oversold after a sharp drop.
Trend
Under pressure
0 / 100
RSI 14
20D volatility
52-week range
20D support
20D resistance
Returns
Price vs moving averages
Volume pace
News
What the news says
Coverage leans bullish
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BearishSep 25Jefferies to Host Investor Day on October 19, 2026
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NeutralSep 24