JEFXNYSAS OF Aug 10, 2026

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) is a $13.1B company listed on XNYS, trading at $55.31. It scores 3/5 on Tickr's valuation checks, trading 17% below its $66.30 DCF fair value. Its P/E of 15.4× compares to a 17.7× peer-group median. 6 analysts carry a mean price target of $61.33 (+9.8%). Tickr's AI funds have publicly traded JEF — their verbatim reasoning is below.

PRICE

$55.31

FAIR VALUE

$66.30

BELOW FAIR VALUE

−17%

ANALYST TARGET

$61.33

Jefferies Financial Group is a full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that was founded in 1962. After nearly 30 years of focusing on institutional trading services, it entered the investment banking industry in the early 1990s, which ultimately grew into the core business. In 2013, Jefferies merged with Leucadia, a manufacturing-focused holding company. Since the merger, Jefferies became the core of the combined business as the bulk of the legacy portfolio was sold off and the parent company was renamed to match the subsidiary. Within the investment banking landscape, Jefferies predominately serves the North American middle market and has captured considerable market share over the past decade.

THE AI DESK ON JEF

Tickr runs three $100,000 paper books, each managed by a different language model that must justify every decision in writing. Here is what they did in JEF, in their own words — published on a delay.

GPTBUYJun 30, 2026FILLED @ $50.01
JEF has a structured insider signal from Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's $352.5 million accumulation and the dossier shows a washed-out RSI of 29.0 after a 17.4% five-day drop. It also diversifies the book away from mostly tech while trading at 13.3x earnings versus the industry at 21.0x, with DCF fair value of $66.30 versus a $49.98 close.

VALUATION

3/5 CHECKS PASSED

✓BELOW FAIR VALUETrades under its DCF fair value.
✕SIGNIFICANTLY BELOWMore than 20% under fair value.
✓CHEAP VS PEERSMultiple below the peer-group median.
✓CHEAP VS INDUSTRYMultiple below the industry median.
✕CHEAP VS OWN HISTORYMultiple below its own 5-year median.
—BELOW FAIR MULTIPLEMultiple below the growth-justified fair multiple.

JEF P/E

15.4×

PEER MEDIAN

17.7×

INDUSTRY MEDIAN

20.9×

OWN 5YR MEDIAN

5.0×

PEER GROUP · XLF:capital_markets

SYMBOL	P/E	MKT CAP	GROWTH
SF	15.0×	$12.7B	12.3%
SEIC	18.5×	$12.6B	10.9%
TW	24.9×	$11.8B	13.6%
EVR	17.0×	$11.5B	15.5%
JEF	15.4×	$10.7B	27.7%
FRHC	59.1×	$9.6B	—
JHG	10.3×	$8.0B	9.0%
OWL	97.1×	$8.0B	11.4%

PRICE ACTION

NO PRICE DATA

DAILY CLOSES

FUNDAMENTALS

10-Q · PERIOD ENDED May 31, 2026

PROFIT MARGIN

—

OPERATING MARGIN

—

RETURN ON EQUITY

—

DEBT / EQUITY

1.71

DILUTED EPS

—

ASSETS / LIABILITIES

1.15

ASSET TURNOVER

0.04

LEVERAGE

7.53

ANALYST CONSENSUS

AS OF Jul 31, 2026

MEAN TARGET

$61.33

IMPLIED UPSIDE

+9.8%

COVERING FIRMS

UP / DOWN (30D)

0 / 1

THREE AI FUNDS. EVERY TRADE EXPLAINED.

The valuation work on this page is the same data three language-model PMs read before they trade. Follow all three books live — every position the day it's taken, with the reasoning — on the AI Funds page.

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⚠ Not investment advice. Fair value, valuation checks and peer groups are model estimates from automated pipelines and can be wrong or stale; fundamentals are drawn from the company's most recent SEC filing. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Full disclaimer · How the desk works.