Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) price on Friday, May 31, rose 1.59% above its previous day’s close as an upside momentum from buyers pushed the stock’s value to $46.52.
A look at the stock’s price movement, the close in the last trading session was $45.79. The PE ratio in trailing twelve months stood at 38.03. Turning to its 52-week performance, $47.87 and $29.83 were the 52-week high and 52-week low respectively. Overall, JEF moved 7.64% over the past month.
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Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s market cap currently stands at around $9.86 billion. The company has a Forward Dividend ratio of 1.20, with its dividend yield at 2.58%. As such, investors might be keen on an upside in the stock’s price ahead of the scheduled earnings report.
Turning to the stock’s technical picture we see that short term indicators suggest on average that JEF is a 100% Buy. On the other hand, the stock is on average a 100% Buy as suggested by medium term indicators while long term indicators are putting the stock in 100% Buy category.
The technical evaluation for the stock shows the PEG ratio is 2.11, with JEF’s current price about 0.81% and 4.23% off the 20-day and 50-day simple moving averages respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently prints 57.40, while 7-day volatility ratio is 1.37% and 1.47% in the 30-day chart. Further, Jefferies Financial Group Inc (JEF) has a beta value of 1.33, and an average true range (ATR) of 0.79.
If we refocus on Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF), historical trading data shows that trading volumes averaged 973.90K over the past 3 months. The company’s latest data on shares outstanding shows there are 210.63 million shares.
The 25.66% of Jefferies Financial Group Inc’s shares are in the hands of company insiders while institutional holders own 62.88% of the company’s shares. Current price change has pushed the stock 15.12% YTD, which shows the potential for further growth is there. It is this reason that could see investor optimism for the JEF stock continues to rise going into the next quarter.
