# Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)

- Sector: Financials · Industry: Capital Markets
- SEC CIK: 0000096223 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000096223))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/jef
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-07-09; latest fiscal period ended 2026-05-31

## Grade

**A** on the growth-and-cash rubric, 5 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revenue growing overall | passed | $11.8B | $7.1B |
| Revenue growing recently | passed | $11.8B | $10.8B |
| Free cash flow positive | passed | $1.8B |  |
| Free cash flow growing overall | passed | $1.8B | $204.6M |
| Free cash flow growing recently | passed | $1.8B | -$1.7B |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 3 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 7.3% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | failed | 7.3% |  |
| Strong operating margin | failed | 0.7% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | 8.2% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 1.73 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 15.1% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $11.8B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $863.1M |
| Free cash flow, trailing twelve months | $1.8B |
| Net margin | 7.3% |
| Return on equity | 8.2% |
| Debt to equity | 1.73 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $2.96 |
| Share price | $47.68 |
| Market value | $9.7B |
| Price / earnings | 16.1x |
| Price / sales | 0.8x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/jef)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/jef/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/jef/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/jef/earnings)

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