Jefferies
JEF NYSE· Multi-Sector Holdings
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$45.43
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Jefferies had $7.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 4.4% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +4.7% a year on average.
- Jefferies made $682M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 26.5% a year.
- Free cash flow was −$1.7B in fiscal 2025, −23.2% of revenue.
- Jefferies returned $433M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 0.4%.
- Jefferies owes $3.6B more than it holds in cash, about 0.8 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$10.1B
P/E
—
Revenue
$7.3B
Net income
$682M
Free cash flow
−$1.7B
Operating margin
—
Jefferies in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+4.4%
Only a little. Sales grew 4.4% last year.
Does it make a profit?
9.3%
A little. It keeps 9.3% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
−23.2%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
Is debt under control?
0.8x
Yes. It could repay its debt with 0.8 years of operating profit.
What Jefferies does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- November 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Jan 28, 2026
- Legal name
- Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
- CIK
- 0000096223
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $8.0B | $6.0B | $4.7B | $7.0B | $7.3B |
| Revenue growth | 37.0% | −25.4% | −21.4% | 49.7% | 4.4% |
| Net income | $1.7B | $782M | $262M | $716M | $682M |
| Net margin | 20.8% | 13.1% | 5.6% | 10.2% | 9.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $6.13 | $3.06 | $1.10 | $2.99 | $2.83 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $1.6B | $1.8B | −$1.9B | −$141M | −$1.5B |
| Capital expenditure | $166M | $224M | $1.2M | $251M | $208M |
| Free cash flow | $1.4B | $1.6B | −$1.9B | −$391M | −$1.7B |
| FCF margin | 17.7% | 26.4% | −41.2% | −5.6% | −23.2% |
| Dividends paid | $223M | $280M | $279M | $303M | $374M |
| Share buybacks | $269M | $860M | $169M | $44.3M | $58.5M |
| Share count change | −6.5% | −5.9% | −7.4% | −5.5% | −0.4% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $10.8B | $9.7B | $8.5B | $12.2B | $14.0B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $9.3B | $9.3B | $10.7B | $14.0B | $17.7B |
| Shareholders' equity | $10.6B | $10.2B | $9.7B | $10.2B | $10.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.4x | −0.2x | 0.7x | 0.4x | 0.8x |
| Interest coverage | 3.4x | 1.9x | 1.1x | 1.3x | 1.3x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 25.4% | 17.3% | 21.0% | 26.2% | 26.1% |
| Return on equity | 16.7% | 7.5% | 2.6% | 7.2% | 6.6% |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$629M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferies JEF | $10.1B | 4.4% | — | −23.2% | 26.1% | — | — |
| Voya Financial VOYA | $8.9B | 1.7% | 12.7% | — | — | 16.3x | — |
| Berkshire Hathaway BRK-B | — | 0.0% | — | 6.7% | — | — | — |
| T. Rowe Price TROW | $22.2B | 3.1% | 29.9% | 20.2% | 21.7% | 10.4x | — |
| Coinbase COIN | $42.0B | 9.4% | 20.0% | 31.9% | 14.5% | — | 4 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $45.43 a share, the company is worth $10.1B.
Jefferies grew sales faster than 3 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000096223). Data updated October 12, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.