JEF
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
- Financial
- US companies in Financial - Capital Markets (14)
- NYSE · USD
- Mkt cap $8.7bn
$46.19
as of 27 Oct 2026, 31% below its 52-week high
Screens as reasonably placed to keep growing its dividend, with low cut-risk signals.
These scores are a resilience check on the dividend, not a recommendation to buy or sell. They are not financial advice.
- Trailing yield
- 3.46%Last 12 months of regular payments at today's price
- Forward yield
- 3.46%Each payment expected in the next 12 months, not the latest one doubled
- Cash cover
- 11.3×Free cash flow over dividends paid
- Earnings cover
- 2.5×Insurers and banks set dividends from capital generation, so their accounting earnings can sit well below the payout.
- 5y dividend growth
- +21.7% a yearLast cut in FY2014
- Next ex-dividend date
- Declared16 Nov 2026Quarterly dividend of $0.40
Compared with US companies in Financial - Capital Markets (14)
- Trailing yield is higher than 10 of the 12 other US companies in Financial - Capital Markets with a yield figure.
- 5y dividend growth (as paid) is higher than 9 of the 12 other US companies in Financial - Capital Markets with a 5y growth figure.
Quality
70
ModerateCapacity to keep growing the dividend
Risk
0
LowSignals of dividend-cut pressure
Trim
28
LowHow extended the valuation looks
Why Quality is 70
JEF against US companies in Financial - Capital Markets (14)
Valuation against its own history
As of the last reported period (31 Aug 2026). P80 means the figure is higher than 80% of JEF’s past readings.
- P/E11.2×P45, neutral for this measure
- Yield3.04%P72, good for this measure
- FCF payout8.8%P12, good for this measure
- DGR 5y+15.9%P33, neutral for this measure
- ROIC6.3%P91, good for this measure
Net debt / EBITDA is left out: for banks and insurers, debt is part of the business, so the ratio says little.
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