Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

JEF stock score: 50/100

$45.64 · +1.35% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
43
Fundamental
57
News
33

The reading

Jefferies Financial Group (JEF) scores 50 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 31% of Financial Services stocks and 42% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 43, fundamentals 57.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Fund Ownership at 100 score highest, while EBITDA Margins at 4 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 33 and contrarian oscillators 51.

News sentiment is negative at 33; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 39 to 60, and it is up 10 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward JEF’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

57

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Revenue Quality (Quarterly)100

    Revenue Quality (Quarterly) evaluates recent revenue performance using trailing 12-month data from quarterly reports.

Holding it back

  • EBITDA Margins4

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

  • Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)18

    Return on Invested Capital measures the operating profit a company earns on all the capital invested in it, debt and equity alike.

  • Earnings Growth (5-Year)21

    5-year earnings growth evaluates long-term profit trajectory and consistency.

35 weighted scorers; 6 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

34

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • SMA 20 Cross Up100

    SMA 20 Cross Up tracks when very short-term averages cross above the 20-period SMA.

  • Candlestick Patterns100

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

Holding it back

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • SMA 1002

    Simple Moving Average (100-period) provides a longer-term perspective on price trends.

  • SMA 100 Cross Up3

    SMA 100 Cross Up identifies when shorter averages cross above the 100-period SMA.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
33

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly571
Daily343
Weekly292
Monthly472
Quarterly582

Composite score, last 90 days

05010050Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 40Jul 26, 2026: 40Jul 27, 2026: 40Jul 28, 2026: 40Jul 29, 2026: 39Jul 30, 2026: 39Jul 31, 2026: 56Aug 2, 2026: 56Aug 3, 2026: 50Aug 5, 2026: 50Aug 6, 2026: 50Aug 7, 2026: 60Aug 8, 2026: 60Aug 9, 2026: 60Aug 10, 2026: 57Aug 11, 2026: 57Aug 12, 2026: 58Aug 13, 2026: 59Aug 14, 2026: 57Aug 15, 2026: 57Aug 16, 2026: 58Aug 17, 2026: 56Aug 18, 2026: 54Aug 19, 2026: 54Aug 20, 2026: 54Aug 22, 2026: 51Aug 23, 2026: 51Aug 24, 2026: 51Aug 25, 2026: 51Aug 26, 2026: 52Aug 27, 2026: 53Aug 28, 2026: 53Aug 29, 2026: 53Aug 30, 2026: 53Aug 31, 2026: 52Sep 1, 2026: 53Sep 2, 2026: 54Sep 3, 2026: 60Sep 4, 2026: 58Sep 5, 2026: 58Sep 6, 2026: 58Sep 7, 2026: 57Sep 8, 2026: 59Sep 9, 2026: 58Sep 10, 2026: 55Sep 11, 2026: 51Sep 12, 2026: 52Sep 13, 2026: 52Sep 14, 2026: 49Sep 15, 2026: 48Sep 16, 2026: 48Sep 17, 2026: 48Sep 18, 2026: 49Sep 19, 2026: 49Sep 20, 2026: 49Sep 21, 2026: 49Sep 22, 2026: 49Sep 23, 2026: 50Sep 24, 2026: 49Sep 25, 2026: 49Sep 26, 2026: 49Sep 27, 2026: 50Sep 28, 2026: 48Sep 29, 2026: 48Sep 30, 2026: 47Oct 1, 2026: 46Oct 2, 2026: 48Oct 3, 2026: 48Oct 4, 2026: 48Oct 5, 2026: 48Oct 6, 2026: 47Oct 7, 2026: 47Oct 8, 2026: 48Oct 9, 2026: 48Oct 10, 2026: 48Oct 11, 2026: 48Oct 12, 2026: 49Oct 13, 2026: 49Oct 14, 2026: 48Oct 15, 2026: 47Oct 16, 2026: 49Oct 17, 2026: 49Oct 18, 2026: 49Oct 19, 2026: 47Oct 20, 2026: 49Oct 21, 2026: 50Oct 22, 2026: 50
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Key facts

Market cap
$10.5B
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Capital Markets
Beta
1.54
Risk grade (1–10)
2
Next earnings
Sep 28, 2026

Capital Markets peers

CompanyMarket capScore
BMNR Bitmine Immersion Technologies$13.6B52
SF Stifel Financial$10.2B52
IREN IREN$10.1B37
EVR Evercore$9.8B58
HLI Houlihan Lokey$9.3B52
GLXY Galaxy Digital$9.0B45

Questions

What is JEF's stock score today?

JEF scores 50/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 43, fundamental 57, and news sentiment 33, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is JEF a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 50 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the JEF score calculated?

97 weighted scorers feed it today: 35 fundamental, scored against Financial Services ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.