Jefferies Financial (JEF) closed at $45.25 on Oct 1, 2026, down 1.0% on the day. The stock is down 12.9% over the past month, down 14.0% over three months, down 25.9% year to date and down 29.3% over the past year. It trades 31.0% below its 52-week high of $65.60 and 28.3% above its 52-week low of $35.26. The close sits below its 50-day moving average ($52.42) and below its 200-day moving average ($52.41).
Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 3.8% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 2 of 8.
Over the last 8 reports, JEF moved an average of 3.8% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 2 of 8 reports.
No — the Oct 1, 2026 close of $45.25 is 13.7% below the 200-day average of $52.41.
JEF closed 31.0% below its 52-week high of $65.60.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. operates as an investment banking and capital markets firm in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates in two segments, Investment Banking and Capital Markets, and Asset Management. The company provides investment banking and advisory services for mergers or acquisitions, debt financing, restructurings, and private capital advisory transactions; underwriting and placement services related to corporate debt, municipal debt, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, equity and equity-linked securities, and loan syndication services; and corporate lending services. It also offers financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; equities research, sales, and trading services; wealth management services; and online foreign exchange trading services. In addition, the company provides investment-grade distressed debt securities, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, leveraged loans, emerging markets debt, interest rates, and credit index derivative products; and manages and offers services to a diverse group of alternative asset management platforms across a spectrum of investment strategies and asset classes. It serves public companies, private companies, sponsors and owners, institutional investors, and government entities. The company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation and changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
