Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) is a global investment banking and capital markets firm serving public and private companies, financial sponsors and their owners, institutional investors, government entities, and high-net-worth clients. It provides financial advisory and equity and debt underwriting,… From the company’s description.
Over the twelve months to Aug 31, 2026, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. reported revenue of $12.17B, up 13.5% from a year earlier, and net income of $908.87M. Its pre-tax margin was 9.3%. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $10.82B, up 2.9% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $682.04M.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What Jefferies Financial Group Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) is a global investment banking and capital markets firm serving public and private companies, financial sponsors and their owners, institutional investors, government entities, and high-net-worth clients. It provides financial advisory and equity and debt underwriting, equities and fixed-income sales and trading, prime brokerage, equity finance, research, wealth management, and related financing and servicing through joint ventures. The company reports two segments: Investment Banking and Capital Markets, which includes its investment banking, equities, fixed income, Jefferies Finance and Berkadia activities; and Asset Management, which offers alternative investment strategies through directly owned and affiliated managers and holds legacy merchant banking and other investments. Its alternative investment products serve pension funds, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and other institutions. Jefferies was founded in 1962, and its first international operating subsidiary was established in the U.K. in 1986. It had 7,787 employees globally as of November 30, 2025. Its website is jefferies.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry (SIC)
- Banks & Brokers
- Headquarters
- NEW YORK, NY
- Fiscal year end
- November
- CIK
- 96223
- SIC
- 6211
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2011–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Jefferies Financial Group Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Superinvestors in Jefferies Financial Group Inc. · what they did last quarter
Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.
Largest fund holders · Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 31 issues of Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s debt, $2.80B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 5.03%, maturing 2026 to 2046.
Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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