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Jefferies Financial Group (Jefferies Financial Group) Debt-to-Equity

: 1.85 (As of Feb. 2024)
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Jefferies Financial Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $1,254 Mil. Jefferies Financial Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $16,880 Mil. Jefferies Financial Group's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $9,780 Mil. Jefferies Financial Group's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 1.85.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

JEF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.08   Med: 1.95   Max: 2.44
Current: 1.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Jefferies Financial Group was 2.44. The lowest was 1.08. And the median was 1.95.

JEF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
86.49% of 607 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 0.37 vs JEF: 1.85

Jefferies Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Jefferies Financial Group Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.87 2.11 1.08 1.34 1.66

Jefferies Financial Group Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Debt-to-Equity Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.15 1.52 1.60 1.66 1.85

Competitive Comparison

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Jefferies Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Jefferies Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Jefferies Financial Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Jefferies Financial Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Jefferies Financial Group  (NYSE:JEF) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Jefferies Financial Group (Jefferies Financial Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10022
Jefferies Financial Group Inc is a diversified financial services company. Its business consists of investment banking and capital markets (Jefferies Group), commercial mortgage banking (Berkadia), asset management (Leucadia Asset Management), and online platform for foreign exchange trading (FXCM), a real estate company (Homefed), and vehicle finance (Foursight Capital and Chrome Capital). The company is also involved in other businesses, such as oil and gas exploration, through JETX and Vitesse Energy; automobile dealerships, through Gargadia; fixed wireless broadband services, through Linkem; and gold and silver mining through Golden Queen, among others.
Executives
Joseph S Steinberg director, 10 percent owner, officer: President C/O LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORP, 315 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK NY 10010
Mark Lawrence Cagno officer: VP and Co-Controller C/O JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC., 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Matthew Scott Larson officer: EVP, Co-CFO C/O JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC., 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Brian P Friedman director, officer: President
Rocco J Nittoli officer: Treasurer 315 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK NY 10010
Thomas W Jones director ALTRIA GROUP INC, 6601 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
O Kane Michael T director 80 HICKORY HILL BLVD, TOTOWA NJ 07512
Melissa Weiler director 399 PARK AVE 38TH FL, NEW YORK DC 10022
Matrice Ellis-kirk director C/O JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC, 520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Stuart Harry Reese director
Barry J Alperin director C/O HENRY SCHEIN INC, 135 DURYEA RD, MELVILLE NY 11747
Jacob M Katz director C/O HERC HOLDINGS INC., 27500 RIVERVIEW CENTER BLVD., BONITA SPRINGS FL 34134
Maryanne Gilmartin director C/O JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC., 520 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK NY 10022
John Merritt Dalton officer: Controller 520 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK NY 10022
Teresa S Gendron officer: Chief Financial Officer 520 MADISON AVE., C/O JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC., NEW YORK NY 10022