Jefferies Financial Group (MEX:JEF) Debt-to-Equity : 2.23 (As of May. 2025)

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What is Jefferies Financial Group Debt-to-Equity?

Jefferies Financial Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was MXN25,553 Mil. Jefferies Financial Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was MXN420,333 Mil. Jefferies Financial Group's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was MXN200,228 Mil. Jefferies Financial Group's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was 2.23.

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:

MEX:JEF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.08 Med: 1.95 Max: 2.44
Current: 2.31

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.

MEX:JEF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
90.32% of 599 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 0.29 vs MEX:JEF: 2.31

Jefferies Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Jefferies Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Chart

Jefferies Financial Group Annual Data

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Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

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Nov20

Nov21

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Nov23

Nov24

Debt-to-Equity

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2.11

1.08

1.34

1.66

2.01

Jefferies Financial Group Quarterly Data
	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24	May24	Aug24	Nov24	Feb25	May25
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.04	2.14	2.01	2.31	2.23

Competitive Comparison of Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity

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:

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Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

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

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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. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(9031.931	+	406006.696)	/	207002.58
	=	2.00

Jefferies Financial Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(25552.593	+	420333.45)	/	200227.749
	=	2.23

Jefferies Financial Group (MEX: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 Business Description

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JEF:USA LN3:Germany LN3:Germany J1EF34:Brazil

Address

520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10022

Website

https://www.jefferies.com

Jefferies Financial Group Inc is a full-service investment banking and capital markets firm. It has two reportable segments; Investment Banking and Capital Markets which is also the majority revenue generating segment, includes securities, commodities, corporate lending, futures and foreign exchange capital markets activities and its investment banking business, which provides underwriting and financial advisory services to clients across different sectors. The Asset Management reportable business segment provides alternative investment management services to investors in the U.S. and overseas and generates investment income from capital invested in and managed by it or its affiliated asset managers. Operates geographically in America, Europe and Middle East, Asia Pasific.