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Jefferies Financial Group Dividend Yield %

: 3.22% (As of Today)
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As of today (2020-09-18), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Jefferies Financial Group is 3.22%.

NYSE:JEF' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.71   Med: 1.25   Max: 4.4
Current: 3.22
0.71
4.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Jefferies Financial Group was 4.40%. The lowest was 0.71%. And the median was 1.25%.

NYSE:JEF's Dividend Yield % is ranked lower than
61% of the 33 Companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.

( Industry Median: 3.68 vs. NYSE:JEF: 3.22 )

Jefferies Financial Group's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in May. 2020 was 0.94.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Jefferies Financial Group was 1.92. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.34.

As of today (2020-09-18), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Jefferies Financial Group is 3.37%.

Jefferies Financial Group's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in May. 2020 was $0.15.

During the past 12 months, Jefferies Financial Group's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 26.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Jefferies Financial Group was 84.80% per year. The lowest was -100.00% per year. And the median was 20.20% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

Jefferies Financial Group Dividend Yield % Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

* Premium members only.

Jefferies Financial Group Annual Data
Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Nov19
Dividend Yield % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.12 1.45 1.08 1.23 2.39

Jefferies Financial Group Quarterly Data
Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20
Dividend Yield % 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 2.83 2.68 2.39 2.66 3.75
Competitive Comparison
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Jefferies Financial Group Dividend Yield % Distribution

* The bar in red indicates where Jefferies Financial Group's Dividend Yield % falls into.


Jefferies Financial Group Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Jefferies Financial Group Recent Full-Year Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1502020-08-142020-08-172020-08-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.0000
USD 0.1502020-05-152020-05-182020-05-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.0000
USD 0.1502020-02-132020-02-142020-02-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.0000
USD 0.1252019-11-152019-11-182019-11-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.0000

* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Jefferies Financial Group's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.575/17.80
=3.23 %

Current Share Price is $17.80.
Jefferies Financial Group's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.575.

Jefferies Financial Group's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.6/17.80
=3.37 %

Current Share Price is $17.80.
Jefferies Financial Group's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.15 * 4 = $0.6.

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

Jefferies Financial Group  (NYSE:JEF) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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