Weekly Investment Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Jefferies Financial Group (JEF)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE: JEF) recently:

• 10/11/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 10/3/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 9/29/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group had its price target lowered by Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. from $76.00 to $71.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 9/29/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group was given a new $50.00 price target by Capital One Financial Corporation.
• 9/29/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group had its price target lowered by Morgan Stanley from $50.00 to $49.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 9/29/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group had its price target lowered by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $67.00 to $57.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/29/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group had its price target lowered by BMO Capital Markets from $57.00 to $50.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 9/19/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 9/17/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc.. They now have a $76.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/11/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group was given a new $57.00 price target by Capital One Financial Corporation.
• 9/11/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group had its price target lowered by UBS Group AG from $65.00 to $61.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 9/11/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group had its price target lowered by BMO Capital Markets from $60.00 to $57.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 9/9/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.. They now have a $67.00 price target on the stock.
• 8/27/2026 – Jefferies Financial Group was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c)” to “hold (c-)”.

Jefferies Financial Group Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 16th will be paid a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 16th. Jefferies Financial Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 43.84%.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc is a diversified financial services company that provides investment banking, capital markets, asset management and other financial services to corporations, institutional investors, governments and individual clients. Its principal operating business is Jefferies Group, an investment banking and securities firm.

Jefferies provides advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other strategic transactions, along with equity and debt underwriting, sales and trading, research, prime brokerage and securities services.