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Jefferies Financial Group (Jefferies Financial Group) Profitability Rank : 8 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Jefferies Financial Group Profitability Rank?

Jefferies Financial Group has the Profitability Rank of 8. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Jefferies Financial Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 43.81%. As of today, Jefferies Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score is 4.


Competitive Comparison of Jefferies Financial Group's Profitability Rank

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Jefferies Financial Group's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Jefferies Financial Group's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Jefferies Financial Group's Profitability Rank falls into.



Jefferies Financial Group Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Jefferies Financial Group has the Profitability Rank of 8. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Jefferies Financial Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=1117.884 / 2551.942
=43.81 %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Jefferies Financial Group has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Good Sign:

Jefferies Financial Group Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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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