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Jefferies (JEF): analyst forecast and price target
Analyst consensus
Moderate Buy2 Buy3 Hold0 Sell
Ratings of 5 analysts in the last 3 months12-month forecast
Based on 5 price targets given in the last 3 months, the average target is $57.60, the highest $71.00, the lowest $49.00. The average is +28.6% from the last price of $44.80.
| Analyst | Firm | Price target | Rating | Upside | Action | Date | Move vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Kenny★★★★★★★★★★#10275 · hits 43% · avg −2.0% | Morgan Stanley | $49.00 | Hold | +9.4% | Reiterated | 12.10.26on TipRanks 05:35 | +1.5%next day −0.3% | ↗ |
| AI xAi Financial - Capital MarketsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $49.00 → $47.00−4.1% | Hold | +4.9% | Downgrade | 10.10.26on TipRanks 10:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek Financial - Capital MarketsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $47.00 → $44.00−6.4% | Hold | −1.8% | Reiterated | 10.10.26on TipRanks 10:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI Financial - Capital MarketsOpenAI 4o | TipRanks - OpenAI | $46.00 | Hold | +2.7% | Reiterated | 10.10.26on TipRanks 10:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic Financial - Capital MarketsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $44.00 → $45.00+2.3% | Hold | +0.4% | Reiterated | 10.10.26on TipRanks 10:05 | — | |
| AI Google Financial - Capital MarketsGemini 2.5Pro | TipRanks - Google | $49.00 → $47.00−4.1% | Hold | +4.9% | Downgrade | 10.10.26on TipRanks 10:05 | — | |
| AI PerPlexity Financial - Capital MarketsPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $47.00 → $48.00+2.1% | Hold | +7.1% | Reiterated | 10.10.26on TipRanks 10:05 | — | |
| Michael Brown★★★★★★★★★★#1068 · hits 65% · avg +10.8% | UBS | $61.00 | Hold | +36.2% | Reiterated | 29.09.26on TipRanks 08:55 | −1.1%next day −1.5% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| Chris Kotowski★★★★★★★★★★#162 · hits 69% · avg +16.0% | Oppenheimer | $76.00 → $71.00−6.6% | Buy | +58.5% | Reiterated | 29.09.26on TipRanks 07:50 | −1.1%next day −1.5% · 5 days −5.3% | ↗ |
| Brennan Hawken★★★★★★★★★★#636 · hits 61% · avg +12.2% | BMO Capital | $57.00 → $50.00−12.3% | Hold | +11.6% | Assigned | 28.09.26on TipRanks Sep 29 07:35 | −0.4%next day −1.1% · 5 days −3.9% | ↗ |
| James Yaro★★★★★★★★★★#2874 · hits 55% · avg +6.9% | Goldman Sachs | $67.00 → $57.00−14.9% | Buy | +27.2% | Reiterated | 28.09.26on TipRanks Sep 29 06:15 | −0.4%next day −1.1% · 5 days −3.9% | ↗ |
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Every rating the collector has kept for the last 12 months, including the earlier ones of the same analyst. Latest of each analyst
Best analysts covering Jefferies
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How the average price target moved
The average target of all analysts (their ratings of the 3 months before) on each day, the top analysts’ dashed, against the price; the site keeps this record since 1 October 2026. On 12.10.26: target $57.60 at a price of $44.38 (+29.8%); now: $57.60 at $44.80 (+28.6%).
PriceAverage targetTop analysts’ target
Recommendation trend
Strong BuyBuyHoldSell
| Rating | 05.26 | 06.26 | 07.26 | 08.26 | 09.26 | 10.26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Buy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Buy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Hold | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Sell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earnings and sales forecast
Next report: 13.01.27 (Q4 2026, date not confirmed)
Earnings per share
Next quarter’s EPS estimate — $0.87 (from $0.63 to $1.05). Last quarter: $1.08.
Sales
Next quarter’s sales estimate — $2.1B (from $2.0B to $2.1B). Last quarter: $2.3B.
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About Jefferies
- CEO: Richard Brian Handler
- Employees: 7,371
- 520 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY, 10022, US
- www.jefferies.com
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. operates as a diversified global financial services firm, primarily focused on investment banking, capital markets, and asset management. Its extensive operations span the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company organizes its activities into distinct segments: Investment Banking and Capital Markets, Asset Management, Merchant Banking, and Corporate. Jefferies delivers a comprehensive suite of investment banking services, offering strategic advisory for mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, recapitalizations, and private capital transactions. This also includes underwriting for both equity and debt issuances, as well as corporate lending. Beyond advisory and underwriting, the firm provides financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage solutions. It further supports clients with equities research, financing, and wealth management services. In its capital markets segment, Jefferies engages in the sales and trading of a wide array of fixed-income products. This encompasses investment-grade corporate bonds, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, leveraged and consumer loans, high-yield and distressed debt, and emerging markets debt. The firm also deals in interest rate and credit derivative products, performs foreign exchange trade execution, and offers securitization services. Within asset management, Jefferies is involved in the management, investment, and servicing of diverse alternative asset management platforms, covering numerous investment strategies and asset classes. Founded in 1962 and headquartered in New York, New York, the company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation until it officially changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018.
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