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Jefferies Financial Group Inc has a consensus price target of $74.5 based on the ratings of 6 analysts. The high is $97 issued by Oppenheimer on December 11, 2025. The low is $55 issued by BMO Capital on October 17, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Oppenheimer, UBS, and Morgan Stanley on December 11, 2025, December 11, 2025, and December 8, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $83.67 between Oppenheimer, UBS, and Morgan Stanley, there's an implied 34.27% upside for Jefferies Financial Group Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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| Buy Now | Get Alert | ||||||
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| 12/11/2025 | Buy Now | 55.67% | Oppenheimer | $81 → $97 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/11/2025 | Buy Now | 21.97% | UBS | → $76 | Assumes | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/08/2025 | Buy Now | 25.18% | Morgan Stanley | $74 → $78 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/17/2025 | Buy Now | 30% | Oppenheimer | → $81 | Upgrade | Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/17/2025 | Buy Now | -11.73% | BMO Capital | $69 → $55 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 10/14/2025 | Buy Now | 18.76% | Goldman Sachs | $84 → $74 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/03/2025 | Buy Now | 10.74% | BMO Capital | → $69 | Initiates | → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 09/30/2025 | Buy Now | 18.76% | Morgan Stanley | $72 → $74 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/08/2025 | Buy Now | 15.55% | Morgan Stanley | $54 → $72 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 06/26/2025 | Buy Now | -13.34% | Morgan Stanley | $55 → $54 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 06/23/2025 | Buy Now | -11.73% | Morgan Stanley | $41 → $55 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 05/15/2025 | Buy Now | -0.5% | Goldman Sachs | $55 → $62 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/07/2025 | Buy Now | -34.2% | Morgan Stanley | $75 → $41 | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 03/27/2025 | Buy Now | 20.37% | Morgan Stanley | $81 → $75 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 03/19/2025 | Buy Now | — | Oppenheimer | — | Downgrade | Outperform → Perform | Get Alert |
| 03/13/2025 | Buy Now | 30% | Morgan Stanley | $92 → $81 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 03/05/2025 | Buy Now | 20.37% | Goldman Sachs | $79 → $75 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/06/2025 | Buy Now | 38.02% | Goldman Sachs | $66 → $86 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/03/2025 | Buy Now | 30% | Oppenheimer | $82 → $81 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/09/2024 | Buy Now | 55.67% | Morgan Stanley | $67 → $97 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/14/2024 | Buy Now | 33.2% | Oppenheimer | $73 → $83 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 11/05/2024 | Buy Now | 17.16% | Oppenheimer | $71 → $73 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/26/2024 | Buy Now | 7.53% | Morgan Stanley | $64 → $67 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/23/2024 | Buy Now | 2.71% | Morgan Stanley | $59 → $64 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/17/2024 | Buy Now | 7.53% | UBS | → $67 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/13/2024 | Buy Now | 5.92% | Oppenheimer | $64 → $66 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/10/2024 | Buy Now | 5.92% | Goldman Sachs | $61 → $66 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | -5.31% | Morgan Stanley | $44 → $59 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 06/14/2024 | Buy Now | -8.52% | Oppenheimer | $56 → $57 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/30/2024 | Buy Now | -10.13% | Oppenheimer | $54 → $56 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/02/2024 | Buy Now | -13.34% | Oppenheimer | $52 → $54 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 03/08/2024 | Buy Now | -16.55% | Oppenheimer | $53 → $52 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/06/2023 | Buy Now | -30.99% | Oppenheimer | $39 → $43 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/22/2023 | Buy Now | -35.8% | Goldman Sachs | $37 → $40 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/12/2023 | Buy Now | -42.22% | Morgan Stanley | $27 → $36 | Upgrade | Underweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 06/28/2023 | Buy Now | -56.67% | Morgan Stanley | $27 → $27 | Reiterates | Underweight → Underweight | Get Alert |
| 06/21/2023 | Buy Now | -56.67% | Morgan Stanley | → $27 | Reiterates | → Underweight | Get Alert |
| 06/13/2023 | Buy Now | -27.78% | Oppenheimer | $40 → $45 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/12/2023 | Buy Now | -56.67% | Morgan Stanley | $28 → $27 | Downgrade | Equal-Weight → Underweight | Get Alert |
| 04/06/2023 | Buy Now | -35.8% | Oppenheimer | $42 → $40 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 03/24/2023 | Buy Now | -32.6% | Oppenheimer | $48 → $42 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
The latest price target for Jefferies Financial Gr (NYSE:JEF) was reported by Oppenheimer on December 11, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $97.00 expecting JEF to rise to within 12 months (a possible 55.67% upside). 17 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Jefferies Financial Gr (NYSE:JEF) was provided by Oppenheimer, and Jefferies Financial Gr maintained their outperform rating.
The last upgrade for Jefferies Financial Group Inc happened on December 8, 2025 when Morgan Stanley raised their price target to $78. Morgan Stanley previously had an equal-weight for Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
The last downgrade for Jefferies Financial Group Inc happened on April 7, 2025 when Morgan Stanley changed their price target from $75 to $41 for Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Jefferies Financial Gr, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Jefferies Financial Gr was filed on December 11, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around December 11, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Jefferies Financial Gr (JEF) rating was a maintained with a price target of $81.00 to $97.00. The current price Jefferies Financial Gr (JEF) is trading at is $62.31, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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