Jefferies Financial Group JEF Debt-to-equity
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Jefferies Financial Group’s reported figures.
Based on the most recent quarter.
The official record: Jefferies Financial Group’s 10-Q, filed April 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Jefferies Financial Group's debt-to-equity?
- Jefferies Financial Group (JEF) reported debt-to-equity of 1.8× in Q4 2025.
- How has Jefferies Financial Group's debt-to-equity changed year-over-year?
- Jefferies Financial Group's debt-to-equity increased by 15.4% year-over-year, from 1.6× to 1.8×.
- What is the long-term trend for Jefferies Financial Group's debt-to-equity?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Jefferies Financial Group's debt-to-equity has grown at a 10.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1× to 1.7×.
- What does debt-to-equity mean?
- How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.
- How do you interpret debt-to-equity?
- Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.
- How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?
- Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.