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JEF vs. AMP, CFG, EQH, EVR, GS, LAZ, MS, PIPR, PRU, and SF

Should you be buying Jefferies Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jefferies Financial Group include Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Equitable (EQH), Evercore (EVR), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Lazard (LAZ), Morgan Stanley (MS), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Stifel Financial (SF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Jefferies Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 25 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 21 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Jefferies Financial Group's score of 0.63 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameriprise Financial
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jefferies Financial Group
11 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
20 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Jefferies Financial Group. Ameriprise Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jefferies Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameriprise Financial$17.26B2.99$3.40B$29.4318.40
Jefferies Financial Group$7.03B1.65$743.38M$2.6521.23

Ameriprise Financial presently has a consensus price target of $524.71, indicating a potential downside of 3.13%. Jefferies Financial Group has a consensus price target of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.32%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameriprise Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Jefferies Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 17.14% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 7.70%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 68.93% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameriprise Financial17.14% 68.93% 2.03%
Jefferies Financial Group 7.70%6.59%1.02%

Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 60.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ameriprise Financial has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Jefferies Financial Group has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Ameriprise Financial beats Jefferies Financial Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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JEF vs. The Competition

MetricJefferies Financial GroupFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.63B$7.99B$12.10B$20.83B
Dividend Yield2.91%4.79%5.57%3.69%
P/E Ratio21.2719.2519.2327.67
Price / Sales1.656.3326.2659.34
Price / Cash11.8122.4621.5022.13
Price / Book1.122.922.344.67
Net Income$743.38M$308.89M$997.60M$994.58M
7 Day Performance2.86%5.21%0.77%0.26%
1 Month Performance5.72%20.83%4.75%5.55%
1 Year Performance2.66%29.47%542.23%11.06%

Jefferies Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
4.5284 of 5 stars
$56.26
-0.1%
$66.00
+17.3%
+0.6%$11.63B$7.03B21.277,822Trending News
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.216 of 5 stars
$536.13
-1.3%
$517.86
-3.4%
+28.1%$51.05B$17.47B18.2213,600Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.5868 of 5 stars
$47.08
-1.3%
$48.68
+3.4%
+19.3%$20.58B$12.36B14.9517,287Trending News
Earnings Report
EQH
Equitable
4.33 of 5 stars
$54.62
-1.9%
$62.64
+14.7%
+24.3%$16.60B$12.44B14.848,000Positive News
Insider Trade
EVR
Evercore
4.3947 of 5 stars
$283.79
-1.3%
$255.14
-10.1%
+23.0%$11.10B$2.98B27.162,380Analyst Revision
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.845 of 5 stars
$710.58
-1.8%
$603.73
-15.0%
+40.8%$218.03B$126.85B16.4946,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
LAZ
Lazard
4.6629 of 5 stars
$49.78
-1.2%
$46.33
-6.9%
+19.0%$5.61B$3.05B17.343,263Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.8127 of 5 stars
$143.76
-0.3%
$133.62
-7.1%
+31.9%$230.64B$59.92B16.8780,000Trending News
Earnings Report
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
N/A$288.58
-1.7%
$286.00
-0.9%
N/A$5.13B$1.53B25.231,805
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9199 of 5 stars
$106.48
-2.4%
$121.15
+13.8%
-19.0%$37.69B$68.05B16.8738,196Analyst Forecast
SF
Stifel Financial
3.9073 of 5 stars
$107.54
-1.5%
$106.75
-0.7%
+30.1%$11.05B$4.97B20.569,000Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:JEF) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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