Jefferies (JEF) Reports Q3: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings

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Investment banking firm Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE: JEF) will be reporting results this Monday after market hours. Here’s what you need to know.

Jefferies beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.63 billion, down 1.3% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and .

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Jefferies’s revenue to grow 12.2% year on year to $1.89 billion, slowing from the 42.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.86 per share.

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Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Jefferies has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at Jefferies’s peers in the capital markets segment, only FactSet has reported results so far. It beat analysts’ revenue estimates by 0.6%, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 6.2%. The stock was down 14% on the results.

Read our full analysis of FactSet’s earnings results here.

The outlook for 2025 remains clouded by potential trade policy changes and corporate tax discussions, which could impact business confidence and growth. While some of the capital markets stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3.3% on average over the last month. Jefferies is up 2.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $65.33 (compared to the current share price of $66.70).

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