JEF — Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on JEF
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression structure | -0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-15 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-24 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-17 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-05 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-05 | Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression structure | -0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | FRIEDMAN BRIAN P President | Gift | 81.7K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-07-15 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. Director | Open-market purchase | 5.9M | 54.86 | 324.0M |
| 2026-07-15 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. Director | Open-market purchase | 5.9M | 53.96 | 318.7M |
| 2026-07-10 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. Director | Option exercise | 3.8M | — | — |
| 2026-07-10 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. Director | Option exercise | 3.8M | — | — |
| 2026-06-30 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. Director | Option exercise | 27.6M | — | — |
| 2026-05-29 | HANDLER RICHARD B CEO | Grant or award | 97.1K | 52.72 | 5.1M |
| 2026-05-29 | FRIEDMAN BRIAN P President | Grant or award | 29.0K | 52.72 | 1.5M |
| 2026-05-29 | HANDLER RICHARD B CEO | Shares withheld for tax | 10.5K | 52.94 | 558.3K |
| 2026-05-29 | Larson Matthew Scott EVP, CFO | Grant or award | 746 | 52.72 | 39.3K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 724.5M | 17.6M |
| SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. | 381.6M | 9.2M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 322.9M | 7.8M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 277.1M | 6.7M |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | 235.0M | 3.8M |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 215.7M | 5.3M |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC | 204.3M | 5.0M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 201.9M | 4.9M |
| MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO | 192.1M | 4.7M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 125.8M | 3.0M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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