Jefferies Financial Group (FRA:LN3) Debt-to-Equity : 1.85 (As of Feb. 2024)

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What is Jefferies Financial Group Debt-to-Equity?

Jefferies Financial Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was €1,163 Mil. Jefferies Financial Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was €15,648 Mil. Jefferies Financial Group's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was €9,066 Mil. Jefferies Financial Group's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 1.85.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:LN3' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.08 Med: 1.95 Max: 2.44
Current: 1.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Jefferies Financial Group was 2.44. The lowest was 1.08. And the median was 1.95.

FRA:LN3's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
86.7% of 609 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 0.37 vs FRA:LN3: 1.85

Jefferies Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Jefferies Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Chart

Jefferies Financial Group Annual Data

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Nov23

Debt-to-Equity

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1.87

2.11

1.08

1.34

1.66

Jefferies Financial Group Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.15	1.52	1.60	1.66	1.85

Competitive Comparison of Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

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Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Jefferies Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Jefferies Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Jefferies Financial Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(914.497	+	13954.437)	/	8971.88
	=	1.66

Jefferies Financial Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(1162.745	+	15647.889)	/	9066.15
	=	1.85

Jefferies Financial Group (FRA:LN3) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Jefferies Financial Group (FRA:LN3) Business Description

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520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10022

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https://www.jefferies.com

Jefferies Financial Group Inc is a diversified financial services company. Its business consists of investment banking and capital markets (Jefferies Group), commercial mortgage banking (Berkadia), asset management (Leucadia Asset Management), and online platform for foreign exchange trading (FXCM), a real estate company (Homefed), and vehicle finance (Foursight Capital and Chrome Capital). The company is also involved in other businesses, such as oil and gas exploration, through JETX and Vitesse Energy; automobile dealerships, through Gargadia; fixed wireless broadband services, through Linkem; and gold and silver mining through Golden Queen, among others.

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