Jefferies (JEF) Receives a Buy from Oppenheimer


In a report released yesterday, Chris Kotowski from Oppenheimer maintained a Buy rating on Jefferies (JEF), with a price target of $25.00. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $15.21.

According to TipRanks.com, Kotowski is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 4.0% and a 57.6% success rate. Kotowski covers the Financial sector, focusing on stocks such as Eagle Point Credit Company, Apollo Global Management, and BlackRock TCP Capital.

Currently, the analyst consensus on Jefferies is a Moderate Buy with an average price target of $25.00.

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The company has a one-year high of $24.03 and a one-year low of $11.20. Currently, Jefferies has an average volume of 2.26M.

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Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. It operates through the following segments: Investment Banking, Capital Markets, and Asset Management; Merchant Banking; and Corporate segments. The Investment Banking, Capital Markets, and Asset Management segment consists of investments in Jefferies Group. The Merchant Banking segment includes various merchant banking businesses and investments, primarily including Linkem, Vitesse Energy Finance and JETX Energy, real estate, Idaho Timber, and FXCM. The Corporate segment pertains to cash and cash equivalents, financial instruments owned, and deferred tax asset of the firm. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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