Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) Insider Trading Activity

NYSE$55.23
Market Cap
$11.23B
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Financial—Capital Markets
Rank in Sector
2 of 635
Rank in Industry
1 of 50

JEF Insider Trading Activity

JEF Median Price and Trade Amounts History Chart

Statistics of Insider Transactions

Amount of Insider Buys and Sells

Buys
$676,553,442
2
67
Sells
$52
1
33

Related Transactions

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.director
2
$676.55M
0
$0
$676.55M
FRIEDMAN BRIAN PPresident
0
$0
1
$52
$-52

About Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. operates as a diversified global financial services firm, primarily focused on investment banking, capital markets, and asset management. Its extensive operations span the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company organizes its activities into distinct segments: Investment Banking and Capital Markets, Asset Management, Merchant Banking, and Corporate. Jefferies delivers a comprehensive suite of investment banking services, offering strategic advisory for mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, recapitalizations, and private capital transactions. This also includes underwriting for both equity and debt issuances, as well as corporate lending. Beyond advisory and underwriting, the firm provides financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage solutions. It further supports clients with equities research, financing, and wealth management services. In its capital markets segment, Jefferies engages in the sales and trading of a wide array of fixed-income products. This encompasses investment-grade corporate bonds, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, leveraged and consumer loans, high-yield and distressed debt, and emerging markets debt. The firm also deals in interest rate and credit derivative products, performs foreign exchange trade execution, and offers securitization services. Within asset management, Jefferies is involved in the management, investment, and servicing of diverse alternative asset management platforms, covering numerous investment strategies and asset classes. Founded in 1962 and headquartered in New York, New York, the company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation until it officially changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018.

Insider Activity of Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Over the last 12 months, insiders at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. have bought $676.55M and sold $52 worth of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. stock.

On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. have bought $410.02M and sold $49.47M worth of stock each year.

Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (director) — $676.55M.

The last purchase of 5,906,542 shares for transaction amount of $324.03M was made by SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (director) on 2026‑07‑15.

List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

2026-07-15PurchaseSUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.director
5.91M
2.7877%
$54.86
$324.03M
-3.57%
2026-05-06SaleFRIEDMAN BRIAN PPresident
1
<0.0001%
$51.90
$52
+5.36%
2026-05-01PurchaseSUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.director
6.43M
3.4985%
$54.83
$352.52M
+10.08%
2024-11-14PurchaseSTEINBERG JOSEPH SChairman of the Board
100
<0.0001%
$74.50
$7,450
-19.79%
2024-11-06SaleHANDLER RICHARD BCEO
400,000
0.1942%
$72.26
$28.9M
-16.94%
2024-11-06SaleFRIEDMAN BRIAN PPresident
393,397
0.1908%
$72.17
$28.39M
-16.94%
2024-10-31SaleBEYER ROBERT Ddirector
46,200
0.0225%
$64.07
$2.96M
-5.28%
2024-10-30SaleFRIEDMAN BRIAN PPresident
247,326
0.1215%
$65.20
$16.13M
-5.94%
2024-10-10SaleFRIEDMAN BRIAN PPresident
200,000
0.1004%
$63.09
$12.62M
+1.28%
2024-09-19PurchaseSUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.director
9.25M
4.3107%
$59.67
$551.77M
+0.34%
2024-05-14SaleFRIEDMAN BRIAN PPresident
165,396
0.0781%
$46.25
$7.65M
+29.56%
2024-05-13SaleFRIEDMAN BRIAN PPresident
115,000
0.0546%
$46.30
$5.32M
+30.03%
2024-04-24SaleHANDLER RICHARD BCEO
1.5M
0.6901%
$43.50
$65.25M
+34.15%
2023-08-04SaleSTEINBERG JOSEPH SChairman of the Board
134,217
0.0612%
$35.79
$4.8M
+16.85%
2023-08-03SaleSTEINBERG JOSEPH SChairman of the Board
346,984
0.1571%
$35.68
$12.38M
+16.22%
2023-08-02SaleSTEINBERG JOSEPH SChairman of the Board
225,311
0.1018%
$35.87
$8.08M
+15.52%
2023-08-01SaleSTEINBERG JOSEPH SChairman of the Board
222,756
0.0989%
$36.23
$8.07M
+14.58%
2023-07-31SaleSTEINBERG JOSEPH SChairman of the Board
218,792
0.0886%
$36.85
$8.06M
+12.53%
2022-10-24SaleFRIEDMAN BRIAN PPresident
640,000
0.2597%
$32.85
$21.02M
+11.13%
2022-10-24SaleFRIEDMAN BRIAN PPresident
140,000
0.0568%
$32.85
$4.6M
+11.13%
Total: 134
*Gray background shows transactions not older than one year

Insider Historical Profitability

9.37%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.director
8566379
4.2118%
$473.12M30
+0.34%
FRIEDMAN BRIAN PPresident
2061442
1.0135%
$113.85M19
+53.23%
CUMMING IAN M.CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
18004659
8.8522%
$994.4M315
+38.54%
HANDLER RICHARD BCEO
14971288
7.3608%
$826.86M02
STEINBERG JOSEPH SChairman of the Board
2339079
1.15%
$129.19M124
<0.0001%
JEFFERIES LLC
2000000
0.9833%
$110.46M11
<0.0001%
DOOLEY RICHARD Gdirector
328696
0.1616%
$18.15M01
GLAUBINGER LAWRENCE Ddirector
233250
0.1147%
$12.88M11
+30.45%
NICHOLS JESSE CLYDE IIIdirector
164066
0.0807%
$9.06M45
<0.0001%
JORDAN JAMES Edirector
124750
0.0613%
$6.89M32
+15.51%
CAMPBELL W PATRICK
107920
0.0531%
$5.96M11
+36.2%
BEYER ROBERT Ddirector
100375
0.0494%
$5.54M21
+13.09%
O Kane Michael T
97138
0.0478%
$5.36M01
JONES THOMAS W
55962
0.0275%
$3.09M20
+5.63%
HIRSCHFIELD ALAN Jdirector
40000
0.0197%
$2.21M41
+15.11%
LOWENTHAL BARBARA LVice President and Comptroller
38788
0.0191%
$2.14M04
REESE STUART HARRY
33756
0.0166%
$1.86M13
<0.0001%
SCRUGGS H EVice President
25392
0.0125%
$1.4M01
DOUGAN PAUL Mdirector
19150
0.0094%
$1.06M01
KEIL JEFFREY Cdirector
15000
0.0074%
$828,450.0011
+19.6%
BORGES FRANCISCO L
14707
0.0072%
$812,267.6110
<0.0001%
Weiler Melissa
8000
0.0039%
$441,840.0020
<0.0001%
Wheeler Justin RexVice President and COO
7758
0.0038%
$428,474.3404
ORLANDO JOSEPH A JRVice President and CFO
1068
0.0005%
$58,985.6405
MARA THOMAS EExecutive Vice President
0
0%
$0012
O Connor Joseph MVice President
0
0%
$004
Nittoli Rocco JVP, Chief Compliance Officer
0
0%
$004
*Gray background shows insiders who have made transactions during last year

JEF Institutional Investors: Active Positions

Increased Positions299+44.63%20M+14.18%
Decreased Positions287-42.84%19M-13.08%
New Positions104New3MNew
Sold Out Positions80Sold Out2MSold Out
Total Postitions682+1.79%143M+1.1%

JEF Ownership Change vs Market

Institutional Investor Ownership

Top Shareholders
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
New Shareholders
Sold-Out Shareholders
Active Shareholders
Blackrock, Inc.$986,538.007.55%15.55M+149,693+0.97%2025-09-30
Vanguard Group Inc$943,992.007.22%14.88M-77,399-0.52%2025-09-30
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.$586,820.004.49%9.25M00%2025-09-30
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, Llc$466,647.003.57%7.35M+363,219+5.2%2025-09-30
Alliancebernstein L.P.$366,511.002.8%5.78M-919,378-13.73%2025-09-30
Jpmorgan Chase & Co$316,412.002.42%4.99M+487,858+10.85%2025-09-30
State Street Corp$306,339.002.34%4.83M-9,870-0.2%2025-09-30
Eminence Capital, Lp$213,134.001.63%3.36M+2M+129.72%2025-09-30
Geode Capital Management, Llc$185,201.001.42%2.92M+52,631+1.84%2025-09-30
Morgan Stanley$176,557.001.35%2.78M-98,112-3.41%2025-09-30

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