JEFFERIES FINL GROUP INC JEF
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 47233W109 · ISIN US47233W1099
American financial services company
- SectorFinancials
- IndustrySecurity Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies
- HeadquartersNew York, NY
- Founded1979
- Websiteleucadia.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($3.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 233.4m as of 2023-03-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $31.57. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($10.4m notional), 13 hold puts ($16.3m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 424 |
| Q4 2022 | 471 |
| Q1 2023 | 465 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 205 | 195 |
| Q1 2023 | 197 | 228 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $11.7m | $18.7m | 1.60 |
| Q4 2022 | $14.1m | $20.2m | 1.43 |
| Q1 2023 | $10.4m | $16.3m | 1.56 |
Biggest buyers
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +1.4m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +908.8k |
| Ergoteles LLC | New | +873.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +831.1k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +780.6k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC | New | +650.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +591.6k |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC | Added | +558.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +556.5k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | Added | +531.0k |
Biggest sellers
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -4.7m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -2.9m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -899.2k |
| Pacifica Capital Investments, LLC | Reduced | -557.3k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -554.6k |
| FIRST WILSHIRE SECURITIES MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -534.5k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -421.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -403.3k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD | Sold out | -375.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -315.9k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $3.3m103.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $3.2m99.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $1.1m34.9k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $949.0k29.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $664.7k20.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $570.0k18.4k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | New | $260.0k8.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $241.2k7.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $198.0k7.9k shares |
| Cutler Group LLC / CA | Added | $2.0k8.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $5.7m179.6k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $2.7m85.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.3m72.0k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $1.6m51.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $962.0k36.6k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $780.8k24.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $644.0k20.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $578.1k18.2k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Added | $496.0k15.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $266.6k8.4k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
No one currently above 5% in the filings since 19 Dec 2024.
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 1 | $12.9m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 2 | $484.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $200.3k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $1.2m | 1 | $226.9k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $21.0m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q1 2023.
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 20.0m $635.5m | Added +143.6k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 17.8m $565.7m | Reduced -554.6k |
| SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 10.47% of their portfolio | 10.5m $333.3m | Unchanged |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.6m $179.3m | Added +59.7k |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP 2.76% of their portfolio | 5.6m $177.9m | Reduced -97.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.3m $136.4m | Reduced -40.5k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.27% of their portfolio | 3.7m $118.8m | Reduced -154.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.3m $104.1m | Added +591.6k |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 3.0m $95.8m | Added +558.2k |
| DONALD SMITH & CO., INC. 3.52% of their portfolio | 3.0m $95.6m | Reduced -160.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.6m $83.7m | Added +37.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.5m $79.3m | Reduced -28.8k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.34% of their portfolio | 2.5m $78.3m | Added +75.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $64.7m | Added +45.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $64.2m | Added +60.9k |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 1.74% of their portfolio | 1.9m $60.3m | Reduced -23.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $58.0m | Added +114.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.7m $54.3m | Added +1.4m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $51.1m | Added +281.3k |
| PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC 2.07% of their portfolio | 1.5m $46.1m | Reduced -118.6k |
| MILLER HOWARD INVESTMENTS INC /NY 1.64% of their portfolio | 1.4m $45.2m | Added +21.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.3m $40.3m | Added +52.1k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $39.7m | Added +531.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $39.6m | Reduced -421.4k |
| Moerus Capital Management LLC 11.74% of their portfolio | 1.2m $38.8m | Reduced -81.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $37.9m | Reduced -2.9m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $35.2m | Added +908.8k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 994.9k $31.6m | Added +287.7k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 987.3k $31.3m | Reduced -4.7m |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 971.3k $3.6m | Added +831.1k |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. 0.38% of their portfolio | 965.6k $30.6m | Reduced -72.4k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.51% of their portfolio | 950.1k $30.2m | Added +78.9k |
| Private Capital Management, LLC 3.55% of their portfolio | 939.2k $29.8m | Added +61.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 878.6k $27.9m | Added +780.6k |
| Ergoteles LLC 1.08% of their portfolio | 873.4k $27.7m | New |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.15% of their portfolio | 842.5k $26.7m | Added +556.5k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 808.5k $25.7m | Added +27.7k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 772.7k $24.5m | Reduced -15.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 717.9k $22.8m | Reduced -2.4k |
| Hosking Partners LLP 1.03% of their portfolio | 697.4k $22.1m | Reduced -138.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 685.3k $21.8m | Reduced -275.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 664.8k $21.1m | Reduced -899.2k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 650.5k $20.6m | New |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 4.35% of their portfolio | 557.4k $17.7m | Added +1.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 543.8k $17.3m | Reduced -16.3k |
| Azora Capital LP 2.56% of their portfolio | 525.3k $16.7m | New |
| NewEdge Wealth, LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 524.8k $16.7m | Added +53.6k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.07% of their portfolio | 523.9k $16.6m | Reduced -25.7k |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.35% of their portfolio | 517.9k $16.4m | Added +92.4k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.04% of their portfolio | 506.1k $16.1m | Added +26.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 502.9k $16.0m | Reduced -103.7k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 483.4k $15.3m | Added +3.6k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 463.8k $14.7m | Added +324.3k |
| GoodHaven Capital Management, LLC 9.27% of their portfolio | 454.1k $14.4m | Added +125 |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 446.9k $14.2m | Reduced -13.1k |
| EUBEL BRADY & SUTTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 2.00% of their portfolio | 434.5k $13.8m | Added +3.7k |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 433.6k $13.8m | Unchanged |
| ROBOTTI ROBERT 2.42% of their portfolio | 432.2k $13.7m | Reduced -521 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 427.3k $13.6m | Reduced -67.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 409.5k $13.0m | Added +9.3k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.08% of their portfolio | 407.7k $11.9m | Reduced -96.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 395.4k $12.5m | Reduced -53.6k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 391.7k $12.4m | Reduced -161.2k |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 0.05% of their portfolio | 387.5k $12.3m | Reduced -14.0k |
| Gillson Capital LP 1.01% of their portfolio | 382.5k $12.1m | Added +35.7k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 371.6k $11.8m | Added +195.5k |
| IAT REINSURANCE CO LTD. 2.34% of their portfolio | 360.9k $11.5m | Unchanged |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 355.6k $11.3m | Added +3.4k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 354.4k $11.2m | New |
| Rock Point Advisors, LLC 3.72% of their portfolio | 345.2k $11.0m | Added +18.8k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 323.7k $10.3m | Added +16.2k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 285.7k $9.1m | Added +128.0k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 279.3k $8.9m | Reduced -6.1k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 270.5k $8.6m | Added +259.3k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 263.5k $8.4m | Unchanged |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 260.7k $8.3m | Reduced -2.3k |
| COLONY GROUP LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 256.4k $8.1m | Added +12.8k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.05% of their portfolio | 256.0k $8.1m | Reduced -417 |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 253.0k $8.0m | Added +128.1k |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. 0.65% of their portfolio | 247.8k $7.9m | Added +215.7k |
| Cinctive Capital Management LP 0.29% of their portfolio | 244.8k $7.8m | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 236.7k $7.5m | Reduced -7.2k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 229.7k $7.3m | Added +199.4k |
| ACR Alpine Capital Research, LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 220.8k $7.0m | Reduced -15.2k |
| Merrion Investment Management Co, LLC 6.50% of their portfolio | 214.5k $6.8m | Reduced -2.2k |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 213.4k $6.8m | Added +6.8k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 211.8k $5.9m | Reduced -29.1k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.13% of their portfolio | 209.6k $6.7m | Added +128.2k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.9k $6.6m | Added +10.2k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 205.7k $6.5m | Reduced -28.3k |
| Pacifica Capital Investments, LLC 2.05% of their portfolio | 202.2k $6.4m | Reduced -557.3k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 201.6k $6.4m | Unchanged |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 199.2k $6.3m | Reduced -21.1k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 197.5k $6.3m | New |
| Boston Partners 0.01% of their portfolio | 195.4k $6.2m | Reduced -9.3k |
| STRS OHIO 0.01% of their portfolio | 195.4k $6.2m | Added +143.3k |
| Lafayette Investments, Inc. 1.67% of their portfolio | 190.6k $6.0m | Reduced -1.6k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 187.2k $5.9m | Added +162.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 176.9k $5.6m | Added +39.5k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 176.4k $5.6m | Reduced -19.9k |