Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is a publicly traded American financial services company headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1962, it operates as a diversified financial holding company with global reach, primarily through its wholly owned subsidiary, Jefferies Group LLC, which specializes in investment banking, capital markets, asset management, and financial advisory services across multiple sectors. The firm is listed on the NYSE and is a Fortune 1000 company, with approximately 4,945 employees worldwide serving corporations, governments, and institutional clients.
Investment Strategy
Jefferies Financial Group pursues an integrated approach to financial services, focusing on investment banking, capital markets activities, asset management, and merchant banking investments. The group provides clients with a broad array of services including M&A advisory, restructuring, institutional brokerage, research, and principal investing across various sectors. Its strategy emphasizes sector expertise, global reach, and diversification of revenue streams, engaging in both public and private markets and direct ownership of businesses in areas such as mortgage banking, commercial lending, and specialty finance. In addition to services for corporate transactions, Jefferies leverages joint ventures and ownership stakes in industries ranging from real estate and energy to consumer products and manufacturing, aiming to build long-term value and generate stable earnings through its multifaceted holdings.
Top Holdings
Equity Positions (831)
| Ticker | Security | Weight | Market Value | Shares | Avg Cost | Price | Change (QoQ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR | 6.85% | $814.9M | 1,318,891 | $531.60 | $617.85 | +$355.8M |
I IWM | ISHARES TR | 1.54% | $183.2M | 849,018 | $211.88 | $215.79 | +$70.4M |
Q QQQ | INVESCO QQQ TR | 1.22% | $145.2M | 263,302 | $361.04 | $551.64 | +$1.2M |
X XBI | SPDR SERIES TRUST | 1.00% | $118.7M | 1,431,879 | $85.89 | $82.93 | +$54.3M |
M MA | MASTERCARD INCORPORATED | 0.99% | $117.3M | 208,777 | $527.98 | $561.94 | +$5.0M |
Options Positions (10)
| Ticker | Security | Action | Type | Notional Value | Contracts | Underlying Price | Premium Paid | Change (Contracts) | Change (Value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR | Bought | Put | $1.77B | 28,702 | $617.85 | $574.37 | +16,752 | +$1.10B |
G GLD | SPDR GOLD TR | Sold | Call | $937.5M | 30,756 | $304.83 | $239.43 | -36,038 | -$987.1M |
G GLD | SPDR GOLD TR | Sold | Put | $377.5M | 12,383 | $304.83 | $223.58 | -6,044 | -$153.5M |
Q QQQ | INVESCO QQQ TR | Bought | Put | $189.4M | 3,433 | $551.64 | $496.60 | +1,525 | +$99.9M |
I IREN | IREN LIMITED | Bought | Put | $179.9M | 123,449 | $14.57 | $8.33 | +31,788 | +$124.0M |