Growth Metrics

Jefferies Financial (JEF) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Jefferies Financial filings provide 18 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 36.1% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 2922.0% to 36.1% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was 26.02%, a 279.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 9.26%, down 210.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 36.1% in Q1 2026 for Jefferies Financial, up from 8.76% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 48.84% in Q4 2022 to a low of 5.34% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 18.45% (2022), compared with a mean of 23.73%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: surged 8370bps in 2022 and later crashed -4350bps in 2023.
  • Jefferies Financial's Operating Margin stood at 48.84% in 2022, then plummeted by -89bps to 5.34% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 99bps to 10.64% in 2024, then fell by -18bps to 8.76% in 2025, then soared by 312bps to 36.1% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 36.1% (Q1 2026), 8.76% (Q4 2025), and 39.81% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.