secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)
CIK:        0000096223
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000096223-26-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Jefferies Q4 net earnings $190.9M ($0.87/share); IB revenues up 20% YoY
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- Net earnings attributable to common $190.9M ($0.87 diluted EPS) vs $205.7M ($0.91) a year ago; adjusted EPS $0.96 excludes $30M Point Bonita pre-tax loss.
- Total net revenues $2.07B (+6% YoY); Investment Banking $1.19B (+20%), Equities +18%, Fixed Income -14%.
- Asset Management revenues fell to $187M from $315M due to underperformance including $30M write-down on Point Bonita.
- Quarterly dividend declared $0.40/share, payable Feb 27, 2026 to holders of record Feb 17, 2026.
- Book value per share $51.26; adjusted tangible book value $33.69; return on tangible equity 11.8% (adjusted 12.9%).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96223/000009622326000003/0000096223-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96223/000009622326000003/jef-20260107.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000096223-26-000003

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