Jefferies Financial (JEF) earnings history
Most recent quarter
- Fiscal period
- Q3 2026
- Period end
- Aug 31, 2026
- EPS actual
- $1.08
- EPS estimate
- $1.00
- EPS surprise
- +7.57%
- Revenue surprise
- +1.17%
- Revenue
- $2.2B
- Revenue estimate
- $2.2B
- Reported
- Sep 28, 2026
Jefferies reported fiscal Q3 2026 results, for the quarter ended August 31, 2026, on September 28, 2026. Earnings per share were $1.08, ahead of the $1.00 estimate by 7.57%. Revenue was $2.2 billion, in line with the $2.2 billion consensus. Compared with fiscal Q3 2025, EPS rose about 7% from $1.01, and revenue rose from $2.0 billion.
The beat ended a run of three straight misses, from fiscal Q4 2025 through Q2 2026. Over the last 20 quarters, Jefferies beat the EPS estimate 7 times and missed 13 times. Annual EPS has swung: $2.90 in fiscal 2022, $1.10 in 2023, $2.98 in 2024 and $2.83 in 2025. The first three quarters of fiscal 2026 add up to $2.80, about 41% more than the $1.98 of the same period a year earlier. Quarterly revenue has roughly doubled from the low of $1.0 billion in Q2 2023, and Q3 2026 matches the high in the table. The weakest quarter was Q2 2023, at $0.05 per share.
Jefferies reported its fiscal fourth quarter between January 7 and January 12 in each of the past five years. That points to early January 2027 for the next report. It will complete the fiscal 2026 total.
Earnings history
| Period | Reported | EPS estimate | EPS actual | Surprise | Revenue | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 | $1.00 | $1.08 | +7.57% | $2.2B | SEC |
| Q2 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $1.16 | $1.02 | −11.85% | $2.2B | SEC |
| Q1 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 | $0.89 | $0.70 | −21.69% | $2.0B | SEC |
| Q4 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.94 | $0.85 | −9.97% | $2.1B | SEC |
| Q3 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 | $0.80 | $1.01 | +26.25% | $2.0B | SEC |
| Q2 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.40 | −9.09% | $1.6B | SEC |
| Q1 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | $0.94 | $0.57 | −39.28% | $1.6B | SEC |
| Q4 2024 | Jan 8, 2025 | $0.97 | $0.93 | −4.24% | $2.0B | SEC |
| Q3 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | $0.78 | $0.75 | −3.23% | $1.7B | SEC |
| Q2 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | $0.63 | $0.64 | +1.06% | $1.7B | SEC |
| Q1 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.75 | $0.66 | −12.00% | $1.7B | SEC |
| Q4 2023 | Jan 8, 2024 | $0.26 | $0.29 | +12.97% | $1.2B | SEC |
| Q3 2023 | Sep 27, 2023 | $0.33 | $0.22 | −33.33% | $1.2B | SEC |
| Q2 2023 | Jun 27, 2023 | $0.27 | $0.05 | −81.65% | $1.0B | SEC |
| Q1 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 | $0.43 | $0.54 | +24.86% | $1.3B | SEC |
| Q4 2022 | Jan 9, 2023 | $0.55 | $0.54 | −0.42% | $1.4B | SEC |
| Q3 2022 | Sep 28, 2022 | $0.62 | $0.75 | +20.00% | $1.5B | SEC |
| Q2 2022 | Jun 27, 2022 | $0.49 | $0.43 | −12.19% | $1.4B | SEC |
| Q1 2022 | Mar 29, 2022 | $0.85 | $1.18 | +38.99% | $1.7B | SEC |
| Q4 2021 | Jan 12, 2022 | $1.28 | $1.15 | −10.28% | $1.8B | SEC |
Quarterly revenue
Frequently asked questions
When did Jefferies Financial (JEF) last report earnings?
Jefferies Financial last reported on Sep 28, 2026, covering fiscal Q3 2026.
Did JEF beat earnings estimates?
Yes. Jefferies Financial reported EPS of $1.08 for Q3 2026 against a $1.00 estimate — a 7.57% beat.
How much revenue did JEF report last quarter?
Jefferies Financial reported $2.2B in revenue for Q3 2026, against a consensus estimate of $2.2B.
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