BlackRock vs Jefferies Financial
BLK and JEF side by side, both in security brokers, dealers, and flotation. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BLK and JEF compare
BlackRock is the larger company, worth 36 times as much as Jefferies Financial ($398B against $11.0B).
BlackRock grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (24.7% versus 13.5% for Jefferies Financial).
Both pay dividends: BlackRock yields 1.8% and Jefferies Financial 3.3%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BLK | JEF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $398B | $11.0B |
| Share price | $1226.31 | $48.06 |
| Change, 1 year | 13.3% | −11.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 34.0% | 21.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.33 | 1.43 |
| Employees | 25K | 7,787 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 12 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.9× | – |
| P/S | 14.0× | 0.9× (better) |
| P/B | 6.9× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 35.8× (better) | −4.3× |
| P/FCF | 83.3× | 2.6× (better) |
| PEG | 21.48 | – |
| FCF yield | 1.2% | 38.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $673.83 | $109.11 |
| Margin of safety | −82.0% | 56.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 24.7% (better) | 13.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.4% | 9.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 13.4% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 13.1% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 2.1% (better) | 1.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 98.7% |
| Operating margin | 32.5% | – |
| Net margin | 24.2% | – |
| FCF margin | 16.8% | 34.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 12.2% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 15.6% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | 17.1× | – |
| Altman Z-score | 2.50 (better) | 0.40 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | 3.3% (better) |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 21.7% |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.0% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.8% | 7.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 37.0% | 61.0% |
| Held by insiders | 0.93% | 20.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$192M | $1.3B (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.66% | 3.8% |
Go deeper
- BLK stock overview
- BLK income statement
- BLK valuation and score
- JEF stock overview
- JEF income statement
- JEF valuation and score
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