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JEF Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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JEFJefferies Financial Group Inc.
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JEF Dividend answer
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 3.47%, or $1.60 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 3.47%, from $1.60 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.40 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Nov 16, 2026. Payment date: Nov 25, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.40 per share.
JEF Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next JEF Dividend Date
When JEF next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next JEF dividend
JEF's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest JEF Dividend Dates
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JEF Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
JEF Annual Dividend History
JEF Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.40, event yield 2.97%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 21.67%
- Cohort rank
- #11
- Cohort standing
- Top 5%
- Financial Services rank
- #3
- 2020 regular DPS
- $0.600
- 2025 regular DPS
- $1.600
- Absolute change
- $1.000
- Years increased
- 4
- Years reduced
- 0
JEF's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 21.67% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #11 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
The regular dividend jumped 50.0% in 2021, a single step rather than steady compounding.
JEF Dividend Yield
How JEF's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
JEF's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent JEF dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 2.97% | Quarterly | $1.60 | Jun 24, 2026 | Aug 18, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| May 18, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 3.09% | Quarterly | $1.60 | Mar 25, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | May 29, 2026 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 3.08% | Quarterly | $1.60 | Jan 7, 2026 | Feb 17, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 3.05% | Quarterly | $1.60 | Sep 29, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 2.58% | Quarterly | $1.55 | Jun 25, 2025 | Aug 18, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 |
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| May 19, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 2.92% | Quarterly | $1.50 | Mar 26, 2025 | May 19, 2025 | May 29, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 1.96% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Jan 8, 2025 | Feb 14, 2025 | Feb 27, 2025 |
| Nov 18, 2024 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 1.76% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Sep 25, 2024 | Nov 18, 2024 | Nov 27, 2024 |
| Aug 19, 2024 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 2.17% | Quarterly | $1.25 | Jun 26, 2024 | Aug 19, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 |
| May 17, 2024 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 2.54% | Quarterly | $1.20 | Mar 27, 2024 | May 20, 2024 | May 30, 2024 |
| Feb 15, 2024 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 2.91% | Quarterly | $1.20 | Jan 8, 2024 | Feb 16, 2024 | Feb 27, 2024 |
| Nov 10, 2023 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 3.54% | Quarterly | $1.20 | Sep 27, 2023 | Nov 13, 2023 | Nov 28, 2023 |
| Aug 11, 2023 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 3.39% | Quarterly | $1.19 | Jun 27, 2023 | Aug 14, 2023 | Aug 25, 2023 |
| May 12, 2023 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 3.96% | Quarterly | $1.17 | Mar 28, 2023 | May 15, 2023 | May 26, 2023 |
| Feb 10, 2023 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 2.99% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Jan 9, 2023 | Feb 13, 2023 | Feb 24, 2023 |
| Nov 10, 2022 | $0.30 | $0.2868 | 3.30% | Quarterly | $1.15 | Sep 28, 2022 | Nov 14, 2022 | Nov 29, 2022 |
| Aug 12, 2022 | $0.30 | $0.2868 | 3.30% | Quarterly | $1.10 | Jun 27, 2022 | Aug 15, 2022 | Aug 26, 2022 |
| May 13, 2022 | $0.30 | $0.2868 | 3.59% | Quarterly | $1.05 | Mar 28, 2022 | May 16, 2022 | May 27, 2022 |
| Feb 11, 2022 | $0.30 | $0.2868 | 2.66% | Quarterly | $0.956 | Jan 12, 2022 | Feb 14, 2022 | Feb 25, 2022 |
| Nov 12, 2021 | $0.25 | $0.239 | 2.09% | Quarterly | $0.8604 | Sep 30, 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 | Nov 29, 2021 |
| Aug 13, 2021 | $0.25 | $0.239 | 2.28% | Quarterly | $0.7648 | Jun 28, 2021 | Aug 16, 2021 | Aug 27, 2021 |
| May 14, 2021 | $0.20 | $0.1912 | 2.16% | Quarterly | $0.6692 | Mar 24, 2021 | May 17, 2021 | May 28, 2021 |
| Feb 11, 2021 | $0.20 | $0.1912 | 2.28% | Quarterly | $0.6214 | Jan 4, 2021 | Feb 12, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Nov 12, 2020 | $0.15 | $0.1434 | 2.60% | Quarterly | $0.5736 | Sep 23, 2020 | Nov 13, 2020 | Nov 25, 2020 |
| Aug 14, 2020 | $0.15 | $0.1434 | 3.23% | Quarterly | $0.5497 | Jun 29, 2020 | Aug 17, 2020 | Aug 28, 2020 |
| May 15, 2020 | $0.15 | $0.1434 | 4.34% | Quarterly | $0.5182 | Mar 26, 2020 | May 18, 2020 | May 29, 2020 |
| Feb 13, 2020 | $0.15 | $0.1434 | 2.18% | Quarterly | $0.4867 | Jan 9, 2020 | Feb 14, 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Nov 15, 2019 | $0.125 | $0.1195 | 2.50% | Quarterly | $0.4552 | Sep 26, 2019 | Nov 18, 2019 | Nov 29, 2019 |
| Aug 16, 2019 | $0.125 | $0.1119 | 2.70% | Quarterly | $0.4476 | Jul 2, 2019 | Aug 19, 2019 | Aug 30, 2019 |
| May 17, 2019 | $0.125 | $0.1119 | 2.70% | Quarterly | $0.4476 | Mar 28, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | May 31, 2019 |
| Feb 14, 2019 | $0.125 | $0.1119 | 2.34% | Quarterly | $0.4252 | Jan 10, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 | Feb 28, 2019 |
| Nov 16, 2018 | $0.125 | $0.1119 | 2.10% | Quarterly | $0.4028 | Oct 25, 2018 | Nov 19, 2018 | Nov 30, 2018 |
| Sep 14, 2018 | $0.125 | $0.1119 | 1.82% | Quarterly | $0.3804 | Jul 26, 2018 | Sep 17, 2018 | Sep 28, 2018 |
| Jun 15, 2018 | $0.10 | $0.0895 | 1.80% | Quarterly | $0.3581 | May 23, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 |
| Mar 16, 2018 | $0.10 | $0.0895 | 1.47% | Quarterly | $0.3249 | Feb 22, 2018 | Mar 19, 2018 | Mar 30, 2018 |
| Dec 12, 2017 | $0.10 | $0.0895 | 1.25% | Quarterly | $0.2918 | Oct 26, 2017 | Dec 13, 2017 | Dec 27, 2017 |
| Sep 15, 2017 | $0.10 | $0.0895 | 1.26% | Quarterly | $0.2587 | Jul 27, 2017 | Sep 18, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 |
| Jun 15, 2017 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | 97.82% | Quarterly | $0.2256 | May 25, 2017 | Jun 19, 2017 | Jun 30, 2017 |
| Mar 16, 2017 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | 94.58% | Quarterly | $0.2256 | Feb 27, 2017 | Mar 20, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 |
| Dec 12, 2016 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | 1.06% | Quarterly | $0.2256 | Oct 27, 2016 | Dec 14, 2016 | Dec 28, 2016 |
| Sep 15, 2016 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | 1.32% | Quarterly | $0.2256 | Jul 28, 2016 | Sep 19, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 |
| Jun 9, 2016 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | $0.2256 | — | — | — |
| Mar 10, 2016 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | $0.2256 | — | — | — |
| Dec 10, 2015 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | $0.2256 | — | — | — |
| Sep 10, 2015 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | $0.2256 | — | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2015 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | $0.2256 | — | — | — |
| Mar 12, 2015 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | $0.2256 | — | — | — |
| Dec 11, 2014 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 11, 2014 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 12, 2014 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 13, 2014 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12, 2013 | $0.0625 | $0.0564 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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JEF Dividends FAQ
Does JEF pay a dividend?
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.40 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is JEF's dividend yield?
JEF's trailing dividend yield is 3.47%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is JEF's next dividend?
JEF's next announced dividend is $0.40 per share with an ex-dividend date of Nov 16, 2026 and payment date of Nov 25, 2026.
When is JEF's ex-dividend date?
JEF's next announced ex-dividend date is Nov 16, 2026.
How has JEF's dividend changed?
JEF's one-year dividend growth is 3.23% based on comparable covered dividend history.