Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)

New York Stock Exchange
USD
US47233W1099
17 March 1980  –  25 April 2024

Performance

Annualized Return
18.47%
Sharpe Ratio
0.66
Maximum Drawdown
-80.74%

Metrics

Metric Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $17,767,057
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date -1.45%
Year-To-Date 8.35%
3M 8.21%
6M 35.35%
Annual Return (3Y) 15.53%
Annual Return (5Y) 22.76%
Annual Return (All) 18.47%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 34.93%
Max Drawdown -80.74%
Sharpe Ratio 0.66
Sortino Ratio 1.02
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.72

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on March 1980.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of April 2024.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 44 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 46.14% 15.53% 22.76% 9.05% 7.31% 18.47%

Annual Returns

Year Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
1980 32.5%
1981 98.11%
1982 76.19%
1983 47.03%
1984 69.12%
1985 21.3%
1986 46.24%
1987 -42.65%
1988 47.44%
1989 48.7%
1990 6.43%
1991 62.09%
1992 114.35%
1993 4.45%
1994 9.17%
1995 13.4%
1996 8.02%
1997 29.92%
1998 -8.51%
1999 26.29%
2000 54.52%
2001 -17.77%
2002 29.44%
2003 24.29%
2004 51.55%
2005 3.01%
2006 19.92%
2007 67.88%
2008 -57.96%
2009 20.15%
2010 23.75%
2011 -21.19%
2012 5.73%
2013 23.48%
2014 -20.09%
2015 -21.5%
2016 35.53%
2017 15.42%
2018 -33.15%
2019 34.96%
2020 19%
2021 61.95%
2022 -8.46%
2023 27.74%
2024 8.35%

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. had 36 positive years and 9 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 80%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1980 - - -10% 22.2% 9.1% -8.3% -2.3% 25.6% -7.4% -10% 4.4% 12.8% 32.5%
1981 1.9% -7.4% 2% 19.6% 16.4% -7% 7.6% 2.8% -11% 44.6% -2.1% 14.1% 98.1%
1982 -4.8% -12% -2.3% 9.3% -3.2% -4.4% -4.6% 15.7% 22.9% 16.1% 38% -2.1% 76.2%
1983 4.3% 15% 31.5% 8.9% -9.4% -17.4% 29.4% -5.2% -7.5% 4.4% -0% -3.6% 47%
1984 0.7% -0% 8% -2.7% -8.3% -0.8% 8.4% 5.6% 17.3% 6.3% 12.8% 9% 69.1%
1985 17.4% 7.8% -18% 5% 0.6% -0.6% -5.4% -3.2% 2.6% -3.2% 9.9% 11.4% 21.3%
1986 17.7% -5% 4.8% -7.8% 2% -1.5% -2.5% 26.9% -3.2% 8.3% 11.5% -6.9% 46.2%
1987 13.2% 1.3% -5.1% -5.4% -12.9% 3.3% 7.1% -6.7% -4.8% -23.3% -17.4% 2.6% -42.7%
1988 28.2% 3% -8.7% -10.6% 6% 16.9% -7.7% 2.1% 0% 6.1% 7.7% 2.7% 47.4%
1989 4.4% 7.5% -2.3% 10.3% 6.5% -4.1% 4.2% 8.8% -1.2% -1.9% -2.6% 12.5% 48.7%
1990 -1.8% 6% 3.9% -4.9% -1.1% 0.6% -1.1% -9.8% -5.1% 2.7% 19.1% 0.6% 6.4%
1991 -3.9% 4.6% 19.7% -3.7% 1.9% -5.6% -1.5% 4% 17.3% 10.7% 8.2% 1% 62.1%
1992 28.1% 9.5% -5.6% 0.8% -3.8% 0.8% 16.8% 18.4% -4.7% 0.6% 7.5% 16.2% 114.4%
1993 19.6% -2.9% -9.5% -5.4% -6.4% 6.5% 11.5% 2.3% -3.9% -0.9% -6.5% 3.8% 4.5%
1994 3.1% -1.8% -7.5% -1.3% -0.7% -4.3% 1% 2.4% -3.7% 8.4% 14.5% 0.6% 9.2%
1995 4.5% 0.3% -1.6% -2.5% 5% 7.5% 12.1% -6% 10.1% -6% -0.2% -8.3% 13.4%
1996 12.5% -5.3% -6.6% 4.5% -5.3% -0.5% -4.1% -3.2% 5.5% -1.6% 11.1% 2.9% 8%
1997 -1.9% 1.4% 3.3% 10.5% -1.7% 3.6% 7.1% -3.8% 7.8% 0.7% -0.2% 0.6% 29.9%
1998 0.5% 8.8% 4.3% -4.9% -8.4% -3.6% 0.6% -16.7% 5.9% 4.5% -1.2% 4.3% -8.5%
1999 -4.8% -0.6% 1.5% 1.7% 8.5% 21.6% -14.5% -2.3% -0.9% 11.6% -6.9% 14.1% 26.3%
2000 -8.1% 0.6% 11.1% -1.8% 11.8% -12.5% 17% -2.1% 2.4% -7% 11.1% 29.4% 54.5%
2001 -5.9% 2.3% -5.7% -0.4% 3.9% -2.6% 0.7% 0.2% -4.6% -7.1% -7.4% 8.6% -17.8%
2002 -0.3% 10.3% 12.6% 2% -5.8% -7.8% 6.5% 2.9% -2% 10.3% 5.4% -5.5% 29.4%
2003 -6.2% -3.9% 6.3% 6.6% 0.1% -2.7% 4.5% -1.7% -0.8% 11% 1.2% 9.1% 24.3%
2004 6.7% 5.7% 2.5% -7.5% 0.9% -0% 3.6% 4.9% 4.9% 4.4% 6% 11.4% 51.6%
2005 -21.8% -7.5% 2.5% 1.3% 14.7% -3.2% 2.4% 3% 5.8% -0.3% 10.3% 0.7% 3%
2006 10.6% 3.4% 10% 1.8% 5.4% -8.8% -5.7% -6.5% 1.7% 0.8% 4.6% 3.2% 19.9%
2007 -3% 3.5% 3.9% 2.5% 18.9% -1.7% 6.7% 18% 8.7% 5.1% -7.3% 0.8% 67.9%
2008 -6.2% 2.5% -0.1% 13.3% 6% -13.6% -4.6% 3.4% -1.8% -40.9% -27.2% 1.3% -58%
2009 -19.6% -8.1% 1.8% 42.6% -1.7% 1% 16.2% 1.5% -0.6% -9.1% -4.2% 10.6% 20.2%
2010 -6.1% 6.3% 4.5% 2% -13.4% -11% 13.2% -3.4% 10.6% 7.6% 2.1% 13.4% 23.8%
2011 11.5% 1.9% 13.3% 3% -8.3% -3.8% -1.3% -12% -23.5% 18.3% -12.7% -1.8% -21.2%
2012 22.1% 2.6% -8.4% -4.8% -18.3% 4.7% 1.9% -1.4% 6.4% -0.2% -2.4% 8.5% 5.7%
2013 7% 8.6% 2.2% 12.6% 1.6% -16.3% 2.3% -7.1% 9.5% 4% 1.1% -0.9% 23.5%
2014 -3.6% 2.2% 0.5% -8.9% 0.5% 2.5% -5.8% 0.9% -4.1% -0.3% -2.7% -2.8% -20.1%
2015 1.1% 4.7% -5.8% 6.6% 3.6% -1.2% -3.1% -8.8% -5.3% -1.2% -11.6% -1.3% -21.5%
2016 -4.8% -12.7% 12.4% 3.2% 8.5% -3.9% 5.4% 4.9% -0.2% -1.9% 17.9% 5.9% 35.5%
2017 2.6% 11.6% -2.1% -2.4% -3.9% 7.5% -0.5% -9% 7.1% 0.2% 4% 1.1% 15.4%
2018 2.2% -11.4% -4.9% 5.8% -9% 4.4% 6.6% -4.3% -4.9% -2.2% 2.4% -20.6% -33.2%
2019 19.9% -2% -7.3% 9.5% -13.5% 8.8% 10.9% -12% 5.4% 1.5% 12.7% 2.3% 35%
2020 1.3% -8.3% -30.6% 0.4% 8% 6.1% 4.2% 9.2% 2.6% 8.4% 17.3% 8.2% 19%
2021 -5.1% 25.3% 3.7% 8% -0.5% 6.4% -3% 12.1% 0.5% 15.8% -12.1% 3.3% 62%
2022 -5.6% -2.2% -7.6% -6.4% 8.4% -16.4% 17.9% -0.6% -8.1% 16.6% 11.4% -9.8% -8.5%
2023 19.9% -3.1% -16% 0.9% -5.2% 10.3% 10.9% -2.2% 2.6% -12.2% 11.1% 14% 27.7%
2024 0.9% 3.4% 5.5% -1.5% - - - - - - - - 8.4%
Pos 59.1% 62.8% 53.3% 60% 52.3% 39.5% 63.6% 50% 48.8% 59.1% 60.5% 75% 80%
Avg 3.4% 1.5% 0.1% 2.9% 0.2% -1.2% 3.8% 1.1% 1.1% 2.3% 3.2% 4% 23.5%

Other Return Metrics

Metric Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Cumulative Return 177570.57%
Enh Ann Return 23.25%
Best Year 114.35%
Worst Year -57.96%
Best Month 44.61%
Worst Month -40.93%
Best Day 36.36%
Worst Day -20.73%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 80%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 62.36%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 56.71%
Win Ratio (Daily) 51.01%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 24.89% 31.49% 37.1% 31.47% 36.59% 34.93%

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 1.65 0.62 0.74 0.43 0.38 0.66

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

start valley end days Drawdown
2008-05-19 2009-03-06 2021-10-22 4904 -80.74%
1987-02-19 1987-12-15 1989-08-03 896 -57.5%
2021-11-04 2022-06-16 2023-12-21 777 -38.94%
1981-12-24 1982-03-11 1982-09-21 271 -34.82%
1998-03-26 1998-10-08 1999-06-30 461 -33.59%

The Jefferies Financial Group Inc. took approximately 49 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 163 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Sharpe Ratio 0.66
Sortino Ratio 1.02
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.72
Calmar Ratio 0.23
Omega Ratio 1.14
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.14
Winckel Ratio 62.22
Ulcer Index 0.33
Kelly Criterion 6.25%
Skew 1.12
Kurtosis 20.49
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