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Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 31, 2025) - Bruce Rothney, Chief Executive Officer, Jefferies Securities, Inc. ("Jefferies" or the "Company"), joined John McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group, to open the market to celebrate the Company becoming a Trading Firm on TSX, TSXV, and Alpha. Cannot view this video?

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Jefferies' first-quarter fiscal 2025 results miss estimates due to weak equity underwriting and fixed income performance, partially offset by lower expenses.

Stock futures were mostly higher Thursday even as President Donald Trump slapped 25% tariffs on all cars made outside of the United States, leading to worries over what the trade war will mean to the U.S. and global economies.

Although the revenue and EPS for Jefferies (JEF) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended February 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Jefferies (JEF) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.60 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.88 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.87 per share a year ago.

Jefferies Financial Group (JEF -2.24%), a prominent player in the investment banking industry and the capital markets, announced its fiscal 2025 first-quarter results on March 26. The company's diluted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $0.57, well short of analysts' consensus estimates of $0.94, while revenue of $1.59 billion was $270 million shy of expectations.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF): Q1 Financial Highlights   $ in thousands, except per share amounts Quarter End     1Q25     1Q24   Net earnings attributable to common shareholders $ 127,793   $ 149,641   Diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations $ 0.57   $ 0.69   Return on adjusted tangible shareholders' equity from continuing operations1   8.0 %   9.8 % Total net revenues $ 1,593,019   $ 1,738,203   Investment banking net revenues14 $ 7.

Modest IB and trading revenues are likely to aid JEF's first-quarter fiscal 2025 results. Yet, high costs are likely to have remained a woe.