Jefferies Financial Group Inc. dividend history

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.'s dividend was $1.60 a share in fiscal 2025, up 23.1% on the year before. That was 59.3% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2023.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $440M
Dividends (TTM): $370M
Returned to shareholders: 19%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $272M
Diluted share count: +0.0%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 7.3%; dividends 3.4% + buybacks 4.0% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 42%; of net income paid out

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2008	2010Dec 2009	2011Dec 2010	2012Dec 2011	2013Dec 2012	2014Dec 2013	2015Dec 2014	2016Dec 2015	2017Nov 2017	2018Nov 2018	2019Nov 2019	2020Nov 2020	2021Nov 2021	2022Nov 2022	2023Nov 2023	2024Nov 2024	2025Nov 2025	LTMAug 2026
Dividend per share	—	—	$0.250	$0.250	$0.250	$0.250	$0.250	$0.250	—	$0.450	$0.500	$0.600	$0.900	$1.20	$1.20	$1.30	$1.60	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	+11.1%	+20.0%	+50.0%	+33.3%	0.0%	+8.3%	+23.1%	—
Dividends paid	0	0	61	61	61	91	93	93	—	152	150	161	223	280	279	303	374	370
Share buybacks	0	0	0	0	—	40	76	126	—	1,131	510	817	269	860	169	44	59	440
Dividends ÷ net income	—	0.0%	3.1%	242.3%	7.2%	24.7%	45.6%	33.1%	—	14.8%	15.6%	20.9%	13.4%	36.2%	106.8%	45.3%	59.3%	41.6%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	—	—	15.8%	—	10.7%	16.2%	—	—	—	—	—	8.6%	15.7%	17.7%	—	—	—	8.8%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Jefferies Financial Group Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Jefferies Financial Group Inc.