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Jefferies Financial Group vs Houlihan Lokey

Over the past year JEF returned −12.8% and HLI returned −22.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.50.

JEF −12.8% HLI −22.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricJEFHLI
Price$46.12$138.00
Market cap$10.59B$9.58B
Today−6.16%−0.96%
1 month+1.9%+7.5%
6 months−6.4%−9.9%
Year to date−25.6%−20.8%
1 year−12.8%−30.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.1%+4.8%
Gross margin68.8%100.0%
Net margin7.5%15.8%
P/E (TTM)13.1×23.7×
Price / sales0.9×3.7×
Net cash$15.06B$888.0M
Dividend yield3.47%2.03%
Volatility (60d)30.5%31.8%
Short % of float5.4%4.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).