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Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) vs Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT)

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. and Virtu Financial, Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $11.2B against $8.4B — 1.3× the size. Virtu Financial, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.9× against 12.7×. Virtu Financial, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.8% against 17.7%. Virtu Financial, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.7% vs 10.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 8.20%). Both pay a dividend; Jefferies Financial Group Inc. yields more (3.27% vs 1.79%). Across the 21 metrics below, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. leads on 11 and Virtu Financial, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric JEF VIRT Capital Markets median
P/E 12.70 8.93 14.35
P/S 1.14 1.15 2.07
P/B 0.90 2.03 1.36
Price to free cash flow 2.33 9.84 9.28
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 7.87% 11.20% (8.28%)
Free cash flow yield 42.96% 10.16% (1.12%)

Profitability

Metric JEF VIRT Capital Markets median
Gross margin 98.17% 81.77% 68.15%
Operating margin 23.38% 49.26% 0.00%
Net margin 10.06% 12.70% (0.34%)
Free cash flow margin 48.96% 11.73% 0.00%
Return on equity 8.06% 26.18% 0.00%
Return on assets 1.14% 2.22% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 8.20% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric JEF VIRT Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 17.74% 20.76% 19.72%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (5.35%) 72.73% 16.79%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.65% 2.32% 17.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.90%) (7.58%) 0.00%

Health

Metric JEF VIRT Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 2.09 0.87 0.07
Current ratio 1.02 0.45 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA 1.89 (1.76) (0.03)

Dividend

Metric JEF VIRT Capital Markets median
Dividend yield 3.27% 1.79% 1.58%
Payout ratio 0.43 0.16 0.19

Size

Metric JEF VIRT Capital Markets median
Market cap 11.16b 8.37b 527.01m

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