JEF insider buying – Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
8 insider purchases since 2016 worth $1,182.5M by 4 different insiders. Last 12 months: 2 purchases, $628.7M. Most recent filing: 2026-07-17.
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 1 older purchase (before the 5-year window) is listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. Director | $1,180.5M 3× · 21,582,960 sh | 2024-09-19 2026-07-15 | – | 8,566,379 shares as of 2026-08-21 | Holds - never sold |
| JONES THOMAS W Director | $1.6M 2× · 50,000 sh | 2022-03-30 2022-07-25 | – | 76,701 shares as of 2026-03-27 | Holds - never sold |
| Weiler Melissa Director | $277,960 2× · 8,000 sh | 2021-07-19 2022-01-13 | – | 40,147 shares as of 2026-08-28 | Holds - never sold |
| FRIEDMAN BRIAN P CEO | $81,350 1× · 5,000 sh | 2020-07-13 2020-07-13 | 6× · $104.0M last 2024-11-06 | 3,799,621 shares as of 2026-08-28 | Sold part |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | $628.7M | 1 | – | – |
| 2024 | 1 | $551.8M | 1 | 7 | $167.2M |
| 2023 | 0 | – | – | 2 | $41.4M |
| 2022 | 3 | $1.7M | 2 | 3 | $21.5M |
| 2021 | 1 | $128,000 | 1 | 5 | $17.1M |
| 2020 | 1 | $81,350 | 1 | – | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | – | 1 | $16.4M |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. | Director | 5,906,542 | $53.96 | $318.7M | +222.1% | SEC |
| 2026-05-04 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. | Director | 6,429,337 | $48.22 | $310.0M | SEC | |
| 2024-09-19 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. | Director | 9,247,081 | $59.67 | $551.8M | SEC | |
| 2022-07-26 | JONES THOMAS W | Director | 40,000 | $31.21 | $1.2M | +250.6% | SEC |
| 2022-03-31 | JONES THOMAS W | Director | 10,000 | $33.48 | $334,800 | +175.5% | SEC |
| 2022-01-14 | Weiler Melissa | Director | 4,000 | $37.49 | $149,960 | +100.0% | SEC |
| 2021-07-19 | Weiler Melissa | Director | 4,000 | $32.00 | $128,000 | SEC | |
| 2020-07-15 | FRIEDMAN BRIAN P | CEO | 5,000 | $16.27 | $81,350 | +0.1% | SEC |
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-06 | HANDLER RICHARD B | CEO | 400,000 | $72.26 | $28.9M | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-11-06 | FRIEDMAN BRIAN P | CEO | 393,397 | $72.17 | $28.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-10-31 | BEYER ROBERT D | Director | 46,200 | $64.07 | $3.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-10-30 | FRIEDMAN BRIAN P | CEO | 247,326 | $65.20 | $16.1M | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-10-10 | FRIEDMAN BRIAN P | CEO | 200,000 | $63.09 | $12.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-05-14 | FRIEDMAN BRIAN P | CEO | 280,396 | $46.27 | $13.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2024-04-24 | HANDLER RICHARD B | CEO | 1,500,000 | $43.50 | $65.2M | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-08-04 | STEINBERG JOSEPH S | Officer | 481,201 | $35.71 | $17.2M | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-08-02 | STEINBERG JOSEPH S | Officer | 666,859 | $36.31 | $24.2M | Sale | SEC |
| 2022-10-24 | FRIEDMAN BRIAN P | CEO | 640,000 | $32.85 | $21.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2022-08-01 | Nittoli Rocco J | Officer | 7,000 | $32.41 | $226,860 | Sale | SEC |
| 2022-04-20 | O Kane Michael T | Director | 6,000 | $33.39 | $200,340 | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-11-05 | FRIEDMAN BRIAN P | CEO | 293,561 | $43.82 | $12.9M | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-08-10 | STEINBERG JOSEPH S | Officer | 100,000 | $35.05 | $3.5M | Sale | SEC |
| 2021-04-14 | REESE STUART HARRY | Other | 10,000 | $31.59 | $315,850 | Sale | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 18 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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