Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. FUTU scored 80.0, JEF scored 72.0 — FUTU leads.
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Different reporting periods. JEF's fundamentals are as of May 2026, but FUTU's are as of December 2025 — a 5-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
FUTU
Futu Holdings Limited
Capital Markets · Financial strength
67.9Fin
$113.71 · $15.9B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
16.0
JEF leads
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Capital Markets · Financial strength
83.9Fin
$44.38 · $9.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestFUTU11.3x
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Fundamentals, head-to-head
FUTU
JEF
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Rev
+2.9%C
11.3xB+
P/E
12.2xB
30.5%A
ROE
—
3.18C
P/B
0.85A-
2.4%B
Yield
3.6%B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
FUTUFutu Holdings Limited
Capital Markets · $113.71 · beta 0.44
Why now
Capital Markets · market cap $15.9b. Down 44% from 52-week high of $202.53 — deep drawdown territory. 18 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $160.85 (implying +41% upside).
Moat
Net margin 46% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 31% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Down 44% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Duration mismatch — the asset and liability books reprice on different schedules; a rapid move in rates either direction can compress net interest margin before management can reposition.
JEFJefferies Financial Group Inc.
Capital Markets · $44.38 · beta 1.54
Why now
Capital Markets · market cap $9.0b. Down 33% from 52-week high of $66.60 — deep drawdown territory. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $55.67 (implying +25% upside).
Moat
Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
D/E 3.65 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Down 33% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.54 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is FUTU or JEF the better stock?
FUTU scores higher: FUTU 80.0, JEF 72.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are FUTU and JEF scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.