RTTNews | Mar 24, 2021 04:47PM EDT

16:46 Wednesday, March 24, 2021 (RTTNews.com) - Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $582.4 million or $2.13 per share, up from $113.0 million or $0.37 per share last year.

Revenues for the quarter grew to $2.49 billion from $1.39 billion last year.

Jefferies also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, payable on May 28, 2021 to record holders on May 17, 2021.

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