Of 60 answers

The most named companies in the study, and S&P 500 financials, with how many of their 60 AI answers named them.

SWIFT47/60TRANSUNION46/60EXPERIAN42/60COINSTAR41/60NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION41/60ZELLE41/60BLOOMBERG L.P.38/60TRADINGVIEW38/60BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO37/60PAYPAL37/60VENMO37/60CHEXSYSTEMS33/60EQUIFAX33/60MORNINGSTAR32/60S&P GLOBAL31/60ALPACA MARKETS30/60COINBASE30/60PINWHEEL29/60STRIPE29/60XERO29/60ACORNS28/60AFFIRM28/60PAYFAST (PAYGATE)28/60PAYONEER28/60INTERACTIVE BROKERS26/60CHARLES SCHWAB19/60THE HARTFORD9/60MOODY'S21/60CME GROUP19/60ACCENTURE11/60CHUBB10/60MORGAN STANLEY6/60AMERICAN EXPRESS14/60SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL12/60FACTSET20/60NASDAQ19/60ALLSTATE11/60WELLS FARGO18/60PAYCHEX10/60ARES MANAGEMENT3/60
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AI visibility statementFinance AI Visibility Study 2026Issued October 14, 2026
Account holder

Jefferies

jefferies.com

Investment banks and capital marketsInvesting and wealth

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
469 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
6th of 27 investment banks
Closing balance

Named in

8of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Jefferies

AI assistants name this investment bank in 13.3% of answers, much more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 37 out of 100, ranking 469th of 2,219 companies. Its website passes 4 of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Jefferies by name. AI assistants named it in 8 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 24th of 238 in its sector. The typical investing and wealth company is named in 0.8% of answers.

Overall score
37Overall score
  • Visibility15
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment81
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness29
Summary of account
Named by AI in
13.3%
8 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
18.2%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
4/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
43 of 238
by overall score, where the typical investing and wealth company scores 28

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

Jefferies came up on 3 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01How are costs structured for capital market transactions like IPOs or debt placements?0/4
  2. 02How can institutional investors benefit from capital markets advisory services?0/4
  3. 03Alternatives to traditional investment banking for raising capital0/4
  4. 04Full-service investment banks compared to boutique advisory firms: pros and cons0/4
  5. 05Common reasons equity offerings underperform after working with a capital markets provider0/4
  6. 06Investment banking vs. capital markets: What are the main differences in services?0/4
  7. 07What are the top investment banking and capital markets firms for mid-sized corporations?4/4
  8. 08What are the options besides full-service capital markets firms for corporate financial advice?0/4
  9. 09Why might a debt capital raise through an investment bank fail to attract investors?0/4
  10. 10Top-rated US investment banks for restructuring advisory services2/4
  11. 11Typical fees charged by investment banking firms for M&A advisory in the US0/4
  12. 12When should a government entity engage an investment banking firm for financial consulting?0/4
  13. 13Is hiring an investment banking firm worth it for a merger or acquisition?0/4
  14. 14Best financial advisory providers for IPOs in the United States2/4
  15. 15What should corporations look for when choosing a capital markets advisor?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 2/15Claude: 2/15Perplexity: 2/15Gemini: 2/15All assistants: 8/60
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. Across the study, on 50% of the questions where a company is named, only one AI assistant names it.

Transaction detailSection 02

What Claude actually said

An answer that names the company

Claudenamed the company

“Top-rated US investment banks for restructuring advisory services”

Based on recent rankings and market data, here are the top-rated US investment banks for restructuring advisory services:

Elite Tier

Houlihan Lokey, Jefferies, and PJT Partners are ranked as leading firms for restructuring and insolvency.

PJT Partners' Restructuring and Special Situations Group leads the industry in court-approved fees, and the firm advises companies, governments, creditors, and financial sponsors on distressed M&A, recapitalizations, reorganizations, and other restructuring activities.

Houlihan Lokey swept the investment banking top spot in the Americas restructur …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

PayeesSection 03

Where the mentions went

The companies these answers named, and how the mentions were split between this company and its peers.

Also named

CompanyTimes named
  1. 01
    Evercore
    10
  2. 02
    Goldman Sachs
    8
  3. 03
    Morgan Stanley
    8
  4. 04
    Piper Sandler
    7
  5. 05
    Raymond James
    4

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Evercore
    22.7%
  2. Jefferies
    18.2%
  3. Goldman Sachs
    18.2%
  4. Morgan Stanley
    15.9%
  5. Piper Sandler
    15.9%
  6. Raymond James
    9.1%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

  1. 01
    ctacquisitions.com
    10
  2. 02
    en.wikipedia.org
    8
  3. 03
    papermark.com
    7
  4. 04
    preplounge.com
    6
  5. 05
    worldmetrics.org
    6
  6. 06
    investmentbank.com
    5
  7. 07
    corporatefinanceinstitute.com
    5
  8. 08
    pcecompanies.com
    4
  9. 09
    dealroom.net
    4
  10. 10
    joinleland.com
    4

Jefferies is in the study as an investment bank.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
2/15
Perplexity
2/15
Claude
2/15
OpenAI
2/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Jefferies compares with all 2,219 companies

Every tower is a company in the study, taller for a higher overall score and lit where AI assistants named it. Its own group stays lit. Hover a tower to see it, and click to open it.

What makes up the score

Each part is scored out of 100.

Visibility
15

How often AI assistants name the company, and how that compares with its peers

Citations
0

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
81

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
29

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Against its sectorSection 07

Compared with investing and wealth companies

238 companies in this sector. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
37
Ranks 43 of 238. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
13.3%
Ranks 24 of 238. Typical company: 0.8%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 51 of 238. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with investment banks

27 companies in this category. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
37
Ranks 5 of 27. Typical company: 29
Named in answers
13.3%
Ranks 4 of 27. Typical company: 5.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 8 of 27. Typical company: 29
AI agentsSection 09

Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and pay through, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. Jefferies publishes none of the agent payment protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the website like a person.

Agent payment protocols
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • ACPNot present
  • UCPNot present
Interfaces for AI agents
  • MCP Server CardNot present
  • A2A Agent CardNot present
  • Agent SkillsNot present
  • API CatalogNot present
  • llms.txtNot present
  • WebMCPCould not check
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 86.1%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 87.9%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 1.5%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 4.3%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 6.2%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 31.0%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 92.7%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 2.3%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.3%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 6.3%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 5.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.2%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.8%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.2%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 1.0%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 0.0%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.2%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · www.jefferies.com · 2,200 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

AI readinessSection 10

The checks behind the AI readiness score

4 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks

Discoverability

  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.1%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 79.4%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 42.5%

Content Accessibility

  • PassedMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 7.4%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 28.1%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 97.3%

Bot Access Control

  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 11.5%

API / Auth / MCP

  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 1.1%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 5.2%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 4.6%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.2%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 0.3%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.1%
AI crawlersSection 11

What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 86% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBotallowed
  • ClaudeBotallowed
  • Anthropic-AIallowed
  • Google-Extendedallowed
  • Applebot-Extendedallowed
  • Meta-ExternalAgentallowed
  • FacebookBotallowed
  • Bytespiderallowed
  • CCBotallowed
  • Diffbotallowed
  • Omgilibotallowed

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBotallowed
  • Claude-SearchBotallowed
  • PerplexityBotallowed
  • Applebotallowed
  • Amazonbotallowed
  • YouBotallowed

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-Userallowed
  • Claude-Userallowed
  • Perplexity-Userallowed
  • DuckAssistBotallowed
  • MistralAI-Userallowed

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

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