Cowen Group Company Profile (NASDAQ:COWN)

About Cowen Group

Cowen Group, Inc. is a financial services company. The Company provides alternative investment management, investment banking, research, sales and trading, and prime brokerage services. It operates through two segments: alternative investment and broker-dealer. The alternative investment segment includes hedge funds, private equity structures, registered investment companies and listed investment vehicles. The broker-dealer segment offers industry focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, including advisory and global capital markets origination and domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors under the Cowen name. Its broker-dealer businesses include research, sales and trading and investment banking services to companies and institutional investor clients in its target sectors, which include healthcare, technology, information and technology services, consumer, real estate investment trusts, energy and transportation.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Finance
Industry: Investment Brokerage - National
Sub-Industry: Investment Banking & Brokerage
Exchange: NASDAQ
Symbol: COWN
CUSIP: 22362210

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $3.63
50 Day Moving Average: $3.45
200 Day Moving Average: $3.38
52-Week Range: $2.47 - $4.90
Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
Foreward P/E Ratio: 9.08
P/E Growth: -2.70
Market Cap: $386.80M
Outstanding Shares: 106,557,000
Beta: 1.4

Profitability:

Net Margins: 1.39%
Return on Equity: -3.37%
Return on Assets: -1.44%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.16%
Current Ratio: 0.54%
Quick Ratio: 0.54%

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Consensus Ratings for Cowen Group (NASDAQ:COWN) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	1 Hold Rating
Consensus Rating:	Hold (Score: 2.00)
Consensus Price Target:	$5.50 (51.52% upside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Cowen Group (NASDAQ:COWN)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
3/16/2016	Nomura	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$4.60 -> $4.00
10/8/2015	JMP Securities	Lower Price Target		$7.00 -> $6.00
10/7/2015	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Lower Price Target		$7.00 -> $6.50
7/20/2015	Sandler O'Neill	Downgrade	Buy -> Hold	$6.75
5/27/2015	Jefferies Group	Boost Price Target	Market Outperform	$6.00 -> $6.25

(Data available from 9/30/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Cowen Group (NASDAQ:COWN)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
10/27/2016
7/28/2016	Q216	($0.08)	($0.20)	$99.25 million	$117.23 million	View	Listen
4/28/2016	Q116	$0.03	($0.05)	$101.25 million	$101.00 million	View	Listen
2/25/2016	Q415	$0.08	$0.14	$138.66 million	$160.70 million	View	Listen
10/29/2015	Q315	($0.10)	($0.13)	$111.76 million	$82.80 million	View	Listen
7/30/2015	Q215	$0.08	$0.09	$125.94 million	$124.40 million	View	Listen
4/30/2015	Q115	$0.10	$0.20	$146.52 million	$161.70 million	View	Listen
2/26/2015	Q4	$0.10	$0.16	$119.40 million	$165.80 million	View	Listen
11/6/2014	Q3	$0.06	$0.08	$107.80 million	$107.10 million	View	Listen
8/7/2014	Q2	$0.07	$0.07	$104.69 million	$111.50 million	View	Listen
5/7/2014	Q1	$0.07	$0.09	$103.31 million	$110.00 million	View	Listen
2/27/2014	Q4	$0.02	$0.02	$88.60 million	$97.40 million	View	Listen
11/7/2013		$0.03	$0.03			View	Listen
8/2/2013	Q2 2013	$0.02	$0.01	$79.50 million	$81.10 million	View	Listen
11/8/2012	Q312	($0.02)	($0.09)	$68.50 million	$66.00 million	View	N/A
3/4/2011		$0.06	$0.06			View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Cowen Group (NASDAQ:COWN)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $-0.13 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $0.40 EPS

Dividend History for Cowen Group (NASDAQ:COWN)
No dividend announcements for this company have been tracked by MarketBeat.com

Insider Trading History for Cowen Group (NASDAQ:COWN)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 4.90%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 92.73%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
3/1/2016	Jeffrey M Solomon	President	Buy	15,000	$3.52	$52,800.00
6/11/2014	Owen S Littman	General Counsel	Sell	60,000	$4.20	$252,000.00
6/5/2014	John J Holmes	Insider	Sell	60,000	$4.17	$250,200.00
5/16/2014	Jeffrey M Solomon	Director	Buy	25,000	$3.85	$96,250.00
8/6/2013	Jeffrey M Solomon	CEO	Sell	100,000	$3.60	$360,000.00
3/11/2013	Jerome S Markowitz	Director	Buy	100,000	$2.70	$270,000.00
3/7/2013	Jerome S Markowitz	Director	Buy	69,047	$2.60	$179,522.20

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for Cowen Group (NASDAQ:COWN)

Date	Headline
	Recently Changed Price Targets On Cowen Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) - NewsDen (NASDAQ:COWN) newsden.net - September 30 at 9:25 AM
	Broker Roundup For Cowen Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) - The De Soto Edge (NASDAQ:COWN) www.desotoedge.com - September 30 at 9:25 AM
	Cowen Group, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : COWN-US : September 28, 2016 (NASDAQ:COWN) www.capitalcube.com - September 28 at 9:12 AM
	Cowen Prime Services Wins Hedgeweek USA Award 2016 - Business Wire (press release) (NASDAQ:COWN) www.businesswire.com - September 23 at 9:29 AM
	Cowen Prime Services Wins Hedgeweek USA Award 2016 (NASDAQ:COWN) finance.yahoo.com - September 23 at 9:29 AM
	Cowen Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) Near to Lift Curtain on September 2016 Earnings - The Voice Registrar (NASDAQ:COWN) voiceregistrar.com - September 22 at 4:29 PM
	Cowen : Appoints Craig E. Zaph as New Head of Debt Capital Markets (NASDAQ:COWN) www.4-traders.com - September 21 at 4:57 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to Cowen Group, Inc. : September 21, 2016 (NASDAQ:COWN) www.capitalcube.com - September 21 at 4:57 PM
	Cowen Appoints Craig E. Zaph as New Head of Debt Capital Markets - Yahoo Finance (NASDAQ:COWN) finance.yahoo.com - September 21 at 8:36 AM
	Cowen Appoints Craig E. Zaph as New Head of Debt Capital Markets - Business Wire (press release) (NASDAQ:COWN) www.businesswire.com - September 20 at 10:13 AM
	Cowen Appoints Craig E. Zaph as New Head of Debt Capital Markets (NASDAQ:COWN) www.publicnow.com - September 20 at 10:13 AM
	ETF’s with exposure to Cowen Group, Inc. : September 9, 2016 (NASDAQ:COWN) www.capitalcube.com - September 9 at 4:14 PM
	Cowen Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) Near to Lift Curtain on ... - The Voice Registrar (NASDAQ:COWN) voiceregistrar.com - September 6 at 4:13 PM
	UPDATE: AllianceBernstein (AB) to Acquire RASL (NASDAQ:COWN) www.streetinsider.com - September 1 at 4:16 PM
	AB Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC (NASDAQ:COWN) marketsmedia.com - September 1 at 4:16 PM
	Cowen : AB Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC ("RASL") (NASDAQ:COWN) www.4-traders.com - September 1 at 4:16 PM
	Worth Watching Stocks in Focus: S&P Global Inc (NYSE:SPGI), Cowen Group Inc (NASDAQ:COWN), Digital Turbine ... - NYSE Journal (press release) (NASDAQ:COWN) stockznews.com - September 1 at 10:58 AM
	AB Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC ("RASL") (NASDAQ:COWN) finance.yahoo.com - September 1 at 10:58 AM
	COWEN GROUP, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure (NASDAQ:COWN) biz.yahoo.com - September 1 at 10:58 AM
	COWEN GROUP, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibits (NASDAQ:COWN) biz.yahoo.com - August 31 at 9:10 AM
	Tiffany & Signet: A Tale of Two Jewelers (NASDAQ:COWN) blogs.barrons.com - August 25 at 4:25 PM
	Top Earnings to Watch for: Cowen Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) - The Voice Registrar (NASDAQ:COWN) voiceregistrar.com - August 25 at 9:19 AM
	People Moves: Julia Karol moves up to COO spot at Watermill, Michael Fuller takes the Boston area firm’s CFO job (NASDAQ:COWN) www.themiddlemarket.com - August 24 at 9:58 AM
	ETF’s with exposure to Cowen Group, Inc. : August 23, 2016 (NASDAQ:COWN) www.capitalcube.com - August 23 at 4:28 PM
	Interesting COWN Put Options For April 2017 (NASDAQ:COWN) www.stockoptionschannel.com - August 22 at 4:26 PM
	Institutions Have Decreased Their Ownership of Cowen Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) - Post News (NASDAQ:COWN) www.kentuckypostnews.com - August 18 at 9:37 PM
	Cowen Group, Inc. :COWN-US: Earnings Analysis: Q2, 2016 By the Numbers : August 18, 2016 (NASDAQ:COWN) www.capitalcube.com - August 18 at 4:24 PM
	Cowen's Solomon: Markets favor regime they understand (NASDAQ:COWN) finance.yahoo.com - August 17 at 4:31 PM
	Cowen's Solomon Delivers Investor Advice on CNBC (NASDAQ:COWN) www.thestreet.com - August 17 at 4:31 PM
	For Value Investors, Arbiter Partners Knows How to Pick 'Em (NASDAQ:COWN) realmoney.thestreet.com - August 16 at 4:26 PM
	Cowen Expands Investment Banking Team (NASDAQ:COWN) www.publicnow.com - August 15 at 11:36 AM
	Why Kors Earnings Could Be Bad News For Macy's (NASDAQ:COWN) blogs.barrons.com - August 10 at 4:24 PM
	Steven A. Levy Joins Cowen as Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage (NASDAQ:COWN) www.publicnow.com - August 9 at 10:50 AM
	Cowen Group Inc(NASDAQ:COWN) Declares Dividend of $14.0600. - Trade Calls (NASDAQ:COWN) www.tradecalls.org - August 8 at 4:29 PM
	Cowen Announces Formation of Securities Finance Business (NASDAQ:COWN) www.publicnow.com - August 8 at 9:11 AM
	COWEN GROUP, INC. Financials (NASDAQ:COWN) finance.yahoo.com - August 6 at 4:45 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to Cowen Group, Inc. : August 5, 2016 (NASDAQ:COWN) www.capitalcube.com - August 5 at 4:25 PM
	Cowen Group Inc. (COWN) Jumps 6.67% on August 03 - Equities.com (NASDAQ:COWN) www.equities.com - August 4 at 10:02 PM
	Cowen Group, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : COWN-US : August 4, 2016 (NASDAQ:COWN) www.capitalcube.com - August 4 at 11:15 AM
	COWEN GROUP, INC. Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report (NASDAQ:COWN) biz.yahoo.com - August 1 at 8:54 AM
	The Washington Research Group Joins Cowen (NASDAQ:COWN) www.publicnow.com - August 1 at 8:31 AM
	Cowen : reports 2Q loss (NASDAQ:COWN) www.4-traders.com - July 29 at 9:46 PM
	COWEN GROUP, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits (NASDAQ:COWN) biz.yahoo.com - July 29 at 4:21 PM
	Cowen Group, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend on Its Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (NASDAQ:COWN) www.publicnow.com - July 29 at 9:18 AM
	Edited Transcript of COWN earnings conference call or presentation 28-Jul-16 8:30pm GMT (NASDAQ:COWN) finance.yahoo.com - July 28 at 11:58 PM
	Cowen Group Inc Earnings Call scheduled for 4:30 pm ET today (NASDAQ:COWN) biz.yahoo.com - July 28 at 4:30 PM
	Cowen Group, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results (NASDAQ:COWN) www.publicnow.com - July 28 at 4:18 PM
	COWEN GROUP, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibit (NASDAQ:COWN) biz.yahoo.com - July 28 at 4:07 PM
	4:03 pm Cowen Group misses by $0.03, beats on revs (NASDAQ:COWN) finance.yahoo.com - July 28 at 4:03 PM
	Q2 2016 Cowen Group Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close (NASDAQ:COWN) biz.yahoo.com - July 28 at 7:07 AM