Cowen (COWN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The financial services provider reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.22 by $0.10. The financial services provider earned $359.06 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $336.73 million. Cowen had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.05% and a net margin of 4.97%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.25 EPS.

Cowen announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 28th.
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Cowen (NASDAQ:COWN) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.23%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 21.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Cowen's stock reverse split on the morning of Monday, December 5th 2016. The 1-4 reverse split was announced on Wednesday, November 9th 2016. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Friday, December 2nd 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 25 shares after the split.

16 employees have rated Cowen Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Solomon on Glassdoor.com. Jeffrey Solomon has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Jeffrey Solomon in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cowen investors own include Crown Castle (CCI), OPKO Health (OPK), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), RTX (RTX), AbbVie (ABBV), KushCo (KSHB).

Cowen trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "COWN."

One share of COWN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.99.

Cowen (NASDAQ:COWN) has a market capitalization of $1.10 billion and generates $1.54 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $76.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.19 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,534 workers across the globe.

Cowen's mailing address is 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The official website for the company is www.cowen.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (646) 562-1010, via email at james.farley@cowen.com, or via fax at 646-562-1861.