NASDAQ:COWN - Cowen Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Cowen shares reverse split on 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 market closes on Friday, December 2nd 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of Cowen stock prior to the reverse split would have 25 shares after the split.

Cowen announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Friday, February 16th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $23,600,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Cowen Inc (NASDAQ:COWN) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.04. The financial services provider earned $252 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $212.72 million. Cowen had a return on equity of 6.84% and a net margin of 2.52%. The business's revenue was up 14.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.74 earnings per share. View Cowen's Earnings History.

Cowen is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cowen.

Cowen will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

1 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Cowen's stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Cowen's stock price to reach $20.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cowen.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cowen in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cowen.

Media headlines about COWN stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cowen earned a news sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Cowen.

Cowen saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,300,000 shares, an increase of 9.4% from the December 15th total of 3,930,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 201,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 21.4 days. Approximately 16.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Cowen's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cowen include Morgan Stanley (MS), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Raymond James (RJF), E*TRADE Financial (ETFC), LPL Financial (LPLA), Lazard (LAZ), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), BGC Partners (BGCP), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), INTL Fcstone (INTL), Oppenheimer (OPY) and Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cowen investors own include CROWN CASTLE IN/SH SH (CCI), Canopy Growth (CGC), Tilray (TLRY), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Opko Health (OPK), Prospect Capital (PSEC), General Electric (GE), Just Energy Group (JE), U.S. Silica (SLCA) and Tellurian (TELL).

Cowen's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.57%). Company insiders that own Cowen stock include Brett H Barth, Cowen Inc, Owen S Littman and Peter A Cohen. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cowen.

COWN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. Company insiders that have bought Cowen stock in the last two years include Brett H Barth and Cowen Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cowen.

Shares of COWN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of COWN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.59.

Cowen has a market capitalization of $489.74 million and generates $966.92 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $42.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.63 on an earnings per share basis. Cowen employs 1,212 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cowen.

The official website for Cowen is http://www.cowen.com/.

Cowen's mailing address is 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 646-562-1000 or via email at [email protected]