NASDAQ:COWN - Cowen Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Cowen's stock reverse split before market open 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 buyback program on Friday, February 16th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $23,600,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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

Cowen is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cowen.

1 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Cowen's shares. 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 29.4% 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.

News coverage about COWN stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cowen earned a media sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Cowen.

Cowen saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,820,000 shares, a decline of 8.0% from the September 15th total of 4,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 251,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 15.2 days. Currently, 14.2% of the shares of the stock 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), Stifel Financial (SF), Lazard (LAZ), 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), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Opko Health (OPK), Prospect Capital (PSEC), General Electric (GE), Just Energy Group (JE), Tellurian (TELL), Tilray (TLRY) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Cowen's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC (4.88%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (4.72%), Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC (2.23%), State Street Corp (2.08%), Salzhauer Michael (1.91%) and Essex Investment Management Co. LLC (1.46%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Man Group plc, Foundry Partners LLC, Systematic Financial Management LP, Alberta Investment Management Corp, Salzhauer Michael, Barclays PLC and Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC. Company insiders that have sold Cowen company stock in the last year include Cowen Inc and Owen S Littman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cowen.

COWN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio and Fisher Asset Management LLC. 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 $15.46.

Cowen has a market capitalization of $456.38 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]