Cowen (COWN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cowen in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" COWN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in COWN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) posted its quarterly 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 had revenue of $359.06 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 earnings per share.

Cowen announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 28th.
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WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Fund holds 47,536 shares of COWN stock, representing 0.21% of its portfolio.

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 shares 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 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), Raytheon Technologies (RTX), AbbVie (ABBV), Ampio Pharmaceuticals (AMPE) and KushCo (KSHB).

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

Cowen's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Susquehanna International Group LLP (0.00%), Skaana Management L.P. (0.00%), Group One Trading L.P. (0.00%), PEAK6 Investments LLC (0.00%) and Simplex Trading LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Brett H Barth, Jeffrey M Solomon, John J Holmes, Lorence H Kim, Owen S Littman, Stephen Lasota and Terren S Peizer.
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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.