NasdaqGS:COWN Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
31 Dec 22	1,279	70	771
30 Sep 22	1,394	122	922
30 Jun 22	1,428	145	918
31 Mar 22	1,576	176	989
31 Dec 21	1,901	289	1,190
30 Sep 21	1,985	316	1,225
30 Jun 21	1,899	298	1,167
31 Mar 21	2,100	367	1,250
31 Dec 20	1,566	210	984
30 Sep 20	1,272	123	844
30 Jun 20	1,183	106	814
31 Mar 20	838	-2	645
31 Dec 19	990	18	649
30 Sep 19	869	18	628
30 Jun 19	868	29	629
31 Mar 19	825	29	616
31 Dec 18	855	36	616
30 Sep 18	803	-45	604
30 Jun 18	772	-56	575
31 Mar 18	710	-54	546
31 Dec 17	585	-68	487
30 Sep 17	518	6	451
30 Jun 17	460	-1	441
31 Mar 17	420	-19	387
31 Dec 16	410	-26	375
30 Sep 16	392	6	378
30 Jun 16	390	-1	336
31 Mar 16	393	18	354

Quality Earnings: COWN has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: COWN's current net profit margins (5.4%) are lower than last year (15.2%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: COWN has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 49.5% per year.

Accelerating Growth: COWN's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: COWN had negative earnings growth (-75.9%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Capital Markets industry average (14.1%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: COWN's Return on Equity (5%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2023/03/02 09:19
End of Day Share Price	2023/02/28 00:00
Earnings	2022/12/31
Annual Earnings	2022/12/31

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Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Cowen Inc. is covered by 10 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Guy Moszkowski	BofA Global Research
James Mitchell	Buckingham Research Group Inc.
Christopher Walsh	Buckingham Research Group Inc.

This company has been acquired

Cowen Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

Key information

Recent past performance updates

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Cowen Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 17, 2023

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Cowen Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Oct 28, 2022

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.45 (vs US$1.62 in 2Q 2021)

First quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Recent updates

Cowen's (NASDAQ:COWN) Dividend Will Be $0.12

Cowen Inc. Declares Cash Dividend, Payable on March 15, 2023

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Cowen Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 17, 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$0.12 per share

Price target decreased to US$39.00

Cowen Inc. Declares Cash Dividend, Payable on December 15, 2022

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Cowen Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Oct 28, 2022

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 35%

Now 20% undervalued

Cowen: Review Of The Acquisition By The Toronto-Dominion Bank

Cowen Inc. Announces Four Key Additions to the Firm’s Global Cross-Asset Division

Upcoming dividend of US$0.12 per share

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.45 (vs US$1.62 in 2Q 2021)

Cowen Inc. Declares Cash Dividend, Payable on September 15, 2022

Price target decreased to US$39.50

Cowen declares $0.12 dividend

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 17%

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Toronto-Dominion Reportedly Looks into Takeover of Cowen

Cowen jumps on report Toronto-Dominion bank said to weigh potential purchase

Cowen Inc. (NasdaqGS:COWN) acquired Kelvin Re Limited.

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Cowen: A Deeply Discounted Opportunity

Cowen Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 23, 2022

Upcoming dividend of US$0.12 per share

Cowen Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 15, 2022

First quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Price target decreased to US$42.50

Analysts Just Shaved Their Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) Forecasts Dramatically

Price target decreased to US$45.83

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

With EPS Growth And More, Cowen (NASDAQ:COWN) Is Interesting

Cowen Inc.: Appears Too Cheap

Now 25% undervalued after recent price drop

Cowen Inc. Appoints Brian Hagerty as Managing Director, Biotechnology

Lead Independent Director recently bought US$288k worth of stock

Consensus forecasts updated

Upcoming dividend of US$0.12 per share

Cowen's (NASDAQ:COWN) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Cowen Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on March 15, 2022

Cowen Appoints Lorence Kim as New Independent Board Director

Cowen Inc. Announces Steven Mah to Equity Research Team

Cowen Inc. (NasdaqGS:COWN) completed the acquisition of Portico Capital Securities LLC from Portico Holdings LLC.

Cowen: Undervaluation And Strong Prospects Are Too Tempting To Ignore

Lead Independent Director recently bought US$358k worth of stock

Cowen Inc. (NasdaqGS:COWN) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Portico Capital Securities LLC from Portico Holdings LLC.

Upcoming dividend of US$0.10 per share

Should You Be Adding Cowen (NASDAQ:COWN) To Your Watchlist Today?

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$1.25 (vs US$0.67 in 3Q 2020)

Upcoming dividend of US$0.10 per share

Cowen: Attractively Priced With Significant Growth Opportunities

Cowen (NASDAQ:COWN) Is Increasing Its Dividend To US$0.10

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$1.62 (vs US$4.01 in 2Q 2020)

Cowen: An Investment Bank Worthy Of Your Investment?

Vice Chairman Fred Fraenkel has left the company

Cowen Inc.(NasdaqGS:COWN) dropped from Russell Microcap Growth Index

Upcoming dividend of US$0.10 per share

Need To Know: Analysts Are Much More Bullish On Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN)

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$5.43 (vs US$0.41 loss in 1Q 2020)

Cowen Inc. Increases Its Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 15, 2021

Price target increased to US$53.60

Consensus EPS estimates increase to US$6.19

Does Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) Have A Place In Your Dividend Portfolio?

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week