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Cowen (COWN) PB Ratio : 1.03 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Cowen PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-26), Cowen's share price is $38.99. Cowen's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was $37.69. Hence, Cowen's PB Ratio of today is 1.03.

Warning Sign:

Cowen Inc stock PB Ratio (=1.03) is close to 10-year high of 1.12

The historical rank and industry rank for Cowen's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

COWN' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.23   Med: 0.61   Max: 1.12
Current: 1.03

During the past 13 years, Cowen's highest PB Ratio was 1.12. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.61.

COWN's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Capital Markets industry.
Industry Median: 1.28 vs COWN: 1.03

During the past 12 months, Cowen's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Cowen was 19.30% per year. The lowest was -42.30% per year. And the median was -2.30% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Cowen PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cowen's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cowen PB Ratio Chart

Cowen Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.48 0.56 0.72 0.99 1.02

Cowen Quarterly Data
Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.99 0.72 0.63 1.03 1.02

Competitive Comparison of Cowen's PB Ratio

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Cowen's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cowen's PB Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Cowen's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cowen's PB Ratio falls into.



Cowen PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Cowen's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2022)
=38.99/37.691
=1.03

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Cowen  (NAS:COWN) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Cowen (COWN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
599 Lexington Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10022
Cowen provides financial services in two segments: the operating company, which includes Cowen Investment Management, investment banking, the markets division, and the research division; and the asset company, which consists of private investments, real estate investments and other legacy investment strategies. Cowen offers investment management services to institutional investors worldwide. The company offers its investment banking and research services to corporations and institutional investors in the U.S. and Europe. Revenue comes primarily through investment banking and brokerage services.
Executives
Lorence H. Kim director C/O SERES HEALTH, INC., 161 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02472
Brett H Barth director COWEN INC., 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Stephen Lasota officer: Chief Financial Officer 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
John J Holmes officer: Chief Administrative Officer COWEN GROUP, INC., 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Owen S Littman officer: General Counsel COWEN GROUP, INC., 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jeffrey M Solomon 10 percent owner, officer: Chmn Inv Comm/Prod Dev 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Gregg A Gonsalves director C/O CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC., 44 SOUTH BAYLES AVENUE, PORT WASHINGTON NY 11050
Lawrence E Leibowitz director C/O NYSE EURONEXT, 11 WALL STREET, NEW YORK NY 10005
Margaret L Poster director C/O COWEN INC., 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Peter A Cohen director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, CEO, President 40 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 2020, NEW YORK NY 10019
Douglas Rediker director 599 LEXINGON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 11022
Michael Singer officer: CEO & President, Ramius LLC 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jerome S Markowitz director C/O COUGAR TRADING, 375 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10021
Labranche George M L Iv director, officer: Senior Managing Director ONE EXCHANGE PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10006-3008
Labranche & Co Inc other: See Footnotes (1) and (2) ONE EXCHANGE PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10006-3008