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Cowen (COWN) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2022)


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What is Cowen Financial Strength?

Cowen has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Cowen Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

GuruFocus does not calculate Cowen's interest coverage with the available data. Cowen's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 1.23. As of today, Cowen's Altman Z-Score is 0.37.


Competitive Comparison of Cowen's Financial Strength

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Cowen's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Cowen's Financial Strength falls into.



Cowen Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Cowen's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2022 was $0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2022 was $20 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was $1,905 Mil.

Cowen's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is

GuruFocus does not calculate Cowen's interest coverage with the available data.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Cowen's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2022 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(133.13 + 1905.221) / 1655.708
=1.23

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Cowen has a Z-score of 0.37, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.37 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Cowen  (NAS:COWN) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Cowen has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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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