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COWEN INC.

cowen.com

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its FY2022 10-K, filed Feb 28, 2023. Its latest SEC filing is a 4 from Jun 24, 2024.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2022 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Provides capital-raising and advisory services, brokerage and research, and investment management to companies, institutional investors and private clients.

How Did They Make Money?

Cowen’s Operating Company earns fees when it underwrites offerings and completes advisory or placement work, commissions on client trades paid on settlement, and fees for research access over contract terms; it also earns investment-management fees and performance-based income. Asset Company revenue includes investment income, management fees and incentive income.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Operating Company
104%
FY2019: 99%
Asset Company
−3.7%
FY2019: 0.9%

Who Were Their Customers?

Works with companies and institutional investors for advisory, capital raising, brokerage and research, while institutional and private clients invest through Cowen’s investment-management products. Brokerage and research services are provided through its broker-dealers.

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 5 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2022 and turned 10 cents into free cash flow.

Net income, FY2022
5% of revenue
▼ −74% vs FY2021 ($295.6M, 14%)
Free cash flow, FY2022
10% of revenue
▼ −46% vs FY2021 ($295M, 14%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2022 annual report
  • Mar 1, 2023 TD completed its acquisition of Cowen Cowen became a wholly owned subsidiary, and its chair and CEO joined TD Securities’ senior leadership.

Grew. Revenue grew 59% in 4 years, from $966.9M in FY2018 to $1.5B in FY2022, about 12% a year.

De-SPAC advisory The latest report explicitly includes de-SPAC advice among the strategic advisory services for companies; the older description lists acquisitions, divestitures, fairness opinions, spin-offs and partnerships.

Revenue over time
Operating Company Asset Company
$2.5B$1.3B$0

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