Cowen and Company

Over the next two weeks, there will be a plethora of releases coming from refiners that investors are keeping an eye out for. This week, earnings reports are expected from Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) on Tuesday, April 28, MRC Global Inc (NYSE: MRC) on Thursday, April 30 and PBF Energy...

Cowen and Company on Wednesday issued an update on PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) ahead of the company's earnings results set to be released on Thursday. Cowen and Company rate PepsiCo as Outperform with a $110 price target. Analysts Vivien Azer and Gerald Pascarelli wrote, "As the leading snack and...

Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ: FTNT) gained almost 11 percent in the premarket following a blockbuster earnings report Monday afternoon. The "magnitude" of the company's billings "was greater than anticipated," according to analysts at Cowen and Company. However, with...

In a report published Wednesday, Cowen and Company analyst Andrew M. Charles initiated coverage of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $56. "[The] key to reaccelerating comps is growth in the SBUX Card and mobile payment, which fuels the company's...

In a report published Wednesday, Cowen and Company analyst Andrew M. Charles initiated coverage of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) with a Market Perform rating and a price target of $100. "New mgmt is in place with a priority to turn U.S. sales, which have been soft over the last 2.5 years. The...

In a report published Monday, Cowen and Co analysts maintained an Outperform rating on Brown-Forman Corp (NYSE: BFB), with the price target of $104. Following the meeting with Director of IR, Jay Koval, BFB continues to be "our top pick" in the alcoholic beverages segment, the analysts said....

In a report published Monday, Cowen and Co analysts maintained an Outperform rating on Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), while raising the price target from $78 to $85, after the release of BIIB037 data. In the report Cowen noted, "Several factors make comparing Alzheimer's antibody data to date...

In a report published Monday, Cowen and Co analysts maintained a Market Perform rating on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) with a price target of $320, saying that considering the breakout of AWS, the big investor question is around Amazon's margin profile. In the report Cowen noted, "The sentiment is...

Ahead of Thursday's earnings report, analysts at Cowen and Company are recommending investors to buy Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU). Cowen analysts point to the potential for comps to show "solid" growth prospects as the catalyst for the stock to move higher despite trading...

In a report published Thursday, Cowen and Company analysts initiated The Finish Line (NASDAQ: FINL) with a Market Perform rating and a price target of $23, saying that there was uncertainty about the timing of an improvement in same-store sales (SSS) and consequently about the direction of GM and...

In a report published Wednesday, Cowen and Company analysts maintained their Market Perform rating on Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (NASDAQ: TTWO), with a price target of $32. In the report Cowen and Company noted, "We expect Thursday's NPD data to show that Evolve has gotten off to a soft...

Following a meeting with big cap pharma companies at its 35th Annual Health Care Conference, Cowen & Co published a report Tuesday detailing its key findings. 1. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY), rated Outperform: "Key IO milestones delivered and many others upcoming... IDO/TDO and TGF...