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COWEN INC.

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13F filer, CIK 1466538, NEW YORK, NY

COWEN INC. reported $930,743,000 across 376 holdings for the quarter ended 2019-03-31, in a 13F-HR filed 2019-05-14. Its ten largest share positions make up 53.13% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001085146-19-001510

Period
2019-03-31
Reported value
$931M
Holdings
376
Top 10 weight
53.13%
New
235
Sold out
179

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP…new+241,040$79.6M
SPARK THERAPEUTICS INCnew+497,720$56.7M
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTDnew+437,510$51.8M
WORLDPAY INCnew+430,925$48.9M
FIRST DATA CORP NEW COM CL Anew+1,306,018$34.3M

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Largest sells vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
FOX CORP CLASS Bexited-1,358,640-$64.9M
SHIRE PLCexited-513,656-$37.2M
ARRIS INTL INC SHSexited-912,146-$27.9M
ATHENAHEALTH INCexited-192,324-$25.4M
ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTDexited-597,902-$25.1M

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Back to all 247 share positions

Options

Puts and calls, as filed. The amount and value describe the underlying shares, not the option premium, so they stay out of % of portfolio (H5).

SecurityTypeAmountValueChange
SPARK THERAPEUTICS INCSPARK THERAPEUTICS INC COMcall118,500$3.85Mnew
CELGENE CORPCELGENE CORP COMcall275,600$1.54Mnew
TRGPTARGA RES CORP Stockput157,200$1.02Mnew
COTYCOTY INC COM CL Aput410,200$1.02Mnew
CANOPY GROWTH CORPCANOPY GROWTH CORP COMput112,600$869K+12,600
TILRAY INCTILRAY INC COM CL 2put59,100$855Knew
AURORA CANNABIS INCAURORA CANNABIS INC COMMON STOCK-FOcall161,400$654Knew
BMYBRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO COMput536,800$644Knew
BP PRUDHOE BAY RTY TRBP PRUDHOE BAY RTY TR TRUSput89,000$490Knew
NXSTNEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC Stockcall52,500$488K+27,500
RED HAT INCRED HAT INC COMput229,600$484Knew
GDXVANECK ETF TRUST GOLD MINERS ETFcall1,713,400$475Knew
BFHBREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC COMput33,200$465Knew
CELGENE CORPCELGENE CORP COMput654,700$403Knew
CHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPCHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORP COMput268,800$379K0
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS N VNXP SEMICONDUCTORS N V NOTE 1.000%12/0call120,500$371Knew
BMYBRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO COMcall814,800$370Knew
NIELSEN HOLDINGS PLCNIELSEN HOLDINGS PLC SHS EURput175,000$349Knew
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T SHSput354,500$340Knew
XLKSELECT SECTOR SPDR TR SHSput217,500$274Knew
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T SHScall566,500$271K+336,500
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS N VNXP SEMICONDUCTORS N V NOTE 1.000%12/0put8,000$226Knew
TBCHTURTLE BEACH CORP COMMON STOCKput55,900$224Knew
IRMIRON MTN INC DEL REITput110,000$217Knew
TMUST-MOBILE US INC COMput112,800$216K+47,800
SPARK THERAPEUTICS INCSPARK THERAPEUTICS INC COMput2,887,200$205Knew
ZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC COMZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC COM Stockcall115,700$195Knew
AVAYA HLDGS CORPAVAYA HLDGS CORP COMcall150,000$191Knew
NIELSEN HOLDINGS PLCNIELSEN HOLDINGS PLC SHS EURcall151,500$180Knew
ZBHZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS INC Stockcall56,500$170Knew
LLYELI LILLY & CO COMput206,000$155Knew
RED HAT INCRED HAT INC COMcall37,500$144Knew
DELLDELL TECHNOLOGIES INC Stockcall34,500$138Knew
SMHVANECK ETF TRUST COMput103,400$128Knew
AGIOAGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS INC COMcall30,000$114Knew
FASTFASTENAL CO Stockput104,700$110Knew
ASNDASCENDIS PHARMA A/S SPONSORED ADRcall38,800$106Knew
HYGISHARES TR IBOXX HI YD ETFput250,000$103Knew
DENBURY RES INCDENBURY RES INC COM NEWcall292,400$101K-312,700
COTYCOTY INC COM CL Acall704,200$98Knew
AXSMAXSOME THERAPEUTICS INC. Stockcall20,200$93Knew
KHCKRAFT HEINZ CO Stockcall100,000$89Knew
FRCBFIRST REP BK SAN FRANCISCO CAL COMput63,600$89Knew
GW PHARMACEUTICALS PLCGW PHARMACEUTICALS PLC ADScall11,000$89Knew
TAKTAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD ADRcall66,000$77Knew
ZOGENIX INC.ZOGENIX INC. Common Stockcall20,000$76Knew
ABBVABBVIE INC COMput50,000$68Knew
TAT&T INC COMcall550,000$67Knew
ARANTERO RESOURCES CORP Stockput7,500$67Knew
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INCWELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INC COMcall4,500$65Knew
KLACKLA CORP COMput100,000$62Knew
TWLOTWILIO INC Stockcall10,000$61Knew
APHRIA INCAPHRIA INC COMput71,700$59Knew
SEATTLE GENETICS INCSEATTLE GENETICS INC COMput40,000$58Knew
PACBPACIFIC BIOSCIENCES CALIF IN Stockput144,900$54Knew
NOVAVAX INCNOVAVAX INC COMMON STOCKput66,000$54Knew
CITHE CIGNA GROUP COMcall15,500$53K-111,500
CSCOCISCO SYS INC COMput25,000$51Knew
IRMIRON MTN INC DEL REITcall100,000$50Knew
XBISPDR SERIES TRUST S&P BIOTECHput40,000$49Knew
TAT&T INC COMput100,000$43Knew
FOLDAMICUS THERAPEUTIC COMcall52,500$43Knew
INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS ININTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS IN COMput12,000$43Knew
SPRINT CORPSPRINT CORP COM SER 1call64,500$42Knew
TRIBUNE COMPANYTRIBUNE COMPANY COMMONcall38,800$41Knew
TRIBUNE COMPANYTRIBUNE COMPANY COMMONput100,000$40Knew
GLOBAL BLOOD THERAPEUTICS U…GLOBAL BLOOD THERAPEUTICS USD COMcall29,900$38Knew
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTDMELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD COMMON STOCKcall50,000$38Knew
ATARA BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC C…ATARA BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC COM NEW Stockcall10,000$38Knew
GDXVANECK ETF TRUST GOLD MINERS ETFput400,000$36Knew
AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC COMput40,000$35Knew
INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS ININTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS IN COMcall10,000$34Knew
CHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPCHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORP COMcall481,200$34Knew
CNCCENTENE CORP DEL Stockput30,000$33Knew
HARRIS CORP INCHARRIS CORP INC COMput30,000$33Knew
BFHBREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC COMcall15,100$32Knew
NXSTNEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC Stockput120,000$30Knew
BB & T CORPBB & T CORP COMput14,500$30Knew
QUREUNIQURE NV SHScall23,500$29Knew
TDGTRANSDIGM GROUP INC Stockput13,200$25Knew
SFIXSTITCH FIX INC COM CL Acall20,000$24Knew
PVHPVH CORPORATION Stockput17,000$23Knew
FITBFIFTH THIRD BANCORP Stockput30,000$23K-70,000
AUDENTES THERAPEUTICS INC.AUDENTES THERAPEUTICS INC. Common Stockcall5,000$23K-15,000
CNCCENTENE CORP DEL Stockcall30,000$22Knew
CZRCZR Stockput47,600$22Knew
BNSBANK NOVA SCOTIA B C Stockcall2,000,000$20Knew
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INCWELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INC COMput4,500$20Knew
FISVFISERV INC COMput50,000$16Knew
NIONIO INC ADRcall350,000$16Knew
SYMANTEC CORPSYMANTEC CORP COMput112,500$15Knew
QCOMQUALCOMM INC COMput15,900$14Knew
MRKMERCK & CO INC COMcall10,400$13Knew
VERSUM MATLS INCVERSUM MATLS INC COMput96,600$12Knew
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COPIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES CO COMput15,000$11Knew
KMXCARMAX INC Stockput57,500$9Knew
VERSUM MATLS INCVERSUM MATLS INC COMcall11,500$9Knew
ENCANA CORPENCANA CORP COMcall175,100$9K-212,400
GDXJVANECK ETF TRUST JUNIOR GOLD MINEput15,000$8Knew
QUTOUTIAO INC ADS REP SHS AQUTOUTIAO INC ADS REP SHS A ADRcall55,000$8Knew
ASNDASCENDIS PHARMA A/S SPONSORED ADRput4,000$7Knew
WPX ENERGY INCWPX ENERGY INC COMput45,000$7Knew
CMCANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF CO Stockcall500,000$6Knew
ARQULE INCARQULE INC COMcall60,900$6Knew
DISDISNEY WALT CO COMcall30,000$5K-170,000
INSMINSMED INC Stockcall19,300$5Knew
II VI INCII VI INC COMput50,000$5Knew
IMMUNOMEDICS INCIMMUNOMEDICS INC COMput15,000$5Knew
LUXOFT HLDG INCLUXOFT HLDG INC ORD SHS CL Aput98,000$5Knew
DISDISNEY WALT CO COMput125,000$4K-111,700
DGXQUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC Stockput25,000$4Knew
DGXQUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC Stockcall25,000$4Knew
GDXJVANECK ETF TRUST JUNIOR GOLD MINEcall15,000$4Knew
FOLDAMICUS THERAPEUTIC COMput35,000$4Knew
ARCONIC INCARCONIC INC COMcall29,600$4K-150,400
BELMOND LTDBELMOND LTD COMMON STOCK-FOcall77,500$4Knew
AVON PRODS INCAVON PRODS INC COMput20,000$4Knew
CITHE CIGNA GROUP COMput27,700$3Knew
FOXAFOX CORP Stockcall27,500$3Knew
LIVENT CORPLIVENT CORP COMcall30,000$3Knew
THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP…THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP IN COMcall20,000$3Knew
ELLIE MAE INCELLIE MAE INC COMcall67,700$3Knew
ARQULE INCARQULE INC COMput6,300$3Knew
ARANTERO RESOURCES CORP Stockcall14,600$2Knew
JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INCJACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC COMput10,000$2Knew
CORBUS PHARMACEUTICALS HLDGSCORBUS PHARMACEUTICALS HLDGS COMcall59,900$2Knew
ARCONIC INCARCONIC INC COMput55,200$1Knew
SPRINT CORPSPRINT CORP COM SER 1put1,000$1Knew
MCDERMOTT INTL INC COMMCDERMOTT INTL INC COM Stockcall11,500$1Knew

Sold out in Q1 2019

Positions in the previous quarter's report that this quarter's report no longer lists.

The largest 100 of 179. All 179

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
FOX CORP CLASS BFOX CORP CLASS B1,358,640$64.9Mshares
SHIRE PLCSHIRE PLC513,656$37.2Mshares
ARRIS INTL INC SHSARRIS INTL INC SHS912,146$27.9Mshares
ATHENAHEALTH INCATHENAHEALTH INC192,324$25.4Mshares
ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTDASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD597,902$25.1Mshares
TMUST-MOBILE US INC270,174$17.2Mshares
BACBANK OF AMER CORP657,597$16.2Mshares
MUFGMITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO2,835,243$13.8Mshares
VANTAGE ENERGY ACQUISITIONVANTAGE ENERGY ACQUISITION1,016,746$10.6Mshares
VALERO ENERGY PARTNERS LPVALERO ENERGY PARTNERS LP242,115$10.2Mshares
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLCLIBERTY GLOBAL PLC474,838$9.8Mshares
ADBEADOBE INC41,219$9.32Mshares
GS ACQUISITION HLDGS CORPGS ACQUISITION HLDGS CORP896,824$8.79Mshares
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T32,238$8.06Mshares
CRMSALESFORCE INC53,692$7.35Mshares
VMWARE, INC.VMWARE, INC.51,700$7.09Mshares
SPARTAN ENERGY ACQUISITION CSPARTAN ENERGY ACQUISITION C647,758$6.24Mshares
UNILEVER PLCUNILEVER PLC118,960$6.22Mshares
HAYMAKER ACQUISITION CORPHAYMAKER ACQUISITION CORP542,800$5.73Mshares
PANDORA MEDIA INCPANDORA MEDIA INC693,473$5.61Mshares
NOWSERVICENOW INC31,172$5.55Mshares
CBS CORP NEWCBS CORP NEW119,190$5.21Mshares
KOCOCA COLA CO97,550$4.62Mshares
SNVSYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP138,428$4.43Mshares
MINTPIMCO ETF TR41,877$4.23Mshares
SIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INCSIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INC1,808,000$4.07Mput
ZENDESK INCZENDESK INC67,570$3.94Mshares
BARRICK GOLD CORPBARRICK GOLD CORP44,979$3.85Mshares
CHURCHILL CAP CORPCHURCHILL CAP CORP366,448$3.7Mshares
NXSTAGE MEDICAL INCNXSTAGE MEDICAL INC127,107$3.64Mshares
SYMANTEC CORPSYMANTEC CORP188,389$3.56Mshares
ZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC COMZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC COM145,619$3.33Mshares
VVISA INC24,694$3.26Mshares
BISON CAP ACQUISITION CORPBISON CAP ACQUISITION CORP300,338$3.12Mshares
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INCTWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC64,367$3.1Mshares
FITBFIFTH THIRD BANCORP130,200$3.06Mshares
INVESTORS BANCORP, INC.INVESTORS BANCORP, INC.280,274$2.92Mshares
CMCSACOMCAST CORP NEW83,886$2.86Mshares
LAM RESEARCH CORPLAM RESEARCH CORP20,425$2.78Mshares
NEWFIELD EXPL CONEWFIELD EXPL CO185,600$2.72Mshares
CM SEVEN STAR ACQUISITION COCM SEVEN STAR ACQUISITION CO255,500$2.72Mshares
ALLEGRO MERGER CORPALLEGRO MERGER CORP270,677$2.64Mshares
SMFGSUMITOMO MITSUI FIN GRP INC402,000$2.62Mshares
THUNDER BRIDGE ACQUISITION LTHUNDER BRIDGE ACQUISITION L257,049$2.62Mshares
SIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INCSIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INC455,000$2.6Mshares
MB FINANCIAL INCMB FINANCIAL INC64,247$2.55Mshares
ADIANALOG DEVICES INC29,362$2.52Mshares
NAVIGATORS GROUP INCNAVIGATORS GROUP INC35,409$2.46Mshares
GUARANTY BANCORPGUARANTY BANCORP107,019$2.22Mshares
TTWOTAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWAR21,567$2.22Mshares
BIGGQBIG LOTS INC.75,600$2.19Mshares
NVSNOVARTIS AG25,000$2.15Mshares
LONGEVITY ACQUISITION CORPLONGEVITY ACQUISITION CORP210,791$2.12Mshares
DD3 ACQUISITION CORPDD3 ACQUISITION CORP198,222$1.99Mshares
CDNSCADENCE DESIGN SYSTEM INC44,858$1.95Mshares
MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITIONMODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION173,999$1.81Mshares
DELLDELL TECHNOLOGIES INC36,000$1.76Mshares
VISNVISTANCE NETWORKS INC105,581$1.73Mshares
PZZAPAPA JOHNS INTL INC42,890$1.71Mshares
ORBOTECH LTDORBOTECH LTD28,587$1.62Mshares
GIGCAPITAL INCGIGCAPITAL INC158,240$1.6Mshares
HIBBETT INCHIBBETT INC107,500$1.54Mshares
ENOVIS CORPENOVIS CORP71,400$1.49Mshares
CASYCASEYS GEN STORES INC10,300$1.32Mshares
SENTINEL ENERGY SVCS INCSENTINEL ENERGY SVCS INC126,000$1.26Mshares
EDTECHX HLDGS ACQUISITION COEDTECHX HLDGS ACQUISITION CO125,536$1.22Mshares
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC SPN A…ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC SPN ADR17,900$1.07Mshares
ALBERTON ACQUISITION CORPALBERTON ACQUISITION CORP103,851$1.04Mshares
VIACOM INCVIACOM INC39,993$1.03Mshares
AMBAAMBARELLA INC29,357$1.03Mshares
TENNECO INCTENNECO INC37,500$1.03Mshares
SPWRQSUNPOWER CORP200,000$1.02Mput
SPWRQSUNPOWER CORP200,000$994Kshares
PLATINUM EAGLE ACQUISITIN COPLATINUM EAGLE ACQUISITIN CO82,553$865Kshares
TRNTRINITY INDS INC41,100$846Kshares
LF Capital Acquisition CorpLF Capital Acquisition Corp85,189$833Kshares
AVAAVISTA CORP19,513$829Kshares
DD3 ACQUISITION CORPDD3 ACQUISITION CORP85,000$817Kshares
MYLAN NVMYLAN NV28,500$781Kshares
HYGISHARES TR9,500$770Kshares
HAYMAKER ACQUISITION CORPHAYMAKER ACQUISITION CORP74,272$743Kshares
LEISURE ACQUISITION CORPLEISURE ACQUISITION CORP67,288$661Kshares
PEVERPURE INC40,514$651Kshares
PROSHARES TRPROSHARES TR14,863$638Kshares
CRTOCRITEO S A26,820$609Kshares
ENCANA CORPENCANA CORP100,502$581Kshares
UPBDUPBOUND GROUP INC35,500$575Kshares
SCHULTZE SPL PURP ACQUSTN C…SCHULTZE SPL PURP ACQUSTN CORP57,300$570Kshares
RAMPLIVERAMP HLDGS INC14,350$554Kshares
UNION ACQUISITION CORPUNION ACQUISITION CORP51,000$514Kshares
ARCONIC INCARCONIC INC30,000$506Kshares
SSNCSS&C TECH HLDGS11,000$496Kshares
PLATINUM EAGLE ACQUISITIN COPLATINUM EAGLE ACQUISITIN CO48,419$488Kshares
PLAYDAVE & BUSTERS ENTMT INC10,000$446Kshares
GRAF INDL CORPGRAF INDL CORP45,200$434Kshares
COREPOINT LODGING INCCOREPOINT LODGING INC35,092$430Kshares
CWHCAMPING WORLD HLDGS INC37,400$429Kshares
CPBTHE CAMPBELLS COMPANY12,200$402Kshares
HDHOME DEPOT INC2,291$394Kshares
CWHCAMPING WORLD HLDGS INC37,400$367Kput

How Q1 2019 was built

Available 13F filings of this filer for the quarter and their roles: the base report is the latest original or restatement, NEW HOLDINGS amendments filed after it are added (method).

FilingRoleAmendmentFiledAcceptedIngested
13F-HR 0001085146-19-001510 base2019-05-14acceptance time not in the bulk data set