Note 16 - Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2026

Notes Tables

Schedule Of Unrestricted Common Stock And Restricted Common Stock Activity [Table Text Block]

	Common Stock
	Shares
December 31, 2025		1,750,055
Issuance of shares		36,708
Vesting of shares		135,251
Shares withheld for employee taxes and retired		(34,141	)
March 31, 2026		1,887,873

Units Received Pursuant To Agreement [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2026
Issuance of shares		367,080
Issuance as equity-based compensation		1,011,100
Total		1,378,180

Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2026		2025
Net income / (loss) attributable to Cohen & Company Inc.	$	1,492	$	329
Increase / (decrease) in Cohen & Company Inc. paid in capital for the acquisition / (surrender) of additional units in consolidated subsidiary, net		516		502
Changes from net income / (loss) attributable to Cohen & Company Inc. and transfers (to) from the non-controlling interest	$	2,008	$	831

Non-controlling Interest, Changes in Ownership Activity [Table Text Block]

	Operating LLC			Columbus Circle II SPAC			Other Consolidated Subsidiaries			Total
December 31, 2025	$	51,568		$	-		$	438		$	52,006
Non-controlling interest share of income (loss)		2,679			(584	)		(134	)		1,961
Other comprehensive (loss)		(55	)		-			-			(55	)
Acquisition / (surrender) of additional units of consolidated subsidiary		(509	)		-			-			(509	)
Equity-based compensation		894			-			-			894
Shares withheld for employee taxes		(443	)		-			-			(443	)
Distributions to convertible non-controlling interest of Cohen & Company Inc.		(6,016	)		-			-			(6,016	)
Redemption of convertible non-controlling interest units		(1,883	)		-			-			(1,883	)
Non-convertible non-controlling interest contributions		-			2,666			-			2,666
March 31, 2026	$	46,235		$	2,082		$	304		$	48,621