Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA vs Nomura Holdings Inc — how do they compare? Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA trades at $28.72 (market cap $157.51B), while Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.8 (market cap $28.46B). The key difference: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA is far larger — about 5.5× Nomura Holdings Inc's market cap, and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA pays the higher dividend (3.8%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBVA | NMR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $157.51B | $28.46B |
Sector | Financials | Financials |
52-Week High | $28.50 | $10.04 |
52-Week Low | $17.96 | $6.73 |
Dividend Yield | 3.8% | 3.31% |
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Despite its Spanish origins, BBVA generates three quarters of its profits in emerging markets, especially Mexico that contributes nearly half of BBVA's net profit. BBVA is overwhelmingly a retail and commercial bank with corporate and investment banking forming a smaller part of the overall business.
Read more on BBVA →Nomura is Japan's largest broker, about twice the size of rival Daiwa Securities and roughly three times the size of the securities units of the three megabanks. It is also the largest asset-management company in Japan, with a similar size differential compared with its rivals. Despite its topnotch brand name in retail broking and asset management in Japan, Nomura has struggled to compete effectively in the institutional securities business against larger global rivals. In 2008, Nomura bought European and Asian assets of the failed Lehman Brothers, which led to a sharply higher cost base but did not provide commensurate revenue. Nomura has reduced the scale of these businesses but maintains its ambition to compete globally with the top players.
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