Charter Communications Inc vs Nomura Holdings Inc — how do they compare? Charter Communications Inc trades at $128.64 (market cap $16.16B), while Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $10.02 (market cap $27.87B). The key difference: Nomura Holdings Inc is the larger of the two by market cap, and Nomura Holdings Inc pays a 3.37% dividend while Charter Communications Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CHTR | NMR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.16B | $27.87B |
Sector | Media | Financials |
52-Week High | $398.11 | $9.75 |
52-Week Low | $125.54 | $6.30 |
Enterprise Value | $112.46B | — |
Dividend Yield | — | 3.37% |
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Charter is the product of the 2016 merger of three cable companies, each with a decades-long history in the business: Legacy Charter, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The firm now holds networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 54 million U.S. homes and businesses, around 40% of the country. Across this footprint, Charter serves 29 million residential and 2 million commercial customer accounts under the Spectrum brand, making it the second-largest U.S. cable company behind Comcast. The firm also owns, in whole or in part, sports and news networks, including Spectrum SportsNet (long-term local rights to Los Angeles Lakers games), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles Dodgers), SportsNet New York (New York Mets), and Spectrum News NY1.
Read more on CHTR →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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