Delta Air Lines, Inc. vs Nomura Holdings Inc — how do they compare? Delta Air Lines, Inc. trades at $90.46 (market cap $58.67B), while Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.8 (market cap $28.69B). The key difference: Delta Air Lines, Inc. is far larger — about 2× Nomura Holdings Inc's market cap, and Nomura Holdings Inc pays the higher dividend (3.3%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| DAL | NMR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $58.67B | $28.69B |
Sector | Industrials | Financials |
52-Week High | $93.66 | $10.04 |
52-Week Low | $55.65 | $6.73 |
Enterprise Value | $73.99B | — |
Dividend Yield | 0.87% | 3.3% |
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Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is one of the world's largest airlines, with a network of over 300 destinations in more than 50 countries. Delta operates a hub-and-spoke system network, where it gathers and distributes passengers across the globe through key locations such as Atlanta, New York, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Seattle, and Minneapolis-St. Paul. Delta's sale of frequent flier miles, particularly to American Express, is a major driver of the firm's profits.
Read more on DAL →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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