KLA Corp. vs Nomura Holdings Inc — how do they compare? KLA Corp. trades at $217.01 (market cap $271.18B), while Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B). The key difference: KLA Corp. is far larger — about 9.9× Nomura Holdings Inc's market cap, and Nomura Holdings Inc pays the higher dividend (3.45%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KLAC | NMR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $271.18B | $27.46B |
Sector | Technology | Financials |
52-Week High | $301.71 | $10.04 |
52-Week Low | $84.39 | $6.39 |
Enterprise Value | $272.37B | — |
Dividend Yield | 0.44% | 3.45% |
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KLA designs and manufactures yield-management and process-monitoring diagnostic and control systems for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The systems are used to analyze the manufacturing process at various steps in a semiconductor's development. The firm's laser-scanning products are used for wafer qualification, process monitoring, and equipment monitoring. KLA also provides inspection tools and systems for optical metrology and e-beam metrology.
Read more on KLAC →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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