iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF vs Nomura Holdings Inc — how do they compare? iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF trades at $106.68, while Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.84 (market cap $28.54B). The key difference: Nomura Holdings Inc pays a 3.3% dividend while iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF pays none, and Nomura Holdings Inc is trading nearer its 52-week high, iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LQD | NMR | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $112.91 | $10.04 |
52-Week Low | $106.85 | $6.48 |
Market Cap | — | $28.54B |
Sector | — | Financials |
Dividend Yield | — | 3.3% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and it will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that the advisor believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The underlying index is designed to provide a broad representation of the US dollar-denominated liquid investment-grade corporate bond market.
Read more on LQD →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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