Nasdaq Inc vs Nomura Holdings Inc — how do they compare? Nasdaq Inc trades at $90.25 (market cap $51.96B), while Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B). The key difference: Nasdaq Inc is the larger of the two by market cap, and Nomura Holdings Inc pays the higher dividend (3.45%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NDAQ | NMR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $51.96B | $27.46B |
Sector | Financials | Financials |
52-Week High | $100.98 | $10.04 |
52-Week Low | $76.85 | $6.39 |
Enterprise Value | $59.02B | — |
Dividend Yield | 1.22% | 3.45% |
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Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its market-services business (about 35% of sales), the company sells and distributes market data as well as offers Nasdaq-branded indexes to asset managers and investors through its information-services segment (30%). Nasdaq's corporate-services business (20%) offers listing services and related investor relations products to publicly traded companies and through the company's market technology group (15%), Nasdaq facilitates the exchange operations of other exchanges throughout the world and provides financial compliance services.
Read more on NDAQ →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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