Nomura Holdings Inc vs NetApp Inc. — how do they compare? Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B), while NetApp Inc. trades at $161.2 (market cap $31.57B). The key difference: Nomura Holdings Inc and NetApp Inc. are close in size by market cap, and Nomura Holdings Inc pays the higher dividend (3.45%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NMR | NTAP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.46B | $31.57B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $10.04 | $181.08 |
52-Week Low | $6.39 | $94.11 |
Dividend Yield | 3.45% | 1.29% |
Enterprise Value | — | $30.72B |
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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.
Read more on NMR →NetApp is a leading provider of enterprise data management and storage solutions. The company's three operating business units are products, software maintenance, and hardware maintenance. NetApp transitioned from a data center storage firm to a company with software data management solutions for multicloud environments. The California-headquartered company sells globally and has approximately 10,000 employees.
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