Nomura Holdings Inc vs Rockwell Automation — how do they compare? Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B), while Rockwell Automation trades at $466.05 (market cap $51.04B). The key difference: Rockwell Automation 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.
| NMR | ROK | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.46B | $51.04B |
Sector | Financials | Industrials |
52-Week High | $10.04 | $495.08 |
52-Week Low | $6.39 | $328.67 |
Dividend Yield | 3.45% | 1.2% |
Enterprise Value | — | $54.67B |
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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 →Rockwell Automation is a pure-play automation competitor that is the successor entity to Rockwell International, which spun off its former Rockwell Collins avionics segment in 2001. As of fiscal 2021, the firm operates through three segments--intelligent devices, software and control, and lifecycle services. Intelligent devices contains its drives, sensors, and industrial components, software and control contains its information and network and security software, while lifecycle services contains its consulting and maintenance services as well as its Sensia JV with Schlumberger.
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