Nomura Holdings Inc vs Ross Stores, Inc. — how do they compare? Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B), while Ross Stores, Inc. trades at $235 (market cap $75.63B). The key difference: Ross Stores, Inc. is far larger — about 2.8× 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.
| NMR | ROST | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.46B | $75.63B |
Sector | Financials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $10.04 | $240.13 |
52-Week Low | $6.39 | $134.02 |
Dividend Yield | 3.45% | 0.75% |
Enterprise Value | — | $76.23B |
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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 →Ross Stores is a leading American off-price apparel and home fashion retailer, operating over 1,920 stores (at the end of fiscal 2021) across the Ross Dress for Less and dd's Discounts banners. Ross offers a variety of name-brand products and targets undercutting conventional retailers' regular prices by 20%-70%. The company uses an opportunistic, flexible merchandising approach
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