Nomura Holdings Inc vs Ryanair Holdings plc — how do they compare? Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B), while Ryanair Holdings plc trades at $58.99 (market cap $29.31B). The key difference: Nomura Holdings Inc and Ryanair Holdings plc 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 | RYAAY | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.46B | $29.31B |
Sector | Financials | Industrials |
52-Week High | $10.04 | $73.82 |
52-Week Low | $6.39 | $53.24 |
Dividend Yield | 3.45% | 1.68% |
Enterprise Value | — | $26.33B |
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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 →Ryanair is the leading airline group by passenger numbers in Europe. The company employs a low-cost no-frills model to offer low fares to leisure customers on short-haul intra-European routes. In 2020, the most recent pre-pandemic fiscal year, the company carried 149 million passengers, utilizing a fleet of 467 Boeing 737 aircraft across its 1,800 routes. To keep costs low the company serves predominantly lower-cost secondary airports. The company generated sales of EUR 8.5 billion in fiscal 2020.
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