Nomura Holdings Inc vs J M Smucker Co — how do they compare? Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B), while J M Smucker Co trades at $112.69 (market cap $11.97B). The key difference: Nomura Holdings Inc is far larger — about 2.3× J M Smucker Co's market cap, and J M Smucker Co pays the higher dividend (3.93%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NMR | SJM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.46B | $11.97B |
Sector | Financials | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $10.04 | $117.05 |
52-Week Low | $6.39 | $89.53 |
Dividend Yield | 3.45% | 3.93% |
Enterprise Value | — | $19.00B |
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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 →J.M. Smucker is a packaged food company that primarily operates in the U.S. retail channel (87% of fiscal 2022 revenue), but also in U.S. food-service (7%), and international (6%). Its largest segment is pet food and treats (36% of 2022 revenue), with popular brands such as Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Nature's Recipe, and Rachael Ray Nutrish. Its second-largest category is coffee (35% across channels) with the number-two brand Folgers and number-six Dunkin'. Other large categories are peanut butter (10%), with number-one Jif, fruit spreads (5%) with number-one Smucker's, and frozen hand-held foods (6%) with number-one Uncrustables.
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