Nomura Holdings Inc vs Synopsys, Inc. — how do they compare? Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B), while Synopsys, Inc. trades at $388.01 (market cap $72.47B). The key difference: Synopsys, Inc. is far larger — about 2.6× Nomura Holdings Inc's market cap, and Nomura Holdings Inc pays a 3.45% dividend while Synopsys, Inc. pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NMR | SNPS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.46B | $72.47B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $10.04 | $645.59 |
52-Week Low | $6.39 | $378.46 |
Dividend Yield | 3.45% | — |
Enterprise Value | — | $80.82B |
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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 →Synopsys is a provider of electronic design automation software, intellectual property, and software integrity products. EDA software automates the chip design process, enhancing design accuracy, productivity, and complexity in a full-flow end-to-end solution. The firm's growing SI business allows customers to continuously manage and test the code base for security and quality. Synopsys' comprehensive portfolio is benefiting from a mutual convergence of semiconductor companies moving up-stack toward systems-like companies, and systems companies moving down-stack toward in-house chip design. The resulting expansion in EDA customers alongside secular digitalization of various end markets benefits EDA vendors like Synopsys.
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