Nomura Holdings Inc vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.14 (market cap $51.00B). The key difference: United Microelectronics Corp 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 | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.46B | $51.00B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $10.04 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $6.39 | $6.58 |
Dividend Yield | 3.45% | 2.03% |
Enterprise Value | — | $48.57B |
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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 →Founded in 1980, United Microelectronics is the world's third-largest dedicated chip foundry, with 7% market share in 2021, according to Gartner, after TSMC and GlobalFoundries. UMC's headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and it operates 12 fabs in Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan and Singapore, with additional sales offices in Europe, the U.S. and South Korea. UMC features a diverse customer base including Texas Instruments, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Xilinx and Realtek, supplying a wide range of products applied in communications, display, memory, automotive and more. UMC employs about 20,000 people.
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