Nomura Holdings Inc vs Union Pacific Corporation — how do they compare? Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B), while Union Pacific Corporation trades at $295.53 (market cap $175.89B). The key difference: Union Pacific Corporation is far larger — about 6.4× 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 | UNP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.46B | $175.89B |
Sector | Financials | Industrials |
52-Week High | $10.04 | $301.75 |
52-Week Low | $6.39 | $214.91 |
Dividend Yield | 3.45% | 1.86% |
Enterprise Value | — | $206.36B |
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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 →Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific is the largest public railroad in North America. Operating on more than 30,000 miles of track in the western two thirds of the U.S., UP generated roughly $22 billion of revenue in 2021 by hauling coal, industrial products, intermodal containers, agriculture goods, chemicals, and automotive goods. UP owns about one fourth of Mexican railroad Ferromex and derives about 10% of its revenue hauling freight to and from Mexico.
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