Nomura Holdings Inc vs Valero Energy Corporation — how do they compare? Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B), while Valero Energy Corporation trades at $314.02 (market cap $93.03B). The key difference: Valero Energy Corporation is far larger — about 3.4× 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 | VLO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.46B | $93.03B |
Sector | Financials | Energy |
52-Week High | $10.04 | $313.31 |
52-Week Low | $6.39 | $131.77 |
Dividend Yield | 3.45% | 1.53% |
Enterprise Value | — | $98.79B |
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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 →Valero Energy is one of the largest independent refiners in the United States. It operates 14 refineries with a total throughput capacity of 3.2 million barrels a day in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Valero also owns 14 ethanol plants with capacity of 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol a year and holds a 50% stake in Diamond Green Diesel, which has capacity to produce 700 million gallons per year of renewable diesel.
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