Nomura Holdings Inc vs Verisign, Inc. — how do they compare? Nomura Holdings Inc trades at $9.4 (market cap $27.46B), while Verisign, Inc. trades at $277.5 (market cap $25.26B). The key difference: Nomura Holdings Inc and Verisign, Inc. are close in size by market cap, and Nomura Holdings Inc pays the higher dividend (3.45%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NMR | VRSN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.46B | $25.26B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $10.04 | $310.00 |
52-Week Low | $6.39 | $211.49 |
Dividend Yield | 3.45% | 1.17% |
Enterprise Value | — | $26.50B |
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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 →Verisign is the sole authorized registry for several generic top-level domains, including the widely utilized .com and .net top-level domains. The company operates critical Internet infrastructure to support the domain name system, including operating two of the world's 13 root servers that are used to route Internet traffic. In 2018, the firm sold off its Security Services business, signalling a renewed focus on the core registry business.
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