XP (XP) Competitors

Nomura (NYSE:NMR) and XP (NASDAQ:XP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.

Is NMR or XP more profitable?

XP has a net margin of 26.25% compared to Nomura's net margin of 6.91%. XP's return on equity of 21.57% beat Nomura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomura	6.91%	7.93%	0.48%
XP	26.25%	21.57%	1.54%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NMR or XP?

15.1% of Nomura shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of XP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nomura shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NMR or XP a better dividend stock?

Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. XP pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Nomura pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XP pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. XP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, NMR or XP?

Nomura has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XP has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NMR or XP?

In the previous week, Nomura and Nomura both had 3 articles in the media. Nomura's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat XP's score of 0.00 indicating that Nomura is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nomura	Positive
XP	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NMR or XP?

Nomura received 213 more outperform votes than XP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.86% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave XP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomura	Outperform Votes 237 53.86%	Underperform Votes 203 46.14%
XP	Outperform Votes 24 42.11%	Underperform Votes 33 57.89%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NMR or XP?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than XP. XP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nomura, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nomura	$10.82B	1.78	$1.14B	$0.59	10.99
XP	$2.98B	2.52	$780.91M	$1.53	8.93

Do analysts recommend NMR or XP?

XP has a consensus price target of $20.33, suggesting a potential upside of 48.80%. Given XP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XP is more favorable than Nomura.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nomura	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
XP	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

XP beats Nomura on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.