Nomura (NMR) Competitors

Nomura (NYSE:NMR) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NMR or ARES?

15.1% of Nomura shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nomura shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ares Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate NMR or ARES?

Ares Management has a consensus price target of $165.40, indicating a potential upside of 17.58%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ares Management 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
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Is NMR or ARES a better dividend stock?

Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Nomura pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nomura is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer NMR or ARES?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 40 more articles in the media than Nomura. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Ares Management and 0 mentions for Nomura. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Nomura's score of 0.00 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nomura	Neutral
Ares Management	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NMR or ARES?

Ares Management received 371 more outperform votes than Nomura when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomura	Outperform Votes 237 53.86%	Underperform Votes 203 46.14%
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 608 68.93%	Underperform Votes 274 31.07%

Which has more volatility and risk, NMR or ARES?

Nomura has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NMR or ARES?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Management. Nomura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, 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	$1.67T	0.01	$1.14B	$0.70	7.76
Ares Management	$3.88B	11.42	$440.96M	$2.03	69.30

Is NMR or ARES more profitable?

Ares Management has a net margin of 11.35% compared to Nomura's net margin of 7.96%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat Nomura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomura	7.96%	9.19%	0.56%
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%

Summary

Ares Management beats Nomura on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.