Nomura (NMR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NMR or ARES?

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$10.82B	1.78	$1.14B	$0.70	9.28
Ares Management	$3.88B	14.02	$440.96M	$2.03	85.71

Do analysts recommend NMR or ARES?

Ares Management has a consensus target price of $176.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.25%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, NMR or ARES?

Nomura has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NMR or ARES a better dividend stock?

Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Nomura pays out 38.6% 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 MarketBeat Community believe in NMR or ARES?

Ares Management received 363 more outperform votes than Nomura when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.73% 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 600 68.73%	Underperform Votes 273 31.27%

Does the media favor NMR or ARES?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 9 more articles in the media than Nomura. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ares Management and 2 mentions for Nomura. Nomura's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Ares Management's score of 1.52 indicating that Nomura is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nomura	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ares Management	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Ares Management beats Nomura on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.