Nomura (NMR) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, ARES or NMR?

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
Ares Management	$3.63B	14.68	$474.33M	$2.17	78.50
Nomura	$10.82B	1.65	$1.14B	$0.59	10.20

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARES or NMR?

Ares Management received 358 more outperform votes than Nomura when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.91% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 594 68.91%	Underperform Votes 268 31.09%
Nomura	Outperform Votes 236 53.76%	Underperform Votes 203 46.24%

Does the media refer more to ARES or NMR?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 15 more articles in the media than Nomura. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ares Management and 1 mentions for Nomura. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Nomura's score of 0.47 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ares Management	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nomura	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARES or NMR?

50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Nomura shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.9% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Nomura shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ARES or NMR?

Ares Management has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nomura has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARES or NMR a better dividend stock?

Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ares Management pays out 171.4% 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 pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nomura is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is ARES or NMR more profitable?

Ares Management has a net margin of 12.51% compared to Nomura's net margin of 6.91%. Ares Management's return on equity of 19.89% beat Nomura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ares Management	12.51%	19.89%	3.95%
Nomura	6.91%	7.93%	0.48%

Do analysts prefer ARES or NMR?

Ares Management presently has a consensus price target of $166.36, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ares Management is more favorable than Nomura.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Nomura	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

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