Robinhood Markets (HOOD) Competitors

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

Is NMR or HOOD more profitable?

Nomura has a net margin of 3.49% compared to Nomura's net margin of -29.01%. Robinhood Markets' return on equity of 3.44% beat Nomura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomura	3.49%	3.44%	0.22%
Robinhood Markets	-29.01%	-7.87%	-1.88%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NMR or HOOD?

Nomura received 193 more outperform votes than Robinhood Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.15% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote while only 27.45% of users gave Robinhood Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomura	Outperform Votes 235 54.15%	Underperform Votes 199 45.85%
Robinhood Markets	Outperform Votes 42 27.45%	Underperform Votes 111 72.55%

Do analysts prefer NMR or HOOD?

Robinhood Markets has a consensus price target of $18.81, suggesting a potential upside of 10.12%. Given Nomura's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Robinhood Markets is more favorable than Nomura.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nomura	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Robinhood Markets	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.07

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NMR or HOOD?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than Robinhood Markets. Robinhood Markets 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	$9.89B	1.78	$686.62M	$0.27	21.74
Robinhood Markets	$1.87B	8.01	-$541M	-$0.60	-28.47

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NMR or HOOD?

15.1% of Nomura shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nomura shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, NMR or HOOD?

Nomura has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robinhood Markets has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NMR or HOOD?

In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 31 more articles in the media than Nomura. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 1 mentions for Nomura. Robinhood Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Nomura's score of 0.61 indicating that Nomura is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nomura	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Robinhood Markets	13 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Nomura beats Robinhood Markets on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.