Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO) Competitors

Nomura (NYSE:NMR) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.

Is NMR or PECO a better dividend stock?

Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Nomura pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 215.8% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, NMR or PECO?

Nomura has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend NMR or PECO?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus price target of $38.83, suggesting a potential upside of 11.91%. Given Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. 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
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better earnings and valuation, NMR or PECO?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Nomura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., 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	$0.73	7.63
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	$678.40M	6.40	$62.69M	$0.57	60.88

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NMR or PECO?

15.1% of Nomura shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nomura shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NMR or PECO?

Nomura received 216 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.74% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote while only 35.59% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomura	Outperform Votes 237 53.74%	Underperform Votes 204 46.26%
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	Outperform Votes 21 35.59%	Underperform Votes 38 64.41%

Is NMR or PECO more profitable?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 9.48% compared to Nomura's net margin of 7.96%. Nomura's return on equity of 9.19% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomura	7.96%	9.19%	0.56%
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	9.48%	2.40%	1.27%

Does the media refer more to NMR or PECO?

In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 14 more articles in the media than Nomura. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 11 mentions for Nomura. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Nomura's score of 0.11 indicating that Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nomura	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. beats Nomura on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.