Financial Analysis: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) versus Nomura Research Institute (OTCMKTS:NRILY)

Nomura Research Institute (OTCMKTS:NRILY) and CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) are both large-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Nomura Research Institute has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreWeave has a beta of 7.45, indicating that its stock price is 645% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Nomura Research Institute and CoreWeave’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomura Research Institute	2.41%	4.38%	2.08%
CoreWeave	-25.41%	-47.95%	-3.79%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Nomura Research Institute and CoreWeave”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nomura Research Institute	$5.41 billion	3.36	$100.70 million	$0.23	140.71
CoreWeave	$5.13 billion	7.24	-$1.17 billion	($3.65)	-22.17

Nomura Research Institute has higher revenue and earnings than CoreWeave. CoreWeave is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nomura Research Institute, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Nomura Research Institute and CoreWeave, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nomura Research Institute	1	1	0	1	2.33
CoreWeave	3	10	21	0	2.53

CoreWeave has a consensus price target of $141.90, indicating a potential upside of 75.34%. Given CoreWeave’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CoreWeave is more favorable than Nomura Research Institute.

Summary

Nomura Research Institute beats CoreWeave on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nomura Research Institute

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. provides consulting, financial information technology (IT) solution, industrial IT solution, and IT platform services in Japan and internationally. Its Consulting segment offers management, operational, and system consulting services for enterprises and government agencies. This segment also offers research, future projections, and recommendations to society, economics, business, technology, etc. The company's Financial IT Solutions segment provides system consulting, development, and management solutions, as well as shared online and BPO services for the financial institutions, including the securities, insurance, banking, asset management, and other financial sectors. Its Industrial IT Solutions segment offers system consulting, development, and management solutions, as well as shared online services primarily for the distribution, manufacturing, service, and public sectors. The company's IT Platform Services segment engages in the data center operation activities and construction of IT platforms and networks to the Financial IT and Industrial IT Solutions segments, as well as provides IT platform solutions and information security services to external clients. This segment is also involved in the research related to advance IT, etc. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About CoreWeave

CoreWeave, Inc. engages in the powers of the creation and delivery of the intelligence that drives innovation. It offers a solution used by organizations of all sizes that require sophisticated AI computing, from the largest of enterprises to small, well-funded start-ups. The company was founded by Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo, and Brannin McBee on September 21, 2017 and is headquartered in Livingston, NJ.