Head-To-Head Comparison: Orion Oyj (OTCMKTS:ORINY) versus Nomura Research Institute (OTCMKTS:NRILY)

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Orion Oyj and Nomura Research Institute”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orion Oyj	$1.29 billion	4.99	$234.64 million	$1.26	18.06
Nomura Research Institute	$5.10 billion	3.22	$549.54 million	$1.02	27.73

Nomura Research Institute has higher revenue and earnings than Orion Oyj. Orion Oyj 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.

Volatility & Risk

Orion Oyj has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nomura Research Institute has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orion Oyj	23.01%	41.41%	22.43%
Nomura Research Institute	11.66%	21.89%	9.54%

Dividends

Orion Oyj pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Nomura Research Institute pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Orion Oyj pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nomura Research Institute pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Orion Oyj beats Nomura Research Institute on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Orion Oyj

Orion Oyj develops, manufactures, and markets human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in Finland, Scandinavia, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. The company provides prescription drugs and self-care products, which includes Nubeqa for the treatment of prostate cancer; Precedex, Dexdor, and Precedex for human use; Burana for inflammatory pain; Divina series for menopausal symptoms; Trexan for rheumatoid arthritis and cancer; Stalevo, Entacapone, and Comtess/Comtan for Parkinson’s disease; Biosimilars for rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases; and Simdax for acute decompensated heart failure, as well as Fareston for breast cancer. It also offers Salmeterol/fluticasone Easyhaler, Budesonide/formoterol Easyhaler, Formoterol Easyhaler, Budesonide Easyhaler, Beclomet Easyhaler, and Buventol Easyhaler drugs for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In addition, the company provides veterinary drugs comprising Bonqat, Clevor, Domosedan, Domitor, Antisedan, Dexdomitor, Domosedan Gel, Sileo, and Tessie; APIs for generic compounds and proprietary products, as well as contract manufacturing services; and markets and sells veterinary drugs manufactured by other international companies. Further, the company has partnership with Propeller Health to connect the Easyhaler(R) product portfolio; and a research collaboration and license agreement with Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to commercialize Amneal’s generic products. Orion Oyj was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

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.