Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Nomura entered FY2026/27 with broad-based operating momentum: every segment increased revenue and pretax income sequentially, quarterly ROE reached 15.4%, Wealth Management continued building recurring revenue, Investment Management reached record assets under management, and Wholesale posted record revenue and pretax income. The raised 2030 objectives nevertheless establish a demanding execution hurdle, while the first-quarter result benefited from favorable market conditions. The Hold recommendation is an operational monitoring stance rather than a valuation-based price call.

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This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.
Street view · analyst 12-month targets1 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026
Low · most bearish analyst$10.31
Mean target$10.31
High · most bullish analyst$10.31
Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026
Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date
Bear CaseDownside scenario
$10.3122%

Less supportive markets reduce client activity, trading revenue, asset values, and management fees; acquisition-related costs or investment losses reappear; and stable-revenue growth proves insufficient to offset Wholesale cyclicality. Repeated ROE below 10% or annual four-segment pretax income below JPY500 billion would materially weaken the 2030 execution thesis.

Base CaseCentral scenario
$10.3155%
Matches the consensus mean

Results normalize from the unusually strong first quarter, but recurring Wealth Management revenue, higher Investment Management assets, and a more diversified Wholesale franchise keep ROE near the strategic range and preserve a credible path toward the 2030 objectives.

Bull CaseUpside scenario
$10.3123%

Structural reforms and cross-divisional collaboration continue producing operating leverage; recurring-revenue assets and investment-management assets keep expanding; Wholesale sustains its broader regional and product franchise; and ROE remains above the upper end of the 10%-12% strategic range while annual pretax income advances credibly toward JPY750 billion.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits
  • The first quarter of FY2026/27 showed unusually broad participation: all four divisions increased revenue and pretax income quarter over quarter, while group ROE reached 15.4%.
  • Earnings quality is improving through record recurring revenue in Wealth Management, record Investment Management assets under management, and greater product and regional diversification in Wholesale.
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Key Investment Risks
  • Management identified favorable market conditions as one contributor to first-quarter growth, leaving trading, client activity, assets under management, and fee revenue vulnerable to market normalization.
  • The JPY750 billion 2030 pretax-income objective is substantially above FY2025/26 four-segment pretax income of JPY506.9 billion, increasing execution risk; acquired businesses have also produced costs and investment-related volatility.
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All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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