Nomura Q1 Holdings: Still Favoring Options Strategies, Reducing Holdings in NVIDIA and Tesla

Zhitong
2025.05.16 10:54
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Nomura released its first-quarter position report as of March 31, 2025, with a total market value of USD 53.6 billion, a decrease of approximately 28% quarter-on-quarter. It added 377 new stocks, increased holdings in 487 stocks, reduced holdings in 750 stocks, and completely liquidated 799 stocks. The top ten holdings accounted for 35.01% of the total market value. Major holdings include Coinbase bonds, Meta call options, iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF put options, NVIDIA call options, and SPDR S&P 500 ETF put options

According to the disclosure by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nomura submitted its first-quarter holdings report (13F) for the period ending March 31, 2025.

Statistics show that Nomura's total market value of holdings in the first quarter was $53.6 billion, down approximately 28% from $74.1 billion in the previous quarter. The fund added 377 stocks to its portfolio in the first quarter, increased holdings in 487 stocks, reduced holdings in 750 stocks, and completely liquidated 799 stocks. The top ten holdings accounted for 35.01% of the total market value.

In the top five holdings, Coinbase bonds (DEBT-COIN) ranked first, with a holding market value of approximately $4.095 billion, accounting for 7.65% of the portfolio, and the number of shares increased significantly by 879.53% compared to the previous quarter.

Meta call options (META.US, CALL) ranked second, with approximately 5.1958 million shares held, a market value of about $2.995 billion, accounting for 5.59% of the portfolio, and the number of shares decreased by 35.53% compared to the previous quarter.

iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF put options (IWM.US, PUT) ranked third, with approximately 11.8845 million shares held, a market value of about $2.371 billion, accounting for 4.43% of the portfolio, and the number of shares increased by 98.99% compared to the previous quarter.

NVIDIA call options (NVDA.US, CALL) ranked fourth, with approximately 16.5402 million shares held, a market value of about $1.793 billion, accounting for 3.35% of the portfolio, and the number of shares decreased by 12.69% compared to the previous quarter.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF put options (SPY.US, PUT) ranked fifth, with approximately 2.853 million shares held, a market value of about $1.596 billion, accounting for 2.98% of the portfolio, and the number of shares decreased by 0.21% compared to the previous quarter.

The top ten holdings also include: Nasdaq 100 ETF put options (QQQ.US, PUT), NVIDIA (NVDA.US), NVIDIA put options (NVDA.US, PUT), Tesla (TSLA.US), and Tesla put options (TSLA.US, PUT).

From the changes in holding ratios, the top five purchased stocks were: Coinbase bonds, iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF put options, SPDR S&P 500 ETF call options (SPY.US, CALL), Nike (NKE.US), and Electronic Arts put options (EA.US, PUT) The top five sold targets include: Tesla put options, NVIDIA put options, Tesla call options, Tesla, Nasdaq 100 ETF put options.

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