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UPDATED: Nov 12, 2025

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Novo Nordisk
NYSE:NVO
$49.15
$3.21 |6.99%
Day Range:
$47.05 - $49.43
Market Cap:
220.22B
P/E Ratio:
13.6122
Avg Value:
$78.79
Year Range:
$45.05 - $112.52
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General Information
With roughly one-third of the global branded diabetes treatment market, Novo Nordisk is the leading provider of diabetes care products in the world.

Based in Denmark, the company manufactures and markets a variety of human and modern insulins, injectable diabetes treatments such as GLP-1 therapy, oral antidiabetic agents, and obesity treatments. Novo also has a biopharmaceutical segment (contributing less than 10% of revenue) that specializes in protein therapies for hemophilia and other disorders.

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Novo Nordisk (NVO) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Novo Nordisk (NVO)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Novo Nordisk (NVO) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

45.13

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

22.83

Value is a percentile-ranked composite metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to fundamental measures of the company's assets, earnings, sales, and operating performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

52.17

Quality is a composite ranking that evaluates a company's operational efficiency and financial health by analyzing historical profitability metrics and fundamental strength indicators on a percentile basis relative to peers.

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Peer Ratings

See how Novo Nordisk compares to its peers in these key performance metrics from Benzinga Rankings.

Top Peers
Value
Quality
Growth
Momentum
Short
Medium
Long
MRKMerck & Co
41.34
31.64
93.62
48.16
NVSNovartis
21.53
71.11
26.38
75.14
AZNAstraZeneca
17.91
78.17
68.58
81.64
PFEPfizer
28.62
52.03
13.7
45.93
Short: price trend over the last couple of months
Medium: price trend over the last couple of quarters
Long: price trend over the past year
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Future Growth
Our estimate of future price growth is based on an aggregation of 3 analyst ratings over the past 3 months and their 12-month price targets.

Below, you can see that analysts are estimating a 12-month price target range of $47.00 - $70.00 with an average of $60.50

22.07%
Expected movement for Novo Nordisk (NVO) over the next 12 months
Based on these rankings

Recent Ratings for Novo Nordisk (NVO)

BMO Capital
Date:
Oct 14, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$50.00
New Target:
$55.00
Morgan Stanley
Date:
Sep 29, 2025
Action:
Downgrades
Prev. Target:
$59.00
New Target:
$47.00
TD Cowen
Date:
Aug 19, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$105.00
New Target:
$70.00
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Valuation

Earnings History (3 years)

It is important to look at a companies earnings history to see not only if they are profitable, but if their earnings are growing.
As you can see from the chart above, NVO's earnings have increased for the past three years, this is a positive sign for the stock.
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Financial Health
What is the current state of the company's financial situation?

We measure the health of a company based on how profitable they are and their ability to cover both their short-term and long-term debts. The key indicators that we use are the Operating Margin, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-Equity ratio relative to the companies peers

Operational Margin 0.3159

The operating margin measures how much profit a company makes after it spends money on wages, materials or other administrative expenses but before interest and taxes. It is a good representation of how efficiently a company is able to generate profit from its core operations.

Quick Ratio 0.5332

The quick ratio measures how much of a company's debt, that is due in less than 1 year, can be covered using its cash equivalents, marketable securities, and money that is currently owed to them (accounts receivables).

A company with a quick ratio of less than 1.00 does not, in many cases, have the capital on hand to meet its short-term obligations if they were all due at once, while a quick ratio greater than one indicates the company has the financial resources to remain solvent in the short term.

Debt-to-Equity 2.0153

Debt-to-equity is calculated by dividing a company's total liabilities by its shareholders equity. It is a measure of the degree to which a company is financing its operations through debt versus wholly owned funds. Generally speaking, a D/E ratio below 1.0 would be seen as relatively safe, whereas ratios of 2.0 or higher would be considered risky.

The chart above shows Novo Nordisk (NVO) operating margin, quick ratio, and debt-to-equity ratio compared to its peers. The black markers represent the peer averages for each ratio and the blue bars represent Novo Nordisk (NVO) ratio values.
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Past Performance
How has Novo Nordisk (NVO) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Novo Nordisk (NVO) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is 0.4819 which is considered to be below average compared to the peer average of 0.5017

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Analyzing Novo Nordisk (NVO) Recent Options Activity
Below, you can see the trend in options sentiment over the past 30 days.

Based on our data, NVO's options trades have recently carried more negative sentiment than positive.

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Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is NVO's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
140.80
176.95
232.26
290.40
315.60
Operating Revenue
340.18
455.69
608.64
680.56
705.76
Cost Of Revenue
23.66
28.45
35.77
44.52
56.66
Gross Profit
117.14
148.51
196.50
245.88
258.94
Operating Expense
58.50
73.70
93.92
117.54
126.28
Selling General And Administration
41.06
50.68
61.60
67.38
73.12
Research and Development
17.77
24.05
32.44
48.06
51.19
Operating Income
58.64
74.81
102.57
128.34
132.66
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
-0.18
-0.32
0.33
-0.09
0.31
Other Income Expense
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Pre-Tax Income
59.08
69.06
104.67
127.19
131.91
Tax Provision
11.32
13.54
20.99
26.20
28.14
Net Income
47.76
55.52
83.68
100.99
103.77
Net Income Common Stockholders
47.76
55.52
83.68
100.99
103.77
Total Operating Income As Reported
58.64
74.81
102.57
128.34
132.66
Total Expenses
82.16
102.14
129.69
162.06
182.94
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
47.76
55.52
83.68
100.99
103.77
Normalized Income
47.76
55.52
83.68
100.99
103.77
Interest Income
0.28
0.24
2.00
4.04
10.13
Interest Expense
0.00
0.38
1.47
3.84
0.00
Net Interest Income
-0.18
-0.32
0.33
-0.09
0.31
EBIT
59.28
69.44
106.14
131.03
139.60
EBITDA
65.30
75.99
115.56
144.94
156.03
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
23.66
28.45
35.77
44.52
56.66
Reconciled Depreciation
6.03
6.55
9.41
8.55
11.06
Normalized EBITDA
65.30
75.99
115.56
144.94
156.03
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.22
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
194.51
241.26
314.49
465.80
512.29
Current Assets
85.59
108.19
139.65
160.90
181.88
Total Non-Current Assets
108.91
133.06
174.84
304.90
330.41
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
123.76
157.77
207.93
322.31
342.39
Current Liabilities
99.52
120.94
169.66
217.53
234.36
Other Non-Current Liabilities
0.36
0.10
0.19
0.02
0.02
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
70.75
83.49
106.56
143.49
169.90
Stockholders Equity
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Capitalization
80.40
104.26
122.54
227.73
259.08
Common Stock Equity
70.75
83.49
106.56
143.49
169.90
Net Tangible Assets
27.57
32.07
46.16
32.40
63.31
Working Capital
-13.92
-12.75
-30.01
-56.63
-52.47
Invested Capital
93.26
104.74
127.84
239.51
271.11
Tangible Book Value
27.57
32.07
46.16
32.40
63.31
Total Debt
26.64
25.78
27.01
102.79
101.21
Net Debt
11.80
8.60
6.89
80.37
69.13
Share Issued
4.68
4.56
4.51
4.46
4.44
Ordinary Shares Number
4.62
4.50
4.46
4.44
4.44
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
55.00
78.89
108.91
120.97
123.78
Net Income from Continuing Operations
47.76
55.52
83.68
100.99
103.77
Depreciation and Amortization
6.03
6.55
9.41
8.55
11.06
Deferred Tax
11.32
13.54
20.99
26.20
28.14
Deferred Income Tax
11.32
13.54
20.99
26.20
28.14
Stock-Based Compensation
Other Non-Cash Items
-4.30
1.38
-2.03
2.74
-1.72
Change in Working Capital
-8.66
-5.34
-12.24
-11.99
-17.61
Change in Receivables
Changes in Account Receivables
Change in Inventory
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
Change in Payable
Change in Account Payable
Change in Other Current Assets
Change in Other Current Liabilities
Change in Other Working Capital
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
-31.61
-24.92
-43.89
-128.89
-127.56
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
-6.33
-12.15
-25.81
-47.16
-57.81
Net Business Purchase and Sale
-18.28
Purchase of Business
-18.28
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
-5.94
-3.09
-5.00
4.58
16.77
Purchase of Investment
-7.11
-9.74
-13.29
-19.81
-1.08
Sale of Investment
1.17
6.64
8.29
24.39
17.84
Net Other Investing Changes
Financing Cash Flow
-25.49
-51.80
-63.16
8.73
-21.04
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
-25.49
-51.80
-63.16
8.73
-21.04
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
15.47
-2.41
-1.47
73.06
39.60
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
15.47
-2.41
-1.47
73.06
39.60
Long-Term Debt Issuance
11.22
118.07
Long-Term Debt Payments
-6.69
-13.62
-1.47
-6.33
-78.47
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
Net Common Stock Issuance
-19.45
-24.09
-29.92
-20.18
-8.88
Common Stock Issuance
Common Stock Payments
-19.45
-24.09
-29.92
-20.18
-8.88
Cash Dividends Paid
-21.52
-25.30
-31.77
-44.14
-51.76
Net Other Financing Charges
End Cash Position
70.11
76.53
80.78
131.82
105.11
Changes in Cash
-2.10
2.17
1.86
0.81
-24.82
Beginning Cash Position
71.62
74.60
79.05
130.56
130.05
Capital Expenditure
-7.38
-14.75
-38.90
-51.31
-62.83
Issuance of Capital Stock
Issuance of Debt
11.22
118.07
Repayment of Debt
-6.69
-13.62
-1.47
-6.33
-78.47
Repurchase of Capital Stock
-19.45
-24.09
-29.92
-20.18
-8.88
Free Cash Flow
47.61
64.13
70.01
69.66
60.95