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Novo Nordisk A/S
NVO Healthcare Drug Manufacturers General
Novo Nordisk A/S’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $46.8 billion, up 11.1% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.47%, EPS fell 18.7%, free cash flow grew 71.6% and total debt rose 44.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for five.
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 15.45 | 16.42 | 20.62 | 23.05 | 24.62 | 33.30 | 45.76 | 65.05 | 81.50 | 43.08 |
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| High | 29.08 | 27.06 | 29.19 | 29.32 | 36.96 | 58.68 | 67.93 | 105.69 | 148.15 | 93.80 | |||||
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| People | Employees | 41,971 | 42,076 | 43,202 | 43,258 | 45,323 | 45,000 | 55,185 | 63,370 | 77,349 | 69,505 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.67 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 16,611 | 16,967 | 17,099 | 18,291 | 19,448 | 22,401 | 25,057 | 33,724 | 42,108 | 46,792 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 84.63 | 84.21 | 84.25 | 83.54 | 83.51 | 83.20 | 83.92 | 84.60 | 84.67 | 80.98 | |||||
| EBT | 7,103 | 7,394 | 7,280 | 7,278 | 8,140 | 9,400 | 9,779 | 15,199 | 18,443 | 19,764 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 42.76 | 43.58 | 42.58 | 39.79 | 41.85 | 41.96 | 39.03 | 45.07 | 43.80 | 42.24 | |||||
| Net income | 5,636 | 5,792 | 5,906 | 5,839 | 6,456 | 7,598 | 7,862 | 12,151 | 14,643 | 15,509 | |||||
| Depreciation | 474 | 483 | 600 | 849 | 881 | 959 | 1,042 | 1,367 | 2,771 | 3,328 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 3.28 | 3.43 | 3.53 | 3.85 | 4.17 | 4.88 | 5.53 | 7.52 | 9.45 | 10.53 | ||||
| Earnings | 1.07 | 1.17 | 1.27 | 1.23 | 1.39 | 1.66 | 1.74 | 2.71 | 3.29 | 3.49 | |||||
| Cash flow | 1.42 | 1.26 | 1.41 | 1.48 | 1.71 | 1.90 | 2.47 | 3.53 | 3.94 | 4.06 | |||||
| Capex | (0.24) | (0.27) | (0.39) | (0.35) | (0.72) | (0.26) | (0.46) | (1.26) | (1.67) | (3.07) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1.18 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 1.12 | 0.98 | 1.65 | 2.00 | 2.27 | 2.27 | 0.99 | |||||
| Book value | 1.33 | 1.53 | 1.64 | 1.82 | 2.08 | 2.45 | 2.61 | 3.45 | 4.67 | 6.61 | |||||
| Shares, m | 5,060 | 4,946 | 4,839 | 4,749 | 4,668 | 4,594 | 4,531 | 4,483 | 4,454 | 4,443 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 16.11 | 23.24 | 18.21 | 23.53 | 25.40 | 33.84 | 39.47 | 37.75 | 26.15 | 14.66 | ||||
| P/S | 5.47 | 7.89 | 6.52 | 7.51 | 8.38 | 11.48 | 12.38 | 13.57 | 9.10 | 4.83 | |||||
| P/B | 13.51 | 17.70 | 14.07 | 15.92 | 16.81 | 22.86 | 26.24 | 29.58 | 18.41 | 7.69 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 5.28 | 7.72 | 6.38 | 7.42 | 8.36 | 11.54 | 12.38 | 13.55 | 9.34 | 5.15 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 14.74 | 26.51 | 22.16 | 25.47 | 35.54 | 34.12 | 34.16 | 44.95 | 38.94 | 54.86 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 7,179 | 6,253 | 6,822 | 7,013 | 7,959 | 8,751 | 11,170 | 15,813 | 17,540 | 18,032 | ||||
| Capex | (1,227) | (1,312) | (1,896) | (1,683) | (3,382) | (1,175) | (2,089) | (5,648) | (7,440) | (13,643) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 5,952 | 4,941 | 4,926 | 5,330 | 4,577 | 7,576 | 9,081 | 10,166 | 10,101 | 4,389 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 1,832 | 1,978 | 750 | 521 | (684) | (2,215) | (1,805) | (4,357) | (8,211) | (6,542) | ||||
| Total debt | 34 | 257 | 79 | 672 | 1,587 | 4,239 | 3,651 | 3,921 | 14,904 | 19,827 | |||||
| Net debt | (3,120) | (2,956) | (2,343) | (1,676) | (368) | 1,188 | (73) | (808) | 10,172 | 14,733 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 6,727 | 7,567 | 7,926 | 8,633 | 9,701 | 11,256 | 11,822 | 15,473 | 20,805 | 29,379 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 40.03 | 38.56 | 36.36 | 32.65 | 31.47 | 28.59 | 24.15 | 30.44 | 25.87 | 20.71 | ||||
| ROIC | 124.72 | 100.83 | 80.88 | 70.67 | 55.53 | 46.86 | 56.35 | 63.48 | 37.55 | 27.38 | |||||
| ROE | 82.18 | 81.04 | 76.24 | 70.52 | 70.42 | 72.51 | 68.14 | 89.04 | 80.73 | 61.81 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Novo Nordisk A/S vs peers in Drug Manufacturers General (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVS Novartis AG | $262.0B | 21.6× | 20.6× | +0.78% (above 0%: growing) | −17.39% (below 0%: shrinking) | −15.53% (below 0%: shrinking) | 75.19% | 31.77% | Compare |
| AZN AstraZeneca PLC | $246.3B | 23.6× | 23.4× | +6.41% (above 0%: growing) | +1.90% (above 0%: growing) | −107.45% (below 0%: shrinking) | 83.60% | 20.57% | Compare |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | $220.3B | 25.6× | 22.7× | +9.53% (above 0%: growing) | +65.41% (above 0%: growing) | +82.57% (above 0%: growing) | 72.04% | 34.95% | Compare |
| GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $182.4B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +10.18% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +376.81% (above 0%: growing) | 79.76% | (133.21%) | Compare |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | $158.6B | 37.2× | 12.2× | +2.60% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +125.17% (above 0%: growing) | 72.78% | 20.38% | Compare |
| NVO Novo Nordisk A/S | $127.8B | 9.4× | — | +4.47% (above 0%: growing) | −18.68% (below 0%: shrinking) | +71.57% (above 0%: growing) | 78.21% | 34.48% | |
| BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Company | $121.7B | 13.0× | 11.2× | +5.74% (above 0%: growing) | +153.13% (above 0%: growing) | −13.16% (below 0%: shrinking) | 71.28% | 31.50% | Compare |
| SNY Sanofi | $95.9B | 21.0× | — | +17.35% (above 0%: growing) | −90.76% (below 0%: shrinking) | −45.06% (below 0%: shrinking) | 75.47% | 17.48% | Compare |
| GSK GSK PLC Sponsored ADR | $93.2B | 14.5× | 12.4× | +5.81% (above 0%: growing) | −69.47% (below 0%: shrinking) | +54.83% (above 0%: growing) | 73.05% | 5.72% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $170.5B | 21.6× | 16.5× | +6.11% | −7.74% | +20.84% | 74.12% | 20.48% |
Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) key facts
- Strength: Novo Nordisk A/S’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $46.8 billion, up 11.1% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $15.5 billion, or $3.49 per share (basic), a net margin of 33.1%.
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) is a Drug Manufacturers General company in the Healthcare sector, traded in the US as an ADR.
- As of October 9, 2026, NVO traded at $38.64, a market capitalization of $127.8 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 9.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 3.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 1% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Novo Nordisk A/S pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share, a yield of 4.65%, with a payout ratio of 43.9%.
- Return on equity was 61.8% and debt-to-equity 0.63.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.32 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.