Novo Nordisk A/S

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Novo Nordisk A/S’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $46.8 billion, up 11.1% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.47%
EPS
−18.7%
Free cash flow
+71.6%
Total debt
+44.4%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

40.33 1.85 −4.39%
Market cap
$134.8B
P/E
9.9×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
4.45%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.32
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
46/100

Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) Debt to equity

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Novo Nordisk A/S's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.6×, down 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (0.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (fiscal 2016) to 0.7× (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is in line with the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 0.6× and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.0×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.7× (5.79%)
FY2024 0.7× 182.72%
FY2023 0.3× (17.94%)
FY2022 0.3× (18.00%)
FY2021 0.4× 130.34%
FY2020 0.2× 110.15%
FY2019 0.1× 685.86%
FY2018 0.0× (70.88%)
FY2017 0.0× 566.67%
FY2016 0.0× (77.63%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.6× (12.15%)
Mar 2026 0.7× 6.82%
Dec 2025 0.7× 13.30%
Sep 2025 0.6× 0.86%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 0.7×
Ten-year median 0.2×
Current reading's percentile 91

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
SNY Sanofi compare 0.2×
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 0.6×
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S 0.6×
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 0.7×
NVS Novartis AG compare 1.2×
GSK GSK PLC Sponsored ADR compare 1.3×
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Company compare 1.8×
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare 2.0×
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 3.8×
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 0.6×
Healthcare sector median 0.0×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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