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) Free cash flow margin

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Novo Nordisk A/S's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.8%, up 5.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.38%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.38% (fiscal 2025) to 36.2% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 18.5% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 9.38% (14.61)
FY2024 24.0% (6.15)
FY2023 30.1% (6.10)
FY2022 36.2% 2.42
FY2021 33.8% 10.28
FY2020 23.5% (5.60)
FY2019 29.1% 0.33
FY2018 28.8% (0.31)
FY2017 29.1% (6.71)
FY2016 35.8% 6.28

Against its own ten years

Low 9.38% High 36.2%
Ten-year median 29.1%
Current reading's percentile 9

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare 44.5%
SNY Sanofi compare 40.3%
NVS Novartis AG compare 24.7%
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 24.6%
GSK GSK PLC Sponsored ADR compare 19.7%
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Company compare 18.6%
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 18.5%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S 14.8%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 10.2%
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 18.5%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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