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.

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) Gross margin

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Novo Nordisk A/S's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 80.7%, down 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (81.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 81.0% (fiscal 2025) to 85.0% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 73.0% and above the Healthcare sector median of 53.9%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 81.0% (3.69)
FY2024 84.7% 0.07
FY2023 84.6% 0.68
FY2022 83.9% 0.72
FY2021 83.2% (0.31)
FY2020 83.5% (0.03)
FY2019 83.5% (0.71)
FY2018 84.3% 0.04
FY2017 84.2% (0.42)
FY2016 84.6% (0.37)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 78.2% (7.75)
Mar 2026 86.0% 4.79
Dec 2025 81.2% 5.05
Sep 2025 76.1% (7.17)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 81.0% High 85.0%
Ten-year median 84.2%
Current reading's percentile 2

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 81.9%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S 80.7%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare 79.9%
NVS Novartis AG compare 74.9%
SNY Sanofi compare 73.4%
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 73.4%
GSK GSK PLC Sponsored ADR compare 72.6%
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 70.9%
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Company compare 69.2%
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 73.0%
Healthcare sector median 53.9%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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