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) Operating margin

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Novo Nordisk A/S's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 43.4%, up 2.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (41.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 41.3% (fiscal 2025) to 45.8% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 18.3% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 41.3% (2.89)
FY2024 44.2% 0.03
FY2023 44.2% 1.88
FY2022 42.3% 0.63
FY2021 41.7% (0.99)
FY2020 42.6% (0.37)
FY2019 43.0% 0.76
FY2018 42.3% (1.59)
FY2017 43.8% 0.51
FY2016 43.3% (2.48)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 34.5% (27.09)
Mar 2026 61.6% 20.59
Dec 2025 41.0% 9.39
Sep 2025 31.6% (11.93)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 41.3% High 45.8%
Ten-year median 43.0%
Current reading's percentile 64

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S 43.4%
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 32.4%
NVS Novartis AG compare 25.2%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 23.7%
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Company compare 22.7%
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 21.4%
SNY Sanofi compare 18.7%
GSK GSK PLC Sponsored ADR compare 18.0%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare −7.63%
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 18.3%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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