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Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO)

Healthcare | Drug Manufacturers - General | Bagsvaerd, Denmark | NYSE
45.61 USD -0.65 (-1.405%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 45.60 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:42 a.m. EDT

The narrative here is one of a massive correction meeting a resilient business, yet the market remains skeptical of the immediate rebound. While the company boasts exceptional profitability with nearly 60% ROE and a fortress-like cash generation engine, the stock has suffered a brutal 58% drop over the last year, leaving it trading at a historically cheap multiple despite the high-quality fundamentals. The recent price action shows a tentative recovery, but the heavy options positioning at the $50 strike suggests institutional sellers are still guarding their exits there. For the long term, the valuation is compelling, but the short-term path is cluttered with profit-taking and a wait-for-confirmation mentality. The dividend yield provides a nice floor, but the stock is currently priced as a value trap waiting to prove its growth story has truly reset.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.057973
AutoETS0.086221
AutoARIMA0.086221
MSTL0.091377

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 0.50
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.138
Excess Kurtosis -1.16
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-16
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-16
Debt to Equity Ratio 63.327
Revenue per Share 74.186
Market Cap 201,643,180,032
Trailing P/E 11.29
Forward P/E 13.30
Beta 0.35
Profit Margins 35.35%
Website https://www.novonordisk.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:42 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound bounce rather than a breakout. Call open interest builds significantly at the $50 strike across multiple expirations, acting as a major resistance wall, while put volume concentrates heavily just below the current price ($43-$45). This 'bull put/bear call' spread activity suggests traders are betting on volatility expansion within the existing range, with limited conviction for a move above $50 or a crash below $40.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.29% 4.90% 2.89% 2.29%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-17 0.579000 1.290107
2026-03-30 1.275000 3.612921
2025-08-18 0.584000 1.086512
2025-03-31 1.099000 1.582661
2024-08-16 0.513000 0.380310
2024-03-22 0.930000 0.722274
2023-08-18 0.442000 0.482717
2023-03-24 0.594500 0.778396
2022-08-12 0.292000 0.543256
2022-03-25 0.518000 0.972679
2021-08-16 0.278500 0.539415
2021-03-26 0.474500 1.400118
2020-08-14 0.259000 0.787593
2020-03-27 0.393500 1.387273
2019-08-16 0.224500 0.869144
2019-03-22 0.394500 1.555599
2018-08-17 0.233500 0.983987
2018-03-23 0.335000 1.381728
2017-08-17 0.237000 1.045434
2017-03-23 0.331500 2.000000
2016-08-11 0.223500 0.962118
2016-03-18 0.482000 1.765244
2015-03-19 0.380000 1.576763
2014-03-21 0.415000 1.890661
2013-03-21 0.318400 1.975186
2012-03-22 0.249700 1.762796
2011-03-24 0.181800 1.475410
2010-03-25 0.140700 1.796705
2009-03-19 0.103400 2.241006
2008-03-13 0.088400 1.286941
2007-03-08 0.060900 1.448448
2006-03-09 0.048300 1.650436
2005-03-10 0.042000 1.478093
2004-03-17 0.037250 1.619213
2003-03-26 0.026150 1.569628
2002-03-13 0.018450 0.964958
2001-03-21 0.015900 0.798995
2000-11-17 0.009400 0.517906
2000-03-24 0.011700 0.832740
1999-03-25 0.008200 0.821026
1998-03-27 0.008040 0.504075
1997-04-25 0.005620 0.553695
1996-05-01 0.004300 0.656489
1996-04-24 0.003600 0.551724
1995-04-24 0.004200 0.831683
1994-04-26 0.002800 0.523364
1994-04-22 0.002800 0.533333
1993-04-22 0.002700 0.600000
1992-04-28 0.003000 0.738462
1991-04-19 0.002545 0.790680
1990-04-23 0.003120 1.398319
1989-04-21 0.002315 1.089412
1988-04-21 0.002610 1.856000
1987-04-20 0.002070 1.118919
1986-04-21 0.001720 1.023048
1985-04-19 0.001295 0.972770
1984-04-13 0.001440 0.593814
1983-04-13 0.001370 0.528193
1982-04-23 0.000300 0.142433
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.8
dividendYield 3.88
exDividendDate 2026-08-17
trailingAnnualDividendRate 11.7
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.2529183
lastDividendValue 0.579
lastDividendDate 2026-08-17
dividendDate 2026-08-25

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.1910252
Address1 Novo Alle 1
All Time High 148.15
All Time Low 0.08625
Ask 45.63
Ask Size 700
Average Analyst Rating 2.6 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 12,240,930
Average Daily Volume3 Month 12,349,226
Average Volume 12,349,226
Average Volume10Days 12,240,930
Beta 0.349
Bid 45.55
Bid Size 900
Book Value 7.790285
City Bagsvaerd
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Country Denmark
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 45.61
Current Ratio 0.873
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 46.21
Day Low 45.405
Debt To Equity 63.327
Dividend Date 1,787,616,000
Dividend Rate 1.8
Dividend Yield 3.88
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,927,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,927,600
Earnings Growth -0.206
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.208
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,933,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,795,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,795,400
Ebitda 173,677,002,752
Ebitda Margins 0.5272
Enterprise To Ebitda 1.711
Enterprise To Revenue 0.902
Enterprise Value 297,108,766,720
Eps Current Year 23.08517
Eps Forward 3.4292455
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.04
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,924,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 47.892
Fifty Day Average Change -2.2819977
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.04764883
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -19.10252
Fifty Two Week High 64.16
Fifty Two Week High Change -18.550003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.28912097
Fifty Two Week Low 35.12
Fifty Two Week Low Change 10.490002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.29869026
Fifty Two Week Range 35.12 - 64.16
Financial Currency DKK
First Trade Date Milliseconds 357,485,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.86
Float Shares 3,173,014,289
Forward Eps 3.4292455
Forward P E 13.3003025
Free Cashflow 37,673,250,816
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 66,700
Fullday Change -0.649998
Fullday Change Percent -1.4051
Fullday Price 45.6
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.81987
Gross Profits 270,091,993,088
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.000030000001
Held Percent Institutions 0.099
Implied Shares Outstanding 4,421,030,124
Industry Drug Manufacturers - General
Industry Disp Drug Manufacturers - General
Industry Key drug-manufacturers-general
Ir Website http://www.novonordisk.com/investors/default.asp
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,924,800
Last Dividend Value 0.579
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,695,168,000
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Novo Nordisk A/S, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. It operates through two segments, Obesity and Diabetes Care, and Rare Disease. The Obesity and Diabetes care segment provides products for diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular, and other emerging therapy areas. The Rare Disease segment offers products in the areas of rare blood disorders, rare endocrine disorders, and hormone replacement therapy. The company also provides NovoPen 6 and NovoPen Echo Plus, smart insulin pens; Dose Check, an insulin dose guidance application; growth hormone pens and injection needles; and Wegovy pill an oral glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist therapy for weight management. It operates in Europe, Canada, the United States, Japan, Korea, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Novo Nordisk A/S was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
Long Name Novo Nordisk A/S
Market us_market
Market Cap 201,643,180,032
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_323452
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 116,442,996,736
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 203,492,244,823
Number Of Analyst Opinions 12
Open 46.17
Operating Cashflow 131,881,000,960
Operating Margins 0.42540002
Payout Ratio 0.4446
Peg Ratio 3.14
Phone 45 44 44 88 88
Post Market Change -0.010002136
Post Market Change Percent -0.0219297
Post Market Price 45.6
Post Market Time 1,787,961,584
Previous Close 46.26
Price Eps Current Year 1.9757272
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.854728
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.61209536
Profit Margins 0.35347
Quick Ratio 0.642
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.57143
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.649998
Regular Market Change Percent -1.4051
Regular Market Day High 46.21
Regular Market Day Low 45.405
Regular Market Day Range 45.405 - 46.21
Regular Market Open 46.17
Regular Market Previous Close 46.26
Regular Market Price 45.61
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 8,487,691
Return On Assets 0.18729
Return On Equity 0.59815
Revenue Growth 0.021
Revenue Per Share 74.186
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Shares Outstanding 3,346,158,124
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0077
Shares Short 33,828,864
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 31,094,150
Short Name Novo Nordisk A/S
Short Percent Of Float 0.0107
Short Ratio 2.76
Source Interval 15
Symbol NVO
Target High Price 63.955734
Target Low Price 40.135014
Target Mean Price 47.083466
Target Median Price 45.088818
Total Cash 44,982,001,664
Total Cash Per Share 10.158
Total Debt 140,126,994,432
Total Revenue 329,430,990,848
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 11.7
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.2529183
Trailing Eps 4.04
Trailing P E 11.289604
Trailing Peg Ratio 3.1367
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 46.4148
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.8047981
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.017339258
Type Disp Equity
Volume 8,487,691
Website https://www.novonordisk.com
Zip 2,880