Novo Nordisk A/S

NYSE:NVO Stock Report

Market Cap: US$238.0b

Novo Nordisk Valuation

Is NVO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NVO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

US$167.41
Fair Value
67.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
19
Number of Analysts


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NVO?

Key metric:

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NVO. This is calculated by dividing NVO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NVO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.8x
EarningsDKK 111.07b
Market CapDKK 1.52t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NVO's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NVO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.5x
MRK Merck
12.8x6.21%US$210.1b
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
18.4x-1.73%US$460.4b
LLY Eli Lilly
53.3x21.12%US$742.0b
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb
17.5x5.66%US$88.8b
NVO Novo Nordisk
14.6x7.17%US$1.6t


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NVO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Pharmaceuticals Industry?

9 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
OGN Organon
3.5x14.52%US$2.48b
NDOI Endo
0.3xn/aUS$1.76b
BTMD biote
2.9x-36.29%US$132.43m
BSEM BioStem Technologies
3xn/aUS$80.96m
NVO 13.8xIndustry Avg. 18.0xNo. of Companies9PE01632486480+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NVO's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NVO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.8x
Fair PE Ratio31x


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

US$70.8
Fair Value
23.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
19
Number of Analysts


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/17 22:13
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/17 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Novo Nordisk A/S is covered by 54 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullABG Sundal Collier
Gerhard SchwarzBaader Helvea Equity Research
Brian BourdotBarclays