How to buy Novo Nordisk A/S stock | $73.8

Novo Nordisk A/S is a biotechnology business based in the US. Novo Nordisk A/S shares (NVO) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Novo Nordisk A/S employs 44,326 staff and has a market cap (total outstanding shares value) of USD$163.1 billion.

How to buy shares in Novo Nordisk A/S

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Novo Nordisk A/S. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: NVO. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Novo Nordisk A/S reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$73.8, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Novo Nordisk A/S, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Novo Nordisk A/S. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Novo Nordisk A/S share price

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Novo Nordisk A/S shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-30.

Latest market close	USD$73.8
52-week range	USD$48.1852 - USD$73.92
50-day moving average	USD$68.6947
200-day moving average	USD$67.7388
Wall St. target price	USD$74.08
PE ratio	28.6678
Dividend yield	USD$1.04 (1.47%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.462

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Novo Nordisk A/S price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $73.8 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-07)	5.29%
1 month (2020-12-17)	2.89%
3 months (2020-10-15)	4.58%
6 months (2020-07-15)	10.83%

1 year (2020-01-15)	18.29%
2 years (2019-01-15)	56.36%
3 years (2018-01-13)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-15)	38.93%

Is Novo Nordisk A/S under- or over-valued?

Valuing Novo Nordisk A/S stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Novo Nordisk A/S's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Novo Nordisk A/S's P/E ratio

Novo Nordisk A/S's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 29x. In other words, Novo Nordisk A/S shares trade at around 29x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Novo Nordisk A/S's PEG ratio

Novo Nordisk A/S's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.8731. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Novo Nordisk A/S's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Novo Nordisk A/S financials

Gross profit TTM	USD$102.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	26.33%
Return on equity TTM	73.83%
Profit margin	32.65%
Book value	$3.077
Market capitalisation	USD$163.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Novo Nordisk A/S shares

There are currently 4.1 million Novo Nordisk A/S shares held short by investors – that's known as Novo Nordisk A/S's "short interest". This figure is 27.8% down from 5.7 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Novo Nordisk A/S shares can be evaluated.

Novo Nordisk A/S's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Novo Nordisk A/S's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Novo Nordisk A/S shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Novo Nordisk A/S shares traded daily (recently around 995992.70072993). Novo Nordisk A/S's SIR currently stands at 4.11. In other words for every 100,000 Novo Nordisk A/S shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4110 shares are currently held short.

However Novo Nordisk A/S's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Novo Nordisk A/S shares, or, against the total number of tradable Novo Nordisk A/S shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Novo Nordisk A/S's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Novo Nordisk A/S shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Novo Nordisk A/S shares, roughly 0 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Novo Nordisk A/S.

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Novo Nordisk A/S share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 48.37% of net profits

Recently Novo Nordisk A/S has paid out, on average, around 48.37% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.47% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Novo Nordisk A/S shareholders could enjoy a 1.47% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Novo Nordisk A/S's case, that would currently equate to about $1.04 per share.

While Novo Nordisk A/S's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Novo Nordisk A/S may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Novo Nordisk A/S's most recent dividend payout was on 25 August 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 August 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Novo Nordisk A/S's shares ever split?

Novo Nordisk A/S's shares were split on a 5:1 basis on 9 January 2014. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Novo Nordisk A/S shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 80% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Novo Nordisk A/S shares which in turn could have impacted Novo Nordisk A/S's share price.

Novo Nordisk A/S share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Novo Nordisk A/S's shares have ranged in value from as little as $48.1852 up to $73.92. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Novo Nordisk A/S's is 0.3163. This would suggest that Novo Nordisk A/S's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Novo Nordisk A/S overview

Novo Nordisk A/S, a healthcare company, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceutical products worldwide. It operates in two segments, Diabetes and Obesity care, and Biopharmaceuticals. The Diabetes and Obesity care segment provides products in the areas of insulins, GLP-1 and related delivery systems, oral antidiabetic products, obesity, and other chronic diseases. The Biopharmaceuticals segment offers products in the areas of haemophilia, growth disorders, and hormone replacement therapy. The company has a strategic alliance with Evotec AG to discover and develop small molecule therapies to treat patients suffering from diabetes, obesity, and co-morbidities, as well as has a research collaboration with Kallyope Inc. Novo Nordisk A/S also has collaboration agreements with Lund University to develop stem cell-derived treatment for Parkinson's diseases; Staten Biotechnology B.V. to develop novel therapeutics for the treatment of dyslipidaemia; Medtronic plc to develop integrated digital solutions for people with diabetes; and bluebird bio, Inc. to develop in vivo genome editing treatments for genetic diseases, as well as research collaboration and license agreement with Procyon Technologies LLC to develop an implantable cell encapsulation device to be used in a novel therapy for Type 1 diabetes. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Bagsvaerd, Denmark.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Novo Nordisk A/S is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.008% of Novo Nordisk A/S shares are held by insiders and 8.08% by institutions.

• How many people work for Novo Nordisk A/S?

  Latest data suggests 44,326 work at Novo Nordisk A/S.

• When does the fiscal year end for Novo Nordisk A/S?

  Novo Nordisk A/S's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Novo Nordisk A/S based?

  Novo Nordisk A/S's address is: Novo Allé, Bagsvaerd, Denmark, 2880

• What is Novo Nordisk A/S's ISIN number?

  Novo Nordisk A/S's international securities identification number is: US6701002056

• What is Novo Nordisk A/S's CUSIP number?

  Novo Nordisk A/S's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 670100205