NVO vs. LLY, JNJ, MRK, ABBV, AZN, NVS, ABT, PFE, SNY, and VRTX
Should you be buying Novo Nordisk A/S stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novo Nordisk A/S include Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), AbbVie (ABBV), AstraZeneca (AZN), Novartis (NVS), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Pfizer (PFE), Sanofi (SNY), and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical preparations" industry.
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) and Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
82.5% of Eli Lilly and Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of Novo Nordisk A/S shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Eli Lilly and Company shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Novo Nordisk A/S shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Eli Lilly and Company had 28 more articles in the media than Novo Nordisk A/S. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Eli Lilly and Company and 26 mentions for Novo Nordisk A/S. Novo Nordisk A/S's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Eli Lilly and Company's score of 0.50 indicating that Eli Lilly and Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eli Lilly and Company has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novo Nordisk A/S has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eli Lilly and Company received 770 more outperform votes than Novo Nordisk A/S when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Eli Lilly and Company an outperform vote while only 60.60% of users gave Novo Nordisk A/S an outperform vote.
Novo Nordisk A/S has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Eli Lilly and Company. Novo Nordisk A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eli Lilly and Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eli Lilly and Company currently has a consensus target price of $769.53, suggesting a potential downside of 4.08%. Novo Nordisk A/S has a consensus target price of $133.60, suggesting a potential downside of 0.36%. Given Eli Lilly and Company's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Novo Nordisk A/S is more favorable than Eli Lilly and Company.
Novo Nordisk A/S has a net margin of 36.56% compared to Novo Nordisk A/S's net margin of 17.08%. Eli Lilly and Company's return on equity of 91.70% beat Novo Nordisk A/S's return on equity.
Eli Lilly and Company pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Novo Nordisk A/S pays an annual dividend of $1.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Eli Lilly and Company pays out 76.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Novo Nordisk A/S pays out 45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eli Lilly and Company has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Novo Nordisk A/S has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Novo Nordisk A/S is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Eli Lilly and Company beats Novo Nordisk A/S on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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