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NVO vs. NVS, AZN, SNY, GSK, TAK, ARGX, ONC, INSM, BNTX, and TEVA

Should you be buying Novo Nordisk A/S stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novo Nordisk A/S include Novartis (NVS), AstraZeneca (AZN), Sanofi (SNY), GSK (GSK), Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), argenex (ARGX), BeOne Medicines (ONC), Insmed (INSM), BioNTech (BNTX), and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Novo Nordisk A/S vs. Its Competitors

Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) and Novartis (NYSE:NVS) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Novo Nordisk A/S pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Novartis pays an annual dividend of $2.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Novo Nordisk A/S pays out 22.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Novartis pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Novo Nordisk A/S has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Novartis. Novo Nordisk A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Novartis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Novo Nordisk A/S$42.12B5.90$14.64B$3.6415.28
Novartis$55.19B4.72$11.94B$6.8717.94

In the previous week, Novo Nordisk A/S had 48 more articles in the media than Novartis. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for Novo Nordisk A/S and 34 mentions for Novartis. Novartis' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Novo Nordisk A/S's score of 0.58 indicating that Novartis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Novo Nordisk A/S
35 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
28 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Novartis
23 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Novo Nordisk A/S has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novartis has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Novo Nordisk A/S currently has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.63%. Novartis has a consensus target price of $120.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.38%. Given Novo Nordisk A/S's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Novo Nordisk A/S is more favorable than Novartis.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Novo Nordisk A/S
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.19
Novartis
3 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

11.5% of Novo Nordisk A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Novartis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Novo Nordisk A/S shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Novartis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Novo Nordisk A/S has a net margin of 35.60% compared to Novartis' net margin of 25.64%. Novo Nordisk A/S's return on equity of 78.64% beat Novartis' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Novo Nordisk A/S35.60% 78.64% 24.51%
Novartis 25.64%41.08%16.83%

Summary

Novo Nordisk A/S beats Novartis on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NVO vs. The Competition

MetricNovo Nordisk A/SLarge Cap Pharma IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$244.99B$253.76B$5.80B$21.52B
Dividend Yield1.50%2.71%5.72%3.50%
P/E Ratio15.2830.4475.0529.84
Price / Sales5.904.88544.0070.86
Price / Cash14.0613.6625.8118.13
Price / Book11.9418.5913.434.65
Net Income$14.64B$8.49B$3.29B$999.94M
7 Day Performance2.47%-1.46%0.08%1.08%
1 Month Performance6.08%0.18%4.61%4.53%
1 Year Performance-59.37%-10.51%75.02%14.39%

Novo Nordisk A/S Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVO
Novo Nordisk A/S
4.185 of 5 stars
$55.62
+1.4%
$81.00
+45.6%
-59.4%$244.99B$42.12B15.2877,349Trending News
Short Interest ↑
NVS
Novartis
2.2325 of 5 stars
$128.88
-0.7%
$124.33
-3.5%
+6.6%$272.08B$50.32B18.7575,883Positive News
AZN
AstraZeneca
2.9214 of 5 stars
$81.34
-0.4%
$86.00
+5.7%
-0.3%$252.17B$54.07B30.5794,300Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
SNY
Sanofi
3.9728 of 5 stars
$46.83
+0.7%
$62.67
+33.8%
-18.4%$115.05B$44.46B11.2682,878
GSK
GSK
2.0202 of 5 stars
$39.97
-1.3%
$37.38
-6.5%
-6.3%$81.30B$40.10B18.4868,629Positive News
Dividend Cut
TAK
Takeda Pharmaceutical
2.4628 of 5 stars
$15.21
-1.3%
N/A+2.6%$48.29B$30.09B50.5847,455High Trading Volume
ARGX
argenex
3.9342 of 5 stars
$765.20
+1.9%
$772.84
+1.0%
+40.7%$46.86B$2.25B39.261,599Analyst Downgrade
ONC
BeOne Medicines
1.6871 of 5 stars
$345.24
+1.0%
$330.89
-4.2%
N/A$37.84B$3.81B-199.5611,000
INSM
Insmed
3.3455 of 5 stars
$146.63
+1.1%
$139.86
-4.6%
+91.7%$31.00B$363.71M-25.691,271Positive News
Insider Trade
BNTX
BioNTech
2.5302 of 5 stars
$102.83
-8.6%
$135.80
+32.1%
-20.7%$24.79B$2.98B-64.446,772
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
2.7588 of 5 stars
$19.32
+2.0%
$24.71
+27.9%
+2.7%$22.14B$16.54B-120.6636,830Positive News

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