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Novo Nordisk (NVO) stock

Pre-market
$41.00
+1.71%

Diabetes medicines, worth $178BGLP-1 and obesity drugs

Close $40.31 +0.02%

As of 9:27 AM ET pre-market, delayed 15+ min · Live for Pro members

Quality Score
4
Below Average
In its industry
#38of 90
Checks firing
2of 14
Transition
From 52-week high
-37.2%
under its best in a year

NVO's Quality Score was unchanged on Fri, Nov 6, at 4.

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NextJan 29, 2027 · In 81 daysZiltivekimab, Phase 3 ARTEMIS, the sponsor's estimatePhase 3 main data due · ClinicalTrials.gov · Sep 9

Why NVO lags the market

Down 57% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 75%.

  • Its filings show the business growing while the shares lagged the market.

No filing or news in our sources explains it.

Sources: Price history, Nov 6, 2026; Its high and its filings, Nov 6, 2026; Annual reports, Dec 31, 2025

−3Long-term trend below a falling 200-day average, down over one year, down over two years

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Key facts on NVO

Key facts on NVO
Since its 2024 highDown 73% while sales grew 33%
Latest filing6-K, Oct 5 Issued a release: "Novo provides update on the denecimig Biologics License Application (BLA) in the US"
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NVO in the news

Thu Nov 5Citi raises Novo Nordisk stock target despite 'mixed' results By Investing.com investing.com uk and 1 more · yesterday 6:50 AM ET NVO closed −4.5% that day.

Big story

Wed Nov 4: Guidance

Novo Nordisk raises 2026 outlook as Wegovy pill beats forecasts

NVO closed +5.0% that day on 2.2x normal volume.

Reported by Reuters · covered by 27 outlets

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Outlet counts from the GDELT Project. The move is what NVO did that session, not a claim about why.

What's next

Tue Nov 10: Financial Times Global Pharma and…Industry event · date confirmed.

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NVO catalysts

Coming up

After its last 4 reports it closed -1.8% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.

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What's next for NVO

Next Phase 3 data on the registry

Jan 29, 2027In 81 daysZiltivekimab, Phase 3 ARTEMIS: ARTEMIS - A Research Study to Look at How Ziltivekimab Works Compared to Placebo in People With a Heart AttackPhase 3 main data due · ClinicalTrials.gov · Sep 9

What it means: the date the registry lists for the trial’s last main measurement, as the sponsor estimates it. Results usually follow weeks to months later.

Lead program
Ziltivekimab
Another trial
ONWARDS 11Phase 3 · Active · 877 people · main data estimated Jan 25, 2027 · NCT07076199

101 more trials, 4 with data due this year, 15 drugs past Phase 1, 12 drug news items, and 223 filings, for Pro members.

Dilution on the horizon

No shelf registration or at-the-market program on file in the last three years.

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Insiders

No open-market buys or sales by its officers or directors in their filings of the last year.

From Form 4: open-market buys and sales only.

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FDA dates in the next 60 days

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How NVO ranks in Pharma

NVO is #38 of 90 by Quality Score.

How NVO ranks in Pharma
RankStockQuality Score
38Novo Nordisk (NVO) logoNVONovo Nordisk4

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When does NVO report earnings, and what happens after?

Reports Wed Feb 3, before the open (in 86 days). Confirmed.

What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.

Close after the report, last 3

+2.0%+0.6%+5.0%
May 6Aug 5Nov 4
ReportedGapReaction5
days
Nov 4, 2026Before open+5.6%+5.0%not yet
Aug 5, 2026Before open+1.2%+0.6%+6.5%
May 6, 2026Before open+3.2%+2.0%+4.8%

NVO closed higher after 3 of its last 4 reports.

6 quarters of NVO’s results read from its 6-K filings, the newest filed Nov 4, 2026: its sales and profit, quarter by quarter, for Pro members.

All 4 reports, and NVO's Quality Score going into each

NVO sales and profit by year

Sales and profit by year

Sales grew every year from 2019 to 2025, to DKK 309B. It made a profit in each of the seven years.

NVO has 2 of 14 chart checks firing

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Tight range1 of 3 shown
Buying1 of 3 shown
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NVO RSI on Nov 6: 52.8, below its 50-day and 200-day averages

Not scored

RSI 52.8, MACD above signal, below both averages. Not scored.

The deep dive on NVO

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NVO insider trades

NVO trades by Congress and the executive branch

4 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:

SellKevin Hern$1K to $15KHousetraded Sep 10, disclosed Sep 25(15 days later)
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About Novo Nordisk

With roughly one-third of the global branded diabetes treatment market, Novo Nordisk is the world's leading provider of diabetes care products. Based in Denmark, the company manufactures and markets a variety of human and modern insulins for patients with diabetes, as well as injectable and oral GLP-1 therapies, across its obesity and diabetes care segment. Novo also has a rare disease segment (contributing less than 10% of revenue) that specializes in protein therapies for hemophilia and other disorders.

69,500 employeesnovonordisk.com

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As of Nov 9, 2026: NVO's Quality Score is 4 (Below Average), #38 of 90 in Pharma.

What does NVO's Quality Score say?

NVO scores 4 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #38 of 90 in Pharma by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 57% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 75%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.

What is NVO's Quality Score?

NVO scores 4 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #38 of 90 in Pharma by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind NVO's 4.

When does NVO report earnings?

Reports Wed Feb 3, before the open, a date the company confirmed. NVO closed higher after 3 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.

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