Novo Nordisk Valuation

Is NNO2 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NNO2 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NNO2 (€114.1) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€140.4)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NNO2 is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NNO2?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

NNO2 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue15.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA32.2x
PEG Ratio3.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NNO2's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NNO2 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average76.5x
LLY Eli Lilly
107.8x27.0%US$661.8b
MRK Merck
140.1x24.9%US$323.0b
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
21x7.0%US$359.2b
AZN AstraZeneca
37x16.5%UK£186.8b
NNO2 Novo Nordisk
42.3x13.0%€3.8t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NNO2 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.3x) compared to the peer average (76.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NNO2's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Pharmaceuticals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a13.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NNO2 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.3x) compared to the European Pharmaceuticals industry average (24.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NNO2'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.

NNO2 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio42.3x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate NNO2's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst NNO2 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€114.10
€121.82
+6.8%
19.1%€150.13€71.04n/a25
Apr ’25€121.00
€119.91
-0.9%
19.6%€150.18€71.07n/a25
Mar ’25€114.34
€105.34
-7.9%
24.1%€130.83€18.79n/a24
Feb ’25€105.60
€98.99
-6.3%
24.7%€127.46€18.78n/a24
Jan ’25€93.70
€92.50
-1.3%
27.4%€117.40€16.10n/a23
Dec ’24€93.38
€91.25
-2.3%
27.2%€117.41€16.10n/a23
Nov ’24€92.20
€91.64
-0.6%
21.1%€110.61€48.27n/a22
Oct ’24€86.76
€86.99
+0.3%
19.7%€108.61€48.27n/a22
Sep ’24€87.27
€82.92
-5.0%
18.1%€103.93€48.28n/a22
Aug ’24€71.54
€78.28
+9.4%
15.8%€97.32€48.33n/a23
Jul ’24€73.14
€77.73
+6.3%
16.2%€97.32€48.32n/a22
Jun ’24€73.25
€77.15
+5.3%
16.8%€97.36€48.35n/a22
May ’24€76.11
€75.03
-1.4%
19.5%€97.30€45.63€117.5022
Apr ’24€73.07
€68.52
-6.2%
18.6%€83.19€45.62€121.0022
Mar ’24€66.83
€65.82
-1.5%
17.0%€82.00€45.71€114.3423
Feb ’24€63.18
€63.91
+1.2%
18.3%€80.66€36.30€105.6023
Jan ’24€63.42
€60.43
-4.7%
15.4%€72.92€36.29€93.7023
Dec ’23€60.20
€58.65
-2.6%
15.9%€72.93€36.30€93.3824
Nov ’23€53.82
€57.19
+6.3%
15.6%€71.88€36.28€92.2025
Oct ’23€51.35
€56.20
+9.4%
16.5%€68.89€36.29€86.7626
Sep ’23€52.07
€55.70
+7.0%
16.3%€68.92€36.31€87.2726
Aug ’23€56.91
€55.61
-2.3%
16.9%€68.89€36.29€71.5426
Jul ’23€52.91
€54.65
+3.3%
16.3%€67.56€36.30€73.1426
Jun ’23€51.82
€53.50
+3.2%
17.5%€67.56€36.30€73.2526
May ’23€51.93
€51.49
-0.8%
17.3%€64.54€36.31€76.1124

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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