All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

NVO: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

NVO total return snapshot: NVO returned −12.85% over the past year and −3.84% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 30, 1981, NVO is up +56,248.25% in nominal total return, or +14.99%/yr, and is currently −65.65% below its total-return high on Jun. 25, 2024.

Data ending Fri Sep. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1981-04-30💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
NVO × 		+56,248.25%
+14.99%/yr 		+18.46%/yr
R2=0.975
Novo Nordisk A/S NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 1981-04-30💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Start
Value 		End
Value
NVO × 		$10,000.00
1981-04-30 		$5,634,824.67
2026-09-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-04

  YTD YoY
NVO × 		−3.84% −12.85%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
NVO × 		−65.65%
on 2026-09-04
from 2024-06-25 peak 		−74.70%
on 2026-03-27
from 2024-06-25 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
NVO × 		−12.85% −62.63%
−38.87%/yr 		−46.30%
−18.72%/yr 		+3.59%
+0.71%/yr 		+157.03%
+9.90%/yr

Annual Returns

Year NVO
2026 (YTD) −3.84%
2025 −39.22%
2024 −15.94%
2023 +54.84%
2022 +22.66%
2021 +63.52%
2020 +23.33%
2019 +28.70%
2018 −12.12%
2017 +54.23%
2016 −36.56%
2015 +39.39%
2014 +16.67%
2013 +15.41%
2012 +44.09%
2011 +3.91%
2010 +79.50%
2009 +26.98%
2008 −19.73%
2007 +57.38%
2006 +51.05%
2005 +5.27%
2004 +34.63%
2003 +43.97%
2002 −27.23%
2001 +14.20%
2000 +38.74%
1999 −2.01%
1998 −7.33%
1997 +55.13%
1996 +38.16%
1995 +45.42%
1994 −3.54%
1993 +12.24%
1992 −0.12%
1991 +44.57%
1990 +26.18%
1989 +30.77%
1988 +84.75%
1987 −34.28%
1986 +13.00%
1985 +25.12%
1984 −57.38%
1983 +28.26%
1982 +10.18%
1981 +24.67%