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Total Real Returns

NVO: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

NVO total return snapshot: NVO returned −30.74% over the past year and −9.78% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 30, 1981, NVO is up +52,740.10% in nominal total return, or +14.93%/yr, and is currently −67.77% below its total-return high on Jun. 25, 2024.

Thu 1981-04-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
NVO
×
−9.78%
2026-05-19
−30.74%
2026-05-19
Novo Nordisk A/S NYSE Common Stock

Returns

Thu 1981-04-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
NVO
×
+52,740.10%
+14.93%/yr
+18.53%/yr
(R2=0.975)
Novo Nordisk A/S NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1981-04-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Start
Value
End
Value
NVO
×
$10,000.00
1981-04-30
$5,284,009.55
2026-05-19
Novo Nordisk A/S NYSE Common Stock

Annual Returns

Year NVO
2026 (YTD) −9.78%
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 +43.96%
2002 −27.23%
2001 +14.20%
2000 +38.75%
1999 −2.01%
1998 −7.34%
1997 +55.13%
1996 +38.17%
1995 +45.42%
1994 −3.53%
1993 +12.20%
1992 −0.12%
1991 +44.64%
1990 +26.22%
1989 +30.77%
1988 +84.44%
1987 −34.20%
1986 +12.96%
1985 +25.12%
1984 −57.38%
1983 +28.35%
1982 +10.15%
1981 +24.58%

Drawdowns

Thu 1981-04-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
NVO
×
−67.77%
from 2024-06-25 peak
−74.70%
2026-03-27
from 2024-06-25 peak
Novo Nordisk A/S NYSE Common Stock

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
NVO
×
−30.74% −64.10%
−40.02%/yr
−43.81%
−17.48%/yr
+23.16%
+4.25%/yr
+107.64%
+7.58%/yr
Novo Nordisk A/S NYSE Common Stock