All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

NVO: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

NVO real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, NVO returned −12.71% over the past year and −20.29% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 30, 1981, NVO is up +12,742.16% in real purchasing-power return, or +11.26%/yr, and is currently −72.40% below its real total-return high on Jun. 25, 2024.

Data ending Fri Nov. 6, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1981-04-30💬 to Fri 2026-11-06 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
NVO × 		+12,742.16%
+11.26%/yr 		+15.36%/yr
R2=0.961
Novo Nordisk A/S NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 1981-04-30💬 to Fri 2026-11-06 Start
Value 		End
Value
NVO × 		$10,000.00
1981-04-30 		$1,284,215.59
2026-11-06

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-06

  YTD YoY
NVO × 		−20.29% −12.71%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
NVO × 		−72.40%
on 2026-11-06
from 2024-06-25 peak 		−75.89%
on 2026-03-27
from 2024-06-25 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-11-06 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
NVO × 		−12.71% −61.48%
−37.93%/yr 		−60.44%
−26.59%/yr 		−34.76%
−8.19%/yr 		+111.86%
+7.80%/yr

Annual Returns

Year NVO
2026 (YTD) −20.29%
2025 −40.80%
2024 −18.29%
2023 +49.82%
2022 +15.21%
2021 +52.77%
2020 +21.68%
2019 +25.83%
2018 −13.76%
2017 +51.03%
2016 −37.85%
2015 +38.38%
2014 +15.79%
2013 +13.70%
2012 +41.63%
2011 +0.92%
2010 +76.85%
2009 +23.62%
2008 −19.80%
2007 +51.19%
2006 +47.34%
2005 +1.78%
2004 +30.39%
2003 +41.31%
2002 −28.92%
2001 +12.46%
2000 +34.19%
1999 −4.58%
1998 −8.80%
1997 +52.53%
1996 +33.72%
1995 +41.81%
1994 −6.06%
1993 +9.24%
1992 −2.93%
1991 +40.27%
1990 +18.91%
1989 +24.97%
1988 +76.94%
1987 −37.07%
1986 +11.77%
1985 +20.54%
1984 −59.00%
1983 +23.58%
1982 +6.12%
1981 +18.17%