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 −8.64% over the past year and −9.37% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 30, 1981, NVO is up +14,494.16% in real purchasing-power return, or +11.63%/yr, and is currently −68.62% below its real total-return high on Jun. 25, 2024.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1981-04-30💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
NVO × 		+14,494.16%
+11.63%/yr 		+15.42%/yr
R2=0.961
Novo Nordisk A/S NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 1981-04-30💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
NVO × 		$10,000.00
1981-04-30 		$1,459,415.82
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
NVO × 		−9.37% −8.64%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
NVO × 		−68.62%
on 2026-08-14
from 2024-06-25 peak 		−75.89%
on 2026-03-27
from 2024-06-25 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
NVO × 		−8.64% −65.64%
−41.39%/yr 		−49.29%
−20.26%/yr 		−18.74%
−4.06%/yr 		+78.46%
+5.96%/yr

Annual Returns

Year NVO
2026 (YTD) −9.37%
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 +41.30%
2002 −28.92%
2001 +12.46%
2000 +34.20%
1999 −4.58%
1998 −8.81%
1997 +52.53%
1996 +33.74%
1995 +41.82%
1994 −6.05%
1993 +9.20%
1992 −2.93%
1991 +40.34%
1990 +18.95%
1989 +24.97%
1988 +76.65%
1987 −36.99%
1986 +11.73%
1985 +20.54%
1984 −59.00%
1983 +23.66%
1982 +6.09%
1981 +18.09%