Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Danish drug giant Novo Nordisk
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Novo's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Novo facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Bagsvaerd, Denmark (1925) |
| Market Cap | $81.7 billion |
| Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $11.3 billion |
| Management | CEO Lars Sorensen (since 2000) CFO Jesper Brandgaard (since 2000) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 44.3% |
| Cash / Debt | $2.2 billion / $147.2 million |
| Dividend Yield | 1.2% |
| Competitors |
Eli Lilly
Pfizer Sanofi |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 560 members who have rated Novo believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A few months ago, one of those Fools, silverbare, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Great R&D. Has 63% of the [insulin market] in China already and diabetes is and will continue to grow there as the middle class grows and increasing adopt a "Western" style diet. Same for India. [Novo] pays a great dividend. ... Add in share price [compound annual growth] over the most recent 10 years and you get a fabulous TOTAL RETURN.
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