5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Novo Nordisk

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Danish diabetes-drug maker Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Novo Nordisk's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Novo Nordisk facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Bagsvaerd, Denmark (1925)
Market Cap	$43.8 billion
Industry	Pharmaceuticals
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$9.8 billion
Management	CEO Lars Sorensen (since 2000) CFO Jesper Brandgaard (since 2000)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)	27.9%
Cash/Debt	$1.87 billion/$270 million
Dividend Yield	1.9%
Competitors	Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) sanofi-aventis (NYSE: SNY) Wyeth (NYSE: WYE)
CAPS Members Bullish on NVO Also Bullish on	Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) General Electric (NYSE: GE)
CAPS Members Bearish on NVO Also Bearish on	3M (NYSE: MMM)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 97.4% of the 433 members who have rated Novo Nordisk believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include georcole and All-Star Turbolover, who is ranked in the top 15% of our community.

Three months ago, georcole highlighted the distressing trend working in the stock's favor:

With food companies putting more sugar in a lot of our foods, diabetes is going to become a bigger problem than it is today. No matter what the economy does, people will still need to get their insulin and such, and Novo Nordisk is in a great position to capitalize on this unfortunate situation. ... I do not consider them a cheap stock, but I do see them as undervalued. And as revenue grows, so will their share price.

In an earlier pitch, Turbolover offers some firsthand insight into Novo Nordisk's potential:

This one falls under the Fool Rule of investing in what you know. Sadly, diabetes is a growth industry, and Novo Nordisk has great name recognition. When I was diagnosed with type II diabetes, I instantly recalled the Novo Nordisk commercials from [National Public Radio]. Most diabetes related companies seem to focus on delivery systems for insulin. With Type II diabetes rates skyrocketing, current research will pay off in the long term.

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