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Novo-Nordisk A/S NVO

US equityMarket cap rank #103Drug Manufacturers - General

$40.31 +$0.01 (+0.02%)

Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $40.34 +0.08%

Open$39.76

Prev close$40.30

Day range$39.53 – $40.55

Volume9.24M

Market cap$179.98B

P/E (TTM)10.5

Dividend yield4.39%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership55.9%+0.02 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding2,165-56 vs. prior quarter

Short interest0.84% of floatDays to cover 3.1 · as of 15 Oct 2026

Short-sale volume share16.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$37.95M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 38.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Novo Holdings A/S28.38%
BlackRock4.12%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC3.05%
Norges Bank Investment Management1.60%
Amundi Asset Management0.89%
Dodge & Cox0.83%
Geode Capital Management, LLC0.82%
Loomis, Sayles & Company L.P.0.45%

By investor type

VC/PE Fund28.44%
Mutual Fund23.02%
Sovereign Wealth Fund1.82%
Public Company0.81%
Private Company0.60%
Hedge Fund0.54%
Government Pension Fund0.28%
Insurance Company0.26%

Reported short interest has risen from 0.66% to 0.84% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

Holder	Type	Period	Share change	New stake
Amundi Asset Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+6,796,062	0.9%
Amundi Luxembourg S.A.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+3,389,463	0.1%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,648,166	0.3%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,325,647	3.0%
Nuveen Investments	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+908,603	0.1%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+2,073,418	0.3%
Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+881,105	0.0%
Invesco Ltd.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+875,342	0.1%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+840,173	3.0%
Altrinsic Global Advisors, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,303,743	0.1%
Invesco Ltd.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+890,124	0.1%
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+8,932,415	0.3%
Fred Alger Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+4,907,570	0.1%
The Bank of Nova Scotia	Public Company	2026/Q3	+3,010,450	0.1%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	Public Company	2026/Q3	+2,825,812	0.1%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Short interest, by report

Report date	Shares short	% of float	Days to cover
15 Oct 2026	37,436,108	0.8%	3.1
30 Sep 2026	31,622,458	0.7%	1.7
15 Sep 2026	26,339,706	0.6%	2.9
31 Aug 2026	31,648,914	0.7%	2.7
14 Aug 2026	33,828,864	0.8%	2.2
31 Jul 2026	29,424,036	0.7%	2.9

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