NOVO-NORDISK A S NVO
ADR · ADR · CUSIP 670100205 · ISIN US6701002056
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryPharmaceutical Preparations
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($30.5m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $51.00. Options: 65 managers hold calls ($2.1bn notional), 49 hold puts ($3.3bn).
Trends to Q4 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 907 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,049 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,148 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,198 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,311 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,511 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,744 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,865 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,786 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,668 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,535 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,485 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,400 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,418 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 1,016 | 556 |
| Q2 2024 | 952 | 665 |
| Q3 2024 | 825 | 854 |
| Q4 2024 | 695 | 932 |
| Q1 2025 | 751 | 807 |
| Q2 2025 | 701 | 729 |
| Q3 2025 | 649 | 776 |
| Q4 2025 | 587 | 752 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $987.1m | $1.3bn | 1.36 |
| Q2 2025 | $1.1bn | $1.6bn | 1.44 |
| Q3 2025 | $2.1bn | $3.1bn | 1.49 |
| Q4 2025 | $2.1bn | $3.3bn | 1.62 |
Biggest buyers
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +4.8m |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +4.3m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +4.3m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +4.3m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.6m |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Added | +1.5m |
| SUSQUEHANNA ADVISORS GROUP, INC. | New | +1.3m |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +1.2m |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | +1.2m |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | New | +1.2m |
Biggest sellers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -7.3m |
| Capital International Investors | Reduced | -6.5m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -4.1m |
| Fayez Sarofim & Co | Reduced | -3.1m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -1.5m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -1.3m |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Sold out | -1.2m |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Reduced | -882.0k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -728.8k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $415.0m8.2m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $405.7m8.0m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $167.4m3.3m shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Added | $142.9m2.8m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $125.3m2.5m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $121.5m2.4m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $96.8m1.9m shares |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | $84.8m1.7m shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Reduced | $53.9m1.1m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $47.5m933.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $782.9m15.4m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $412.9m8.1m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $377.1m7.4m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $288.5m5.7m shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Added | $152.0m3.0m shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $144.2m2.8m shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $105.9m2.1m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $100.2m2.0m shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $94.9m1.9m shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $89.9m1.8m shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q4 2025.
Holders, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 1.05% of their portfolio | 17.1m $871.8m | Added +969.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.18% of their portfolio | 14.7m $748.1m | Added +717.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.04% of their portfolio | 12.8m $653.4m | Added +428.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 11.9m $603.9m | Reduced -1.5m |
| Capital International Investors 0.09% of their portfolio | 11.2m $571.9m | Reduced -6.5m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 11.0m $559.2m | Added +4.3m |
| FOLKETRYGDFONDET 12.04% of their portfolio | 10.2m $517.2m | Reduced -47.8k |
| FMR LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 10.0m $509.7m | Reduced -4.1m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 9.8m $497.8m | Reduced -538.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 9.7m $492.9m | Added +4.8m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 7.4m $377.1m | Added +4.3m |
| EVERETT HARRIS & CO /CA/ 3.94% of their portfolio | 6.4m $326.0m | Added +13.6k |
| STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO 0.25% of their portfolio | 6.1m $312.5m | Unchanged |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.0m $306.3m | Reduced -110.7k |
| Boston Partners 0.29% of their portfolio | 5.4m $275.6m | Reduced -194.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.9m $249.9m | Added +1.2m |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.86% of their portfolio | 4.8m $244.6m | Added +4.3m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.6m $235.5m | Added +18.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.4m $223.2m | Reduced -351.3k |
| Fayez Sarofim & Co 0.52% of their portfolio | 4.2m $215.5m | Reduced -3.1m |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.0m $203.1m | Reduced -114.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.5m $179.8m | Reduced -7.3m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2m $164.6m | Reduced -728.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 3.2m $162.0m | Added +301.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.2m $161.1m | Reduced -115.0k |
| Markel Group Inc. 1.16% of their portfolio | 2.9m $146.0m | Added +501.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.8m $141.1m | Reduced -1.2m |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 2.7m $135.4m | Added +105.7k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 2.5m $129.0m | Added +152.2k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.5m $128.5m | Added +1.5m |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 2.5m $128.5m | Reduced -223.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 2.2m $114.4m | Added +62.5k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 0.61% of their portfolio | 2.2m $112.5m | Reduced -435.7k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.1m $109.3m | Added +1.2m |
| SATURNA CAPITAL CORP 1.40% of their portfolio | 2.1m $105.5m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.9m $98.1m | Added +132.1k |
| Saratoga Research & Investment Management 4.94% of their portfolio | 1.9m $94.3m | Reduced -1.1k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $88.7m | Added +286.7k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.6m $83.7m | Added +856.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.6m $82.2m | Added +1.6m |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.4m $72.0m | Added +687.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.4m $71.5m | Added +915.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.4m $71.1m | Added +718.9k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.3m $68.2m | Added +584.3k |
| SUSQUEHANNA ADVISORS GROUP, INC. 2.18% of their portfolio | 1.3m $67.7m | New |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $67.5m | Reduced -12.6k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.3m $64.5m | Added +348.3k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $62.2m | Reduced -176.9k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.2m $62.2m | Added +568.3k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.2m $60.1m | New |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.61% of their portfolio | 1.2m $59.9m | New |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 1.46% of their portfolio | 1.0m $51.8m | Added +421.6k |
| Marex Group Ltd 0.55% of their portfolio | 1.0m $51.2m | Added +356.0k |
| Carmignac Gestion 0.69% of their portfolio | 1.0m $51.0m | New |
| CAUSEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 993.9k $50.6m | Added +297.9k |
| Optiver Holding B.V. 0.91% of their portfolio | 983.7k $50.1m | Added +504.7k |
| PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 969.0k $49.3m | Reduced -44.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 950.3k $48.3m | Added +89.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 934.6k $47.6m | Reduced -154.4k |
| Contrarius Group Holdings Ltd 2.30% of their portfolio | 930.4k $47.3m | New |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 918.5k $46.9m | Added +459.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 879.2k $44.7m | Added +107.6k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 859.8k $43.7m | Reduced -561.7k |
| NATIXIS 0.17% of their portfolio | 845.3k $43.0m | Added +462.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 845.2k $43.0m | Reduced -204.3k |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.05% of their portfolio | 844.2k $43.1m | Added +83.6k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 700.2k $35.6m | Added +145.5k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.05% of their portfolio | 695.2k $35.4m | Reduced -85.6k |
| UNITED CAPITAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 648.4k $33.0m | Added +10.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 631.7k $32.1m | Added +107.7k |
| OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 0.39% of their portfolio | 631.4k $32.1m | Added +66.4k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 614.9k $31.3m | Added +429.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 603.6k $30.7m | Reduced -68.1k |
| Clear Street Group Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 580.8k $29.6m | Reduced -435.2k |
| CANTOR FITZGERALD, L. P. 0.87% of their portfolio | 576.2k $29.3m | Reduced -280.8k |
| SMITH CHAS P & ASSOCIATES PA CPAS 1.53% of their portfolio | 570.7k $29.0m | Added +165.3k |
| Vantage Investment Partners, LLC 1.87% of their portfolio | 549.5k $28.0m | Added +15.9k |
| Cullen Capital Management, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 547.5k $27.9m | New |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 544.5k $27.7m | New |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 529.2k $26.9m | Added +274.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 508.1k $25.9m | Added +464.1k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 503.5k $25.6m | Added +461.9k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 503.1k $25.6m | Added +40.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 501.8k $25.5m | Added +373.4k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 500.6k $25.5m | Added +356.9k |
| NICHOLS & PRATT ADVISERS LLP /MA 1.55% of their portfolio | 487.6k $24.8m | Reduced -13.4k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 478.6k $24.4m | Reduced -80.0k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.04% of their portfolio | 475.0k $24.2m | New |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 468.9k $23.9m | Added +5.9k |
| Longaeva Partners L.P. 2.69% of their portfolio | 444.3k $22.6m | New |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc 0.37% of their portfolio | 441.9k $22.5m | Added +21.1k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.04% of their portfolio | 431.5k $22.0m | Unchanged |
| CREDIT AGRICOLE S A 0.06% of their portfolio | 430.1k $21.9m | Added +194.4k |
| JIA INVESTMENT ALLIANCE PTE. LTD. 2.00% of their portfolio | 426.7k $21.7m | Unchanged |
| Warther Private Wealth, LLC 5.09% of their portfolio | 418.8k $21.3m | Added +10.8k |
| Traynor Capital Management, Inc. 1.13% of their portfolio | 402.1k $20.5m | Reduced -25.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 402.0k $20.5m | Added +31.9k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 398.4k $20.3m | New |
| Creative Planning 0.01% of their portfolio | 393.3k $20.0m | Added +20.7k |
| DE BURLO GROUP INC 2.31% of their portfolio | 374.7k $19.1m | Reduced -106.5k |