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NVO (Novo Nordisk AS) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.59 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Novo Nordisk AS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

Novo Nordisk AS's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-2,114.13 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $3,564.28 Mil.

Hence, Novo Nordisk AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.59.


Novo Nordisk AS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Novo Nordisk AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Novo Nordisk AS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Novo Nordisk AS Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.43 0.13 0.19 0.36 0.42

Novo Nordisk AS Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.63 0.26 0.29 1.35 0.59

Competitive Comparison of Novo Nordisk AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Novo Nordisk AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Novo Nordisk AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Novo Nordisk AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Novo Nordisk AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Novo Nordisk AS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Novo Nordisk AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-7204.195) / 16984.878
=0.42

Novo Nordisk AS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-2114.128) / 3564.275
=0.59

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Novo Nordisk AS  (NYSE:NVO) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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Novo Nordisk AS Business Description

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Novo Alle 1, Bagsvaerd, DNK, 2880
With roughly one third of the global branded diabetes treatment market, Novo Nordisk is the leading provider of diabetes-care products in the world. Based in Denmark, the company manufactures and markets a variety of human and modern insulins, injectable diabetes treatments such as GLP-1 therapy, oral antidiabetic agents, and obesity treatments. Novo also has a biopharmaceutical segment (constituting less than 10% of revenue) that specializes in protein therapies for hemophilia and other disorders.