Novo Nordisk A/S vs Western Digital Corp — how do they compare? Novo Nordisk A/S trades at $49.32 (market cap $220.53B), while Western Digital Corp trades at $555 (market cap $168.00B). The key difference: Novo Nordisk A/S is the larger of the two by market cap, and Novo Nordisk A/S pays the higher dividend (3.63%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NVO | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $220.53B | $168.00B |
Sector | Health | Technology |
52-Week High | $71.70 | $746.23 |
52-Week Low | $35.29 | $67.06 |
Enterprise Value | $239.49B | $166.35B |
Dividend Yield | 3.63% | 0.12% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
With almost 50% market share by volume of the global insulin 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, and oral antidiabetic agents. Novo also has a biopharmaceutical segment (constituting roughly 15% of revenue) that specializes in protein therapies for hemophilia and other disorders.
Read more on NVO →Western Digital is a vertically integrated supplier of data storage solutions, spanning both hard disk drives and solid-state drives. In the HDD market it forms a practical duopoly with Seagate, and it is the largest global producer of NAND flash chips for SSDs in a joint venture with competitor Kioxia.
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