Is Novo Nordisk (NVO) a Smart Long-term Buy?

Saturna Capital Corporation is the investment management company of Sextant Mutual Funds. Sextant Mutual Funds recently released Q1 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The Sextant Growth Fund posted a return of -15.13% for the quarter, outperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index which returned -19.60% in the same quarter. You should check out Sextant Mutual Fund’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of the stock market crash.

In the said letter, Sextant highlighted a few stocks and Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) is one of them. Novo Nordisk is an healthcare company. Year-to-date, Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) stock gained 16.2% and on June 18th it had a closing price of $66.06. Here is what Sextant said:

“Novo Nordisk provided the sole positive contribution to performance in the first quarter of 2020 as consistent demand for diabetes and other serious chronic disease treatments provided relative safety in a volatile market.”

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In Q1 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) stock increased by about 4% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers seem to agree with Novo Nordisk’s upside potential. Our calculations showed that Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.

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