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Novo Trades at Less Than 12 Times Earnings. Is This the Buying Opportunity of the Decade?

It's been a rough past two years for Novo (NYSE: NVO) . The healthcare giant has lost market share in the GLP-1 industry, leading to a more than 60% drop in its share price. Novo is now trading at 11. 8x forward earnings, well below the 18. 6x average for healthcare stocks. Is Novo far too cheap to ignore at current levels? Or is it a value trap? Let's find out. Image source: The Motley Fool. Novo generates the lion's share of its revenue from its GLP-1 products, particularly Wegovy, a weight-loss medicine, and Ozempic, a diabetes drug. Competition from Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) has led to declining sales growth for both products. But that's only part of the story.

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