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LEXX vs NVO

Side-by-side comparison of Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (LEXX) and Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both LEXX and NVO operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NVO is the larger of the two at $183.82B, about 7857.6x LEXX ($23.4M).
  • Over the past year, LEXX is down 25.6% and NVO is down 34.2% - LEXX leads by 8.6 points.
  • Both names hit the wire about 5 times in the past 4 weeks.
  • NVO has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for LEXX).
PerformanceLEXX-25.62%NVO-34.24%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricLEXXNVO
Company
Lexaria Bioscience Corp.
Novo Nordisk A/S
Price
$0.91-5.96%
$41.18+6.93%
Market cap
$23.4M
$183.82B
1M return
+13.91%
+13.32%
1Y return
-25.62%
-34.24%
Industry
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
5
5
Recent ratings
0
25
LEXX

Lexaria Bioscience Corp.

Lexaria Bioscience Corp. operates in the drug delivery platform business. It develops and out-licenses its DehydraTECH technology for the delivery of bioactive compounds that promotes healthy ingestion methods, lower overall dosing, and higher effectiveness in active molecule delivery. The company has licensed DehydraTECH to various companies operating in the nicotine, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and vitamin industries. Lexaria Bioscience Corp. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Kelowna, Canada.

NVO

Novo Nordisk A/S

Novo Nordisk A/S, a healthcare company, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceutical products worldwide. It operates in two segments, Diabetes and Obesity care, and Biopharm. The Diabetes and Obesity care segment provides products in the areas of insulins, GLP-1 and related delivery systems, oral antidiabetic products, obesity, and other chronic diseases. The Biopharmaceuticals segment offers products in the areas of haemophilia, growth disorders, and hormone replacement therapy. The company collaboration agreements with Lund University to develop treatment for Parkinson's diseases; and bluebird bio, Inc. to develop genome editing treatments for children and adult patients. Novo Nordisk A/S also has a research collaboration with Lumen Bioscience, Inc. to explore strategies for delivering oral biologics for cardiometabolic disease. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Bagsvaerd, Denmark.