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FHTX vs NVO

Side-by-side comparison of Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (FHTX) and Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both FHTX and NVO operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NVO is the larger of the two at $173.66B, about 1547.3x FHTX ($112.2M).
  • Over the past year, FHTX is down 53.5% and NVO is down 28.6% - NVO leads by 24.9 points.
  • FHTX has been more active in the news (8 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for NVO).
  • NVO has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 16 for FHTX).
PerformanceFHTX-53.50%NVO-28.57%
2025-10-17+0.00%2026-10-16
MetricFHTXNVO
Company
Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.
Novo Nordisk A/S
Price
-
-
Market cap
$112.2M
$173.66B
1M return
-55.66%
-10.14%
1Y return
-53.50%
-28.57%
Sector
Health Care
Health Care
Industry
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2020
News (4w)
8
4
Recent ratings
16
25
FHTX

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops medicines targeting genetically determined dependencies within the chromatin regulatory system. The company uses its proprietary Gene Traffic Control platform to identify, validate, and potentially drug targets within the system. It is developing FHD-286, a small molecule inhibitor of the enzymatic activity of BRG1 and BRM for the treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma and relapsed and/or refractory acute myeloid leukemia; and FHD-609, a small molecule protein degrader of BRD9 to treat patients with synovial sarcoma. The company is also developing an enzymatic inhibitor and a protein degrader as selective modulators of BRM; and ARID1B selective modulators for the treatment of ovarian, endometrial, colorectal, bladder, and gastric cancers. Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. has a research collaboration and license agreement with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. to discover and develop novel therapeutics based on disruptors of a specified transcription factor target. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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.

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