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Novartis AG (NVS)

Healthcare | Drug Manufacturers - General | Basel, Switzerland | NYSE
153.81 USD -0.84 (-0.543%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 153.81

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:49 a.m. EDT

The long-term rating reflects a business with exceptional cash generation but stalled growth. While the nine-year cumulative return is robust at plus 74 percent, the trailing run of down years in earnings and flat revenue growth prevents a top-tier buy classification. The dividend rating acknowledges a 3 percent yield that is above inflation, yet the 71 percent payout ratio limits the margin for error. For the short-term rating, momentum is building as the price trades above the 200-day average and options flow leans bullish, but the statistical forecast remains neutral. Ultimately, this is a hold for income with moderate capital appreciation potential, not a high-growth compounder.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.015967
MSTL0.016975
AutoARIMA0.017587
AutoETS0.018333

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 63%
H-stat 0.82
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.706
Excess Kurtosis -0.59
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-10
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-10
Debt to Equity Ratio 116.85
Revenue per Share 29.636
Market Cap 292,348,952,576
Trailing P/E 23.23
Forward P/E 15.68
Beta 0.49
Profit Margins 22.50%
Website https://www.novartis.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:49 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside with notable call volume at 165 and 170-185 strikes, while put writers establish a defensive floor around 150. Implied volatility remains moderate, suggesting a balanced risk environment rather than a panic setup.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
3.06% 3.06% 3.49% 3.80%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-11 4.773000 3.063543
2025-03-12 3.994000 3.676362
2024-03-07 3.740000 3.742620
2023-03-09 3.469000 4.334625
2022-03-08 3.357000 4.190488
2021-03-04 3.378000 4.045509
2020-03-03 3.042000 3.637886
2019-03-04 2.567204 3.209724
2018-03-06 2.667563 3.651417
2017-03-01 2.460573 3.626039
2016-02-24 2.474910 3.851624
2015-03-02 2.524194 2.815030
2014-02-27 2.436380 3.293761
2013-02-26 2.267025 3.790262
2012-02-27 2.204301 4.468665
2011-02-24 2.108423 4.289882
2010-03-02 1.780466 3.661998
2009-02-24 1.541219 4.427285
2008-02-26 1.318996 2.932854
2007-03-06 0.968638 1.901495
2006-02-28 0.801075 1.678873
2004-02-24 0.722222 1.786347
2003-03-04 0.627240 1.934770
2002-03-21 0.467742 1.320182
2001-03-22 0.449821 1.385593
2000-11-14 0.965950 2.720505
Additional Data
dividendRate 4.74
dividendYield 3.07
exDividendDate 2026-03-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 4.666
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.030171355
lastDividendValue 4.773
lastDividendDate 2026-03-11
dividendDate 2026-03-16

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.22117817
Address1 Lichtstrasse 35
All Time High 170.46
All Time Low 23.241488
Ask 160.0
Ask Size 100
Average Analyst Rating 2.8 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,381,060
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,873,337
Average Volume 1,873,337
Average Volume10Days 1,381,060
Beta 0.494
Bid 152.8
Bid Size 100
Book Value 21.856
City Basel
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country Switzerland
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 153.81
Current Ratio 0.862
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 154.565
Day Low 152.77
Debt To Equity 116.85
Dividend Date 1,773,619,200
Dividend Rate 4.74
Dividend Yield 3.07
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,635,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,635,200
Earnings Growth -0.17
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.192
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,104,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,104,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,104,200
Ebitda 23,097,999,360
Ebitda Margins 0.40742
Enterprise To Ebitda 14.467
Enterprise To Revenue 5.894
Enterprise Value 334,148,960,256
Eps Current Year 8.80321
Eps Forward 9.80894
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.62
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,187,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 41 61 324 78 26
Fifty Day Average 154.741
Fifty Day Average Change -0.93099976
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0060165036
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 22.117817
Fifty Two Week High 170.46
Fifty Two Week High Change -16.65001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.097676925
Fifty Two Week Low 121.57
Fifty Two Week Low Change 32.239998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.26519698
Fifty Two Week Range 121.57 - 170.46
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 847,377,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.51
Float Shares 1,856,352,156
Forward Eps 9.80894
Forward P E 15.6805935
Free Cashflow 11,900,250,112
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 75,267
Fullday Change -0.839996
Fullday Change Percent -0.54316
Fullday Price 153.81
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.74976
Gross Profits 42,505,998,336
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.000120000004
Held Percent Institutions 0.07266
Implied Shares Outstanding 1,900,714,840
Industry Drug Manufacturers - General
Industry Disp Drug Manufacturers - General
Industry Key drug-manufacturers-general
Ir Website http://www.novartis.com/investors/index.shtml
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,773,187,200
Last Dividend Value 4.773
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,554,768,000
Last Split Factor 1,116:1000
Long Business Summary Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, distributes, markets, and sells pharmaceutical medicines in Switzerland and internationally. The company offers Entresto, an angiotensin receptorneprilysin inhibitor to treat symptomatic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF); Cosentyx to treat plaque psoriasis, pso riatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and nonradiographic axial spondy loarthritis; Kisqali, a selective oral cyclin dependent inhibitor of kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6); Promacta/Revolade to treat immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), thrombocytopenia, and patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA); Tafinlar+Mekinist, an oral combination therapy to treat patients with certain types of cancers; and Jakavi for the treatment of myelofibrosis, polycythemia vera, and acute or chronic graftversushost disease (GvHD). It also provides Tasigna to treat philadelphia chromosomepositive chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic and/or accelerated phase; Xolair for the treatment of allergic asthma and nasal polyps or severe chronic rhinosi nusitis with nasal polyps; Ilaris to treat fever syndromes, Still's disease, and acute gouty arthritis; Pluvicto to treat prostatespecific membrane anti genpositive metastatic castrationresistant prostate cancer; Sandostatin SC and Sandostatin LAR to treat acromegaly carcinoid tumors and other types of functional gastro intestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; Zolgensma for the treatment of genetic root cause of spinal muscular atrophy; Lucentis; Leqvio to reduce LDL cholesterol; Lutathera; Scemblix; and Fabhalta. The company focuses on therapeutic areas, such as cardiovascular, renal and metabolic, immunology, neuroscience, oncology, and hematology. It has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize Leqvio (inclisiran), a therapy to reduce LDL cholesterol. Novartis AG was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.
Long Name Novartis AG
Market us_market
Market Cap 292,348,952,576
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_382553
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 12,757,000,192
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 294,232,834,705
Number Of Analyst Opinions 11
Open 154.51
Operating Cashflow 18,392,999,936
Operating Margins 0.3462
Payout Ratio 0.71599996
Peg Ratio 3.65
Phone 41 61 324 11 11
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 153.81
Post Market Time 1,787,961,600
Previous Close 154.65
Price Eps Current Year 17.472034
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 7.0374265
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 5.156703
Profit Margins 0.22502
Quick Ratio 0.55
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.83333
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.839996
Regular Market Change Percent -0.54316
Regular Market Day High 154.565
Regular Market Day Low 152.77
Regular Market Day Range 152.77 - 154.565
Regular Market Open 154.51
Regular Market Previous Close 154.65
Regular Market Price 153.81
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 1,165,870
Return On Assets 0.1025
Return On Equity 0.3035
Revenue Growth 0.008
Revenue Per Share 29.636
Sand P52 Week Change 0.1966995
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Shares Outstanding 1,900,714,840
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0026
Shares Short 4,993,689
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 5,713,789
Short Name Novartis AG
Short Percent Of Float 0.0026
Short Ratio 2.93
Source Interval 15
Symbol NVS
Target High Price 180.0
Target Low Price 123.0
Target Mean Price 157.15
Target Median Price 160.15
Total Cash 7,617,999,872
Total Cash Per Share 4.008
Total Debt 49,014,001,664
Total Revenue 56,692,998,144
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 4.666
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.030171355
Trailing Eps 6.62
Trailing P E 23.234138
Trailing Peg Ratio 3.5303
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 148.8825
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.92749
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.033096503
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,165,870
Website https://www.novartis.com
Zip 4,056