Novartis AG

NVS Healthcare Drug Manufacturers General

Novartis AG’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $56.7 billion, up 9.57% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.67%
EPS
−69.1%
Free cash flow
−17.8%
Total debt
+53.9%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

162.04 2.94 −1.78%
Market cap
$296.4B
P/E
30.9×
Fwd P/E
23.2×
Dividend yield
2.93%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
4.13
Beneish M
−2.49
Dividend safety
66/100

Novartis AG (NVS) P/B ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Novartis AG (NVS) trades at a P/B ratio of 8.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.0× (February 2016) to 8.3× (November 2026); the current reading is higher than 100% of that period. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 5.2× and above the Healthcare sector median of 2.3×.

P/B ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2025 5.7× 29.05%
FY2024 4.5× (0.82%)
FY2023 4.5× 37.04%
FY2022 3.3× 17.00%
FY2021 2.8× (23.76%)
FY2020 3.7× (2.84%)
FY2019 3.8× 54.45%
FY2018 2.4× (5.52%)
FY2017 2.6× 15.92%
FY2016 2.2× (7.01%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
Sep 2026 7.2× 1.10%
Jun 2026 7.1× (4.98%)
Mar 2026 7.5× 30.44%
Dec 2025 5.7× 4.06%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.0× High 8.3×
Ten-year median 3.4×
Current reading's percentile 100

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare n/m
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 1.9×
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 5.2×
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 5.6×
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 8.1×
NVS Novartis AG 8.2×
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. compare 8.6×
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare 16.1×
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 21.4×
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 5.2×
Healthcare sector median 2.3×
Market median 1.7×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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