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

160.96 0.97 −0.60%
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/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Novartis AG (NVS) trades at a P/E ratio of 30.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.0× (September 2022) to 31.4× (November 2026); the current reading is higher than 100% of that period. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 26.6× and above the Healthcare sector median of 25.2×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 19.1× 16.30%
FY2024 16.5× 17.21%
FY2023 14.0× (49.77%)
FY2022 28.0× 254.28%
FY2021 7.9× (69.32%)
FY2020 25.7× 43.54%
FY2019 17.9× 17.27%
FY2018 15.3× (38.79%)
FY2017 25.0× (0.04%)
FY2016 25.0× 139.49%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 27.2× 15.39%
Jun 2026 23.5× 8.14%
Mar 2026 21.8× 13.63%
Dec 2025 19.1× 9.90%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.0× High 31.4×
Ten-year median 18.4×
Current reading's percentile 100

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare n/m
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 9.9×
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 26.3×
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 26.6×
NVS Novartis AG 30.9×
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 41.3×
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 42.2×
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 49.7×
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. compare 118×
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 26.6×
Healthcare sector median 25.2×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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