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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS fell 17.4%, free cash flow fell 15.5% and total debt rose 52.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three.

150.62 0.24 +0.16%
Market cap
$275.3B
P/E
22.6×
Fwd P/E
20.6×
Dividend yield
3.15%
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 16 October 2026, Novartis AG (NVS) trades at a P/E ratio of 22.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.3× (September 2022) to 115× (January 2018); the current reading is higher than 59% of that period. That is below the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 24.5× and in line with the Healthcare sector median of 23.0×.

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× (51.40%)
FY2022 28.9× 254.26%
FY2021 8.2× (69.33%)
FY2020 26.6× 43.55%
FY2019 18.5× 30.86%
FY2018 14.2× (86.33%)
FY2017 104× 158.66%
FY2016 40.0× 283.87%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 23.5× 8.14%
Mar 2026 21.8× 13.63%
Dec 2025 19.1× 9.90%
Sep 2025 17.4× (0.65%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.3× High 115×
Ten-year median 20.5×
Current reading's percentile 56

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare n/m
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 9.5×
NVS Novartis AG 22.6×
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 24.5×
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 26.7×
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 29.6×
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 38.9×
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 80.6×
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. compare 117×
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 24.5×
Healthcare sector median 23.0×
Market median 18.1×

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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