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

162.23 0.30 +0.19%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Novartis AG (NVS) trades at a price to free cash flow of 21.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.9× (March 2020) to 22.4× (July 2015); the current reading is higher than 99% of that period. That is in line with the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 21.3× and in line with the Healthcare sector median of 21.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 17.3× 23.33%
FY2024 14.1× (6.89%)
FY2023 15.1× (4.38%)
FY2022 15.8× 8.86%
FY2021 14.5× (19.59%)
FY2020 18.0× 13.41%
FY2019 15.9× 3.67%
FY2018 15.3× (15.34%)
FY2017 18.1× 4.03%
FY2016 17.4× (13.03%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 19.1× (2.85%)
Jun 2026 19.7× 8.80%
Mar 2026 18.1× 4.30%
Dec 2025 17.3× 20.77%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 11.9× High 22.4×
Ten-year median 16.3×
Current reading's percentile 99

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare 15.1×
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 15.5×
NVS Novartis AG 21.7×
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. compare 22.6×
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 23.5×
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 27.1×
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 27.3×
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 31.3×
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 45.8×
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 21.3×
Healthcare sector median 21.1×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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