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/S ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Novartis AG (NVS) trades at a P/S ratio of 5.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.0× (September 2022) to 5.8× (February 2026); the current reading is higher than 99% of that period. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 3.5× and above the Healthcare sector median of 3.5×.

P/S ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2025 4.7× 24.24%
FY2024 3.8× (15.55%)
FY2023 4.5× 0.43%
FY2022 4.5× 24.72%
FY2021 3.6× (13.89%)
FY2020 4.2× (3.32%)
FY2019 4.3× 3.25%
FY2018 4.2× 8.93%
FY2017 3.8× 13.29%
FY2016 3.4× (7.97%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
Sep 2026 4.7× (10.52%)
Jun 2026 5.3× 2.18%
Mar 2026 5.2× 9.26%
Dec 2025 4.7× 7.66%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.0× High 5.8×
Ten-year median 4.0×
Current reading's percentile 99

P/S ratio against peers

Company P/S ratio
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 2.7×
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 3.5×
AZN AstraZeneca PLC compare 4.7×
NVS Novartis AG 5.4×
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. compare 5.4×
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 6.4×
JNJ Johnson & Johnson compare 6.6×
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare 6.7×
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 7.7×
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 3.5×
Healthcare sector median 3.5×
Market median 1.9×

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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