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Novartis AG

NVS
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Pharmaceutical Preparations
SEC CIK
0001114448

No open-market purchases or sales by Novartis AG insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 1,625 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $21.3B in total; Maverick Capital is the only superinvestor holding it.

Other share classesNVSEF

13F holders, Q4 2023

Institutional positions in Novartis AG as of Dec 31, 2023. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
1,274
+71 vs. Q3 2023
Shares held
141.0M
−7.27M (−4.9%) vs. Q3 2023
Total value
$14.2B
−$823.8M (−5.5%) vs. Q3 2023
New holders
140
402 more added
Sold out
69
448 more reduced

22 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2023: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting NVS on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ4 2023: 1,274 institutions
Q1 2021: 1,138 institutionsQ2 2021: 1,123 institutionsQ3 2021: 1,083 institutionsQ4 2021: 1,147 institutionsQ1 2022: 1,137 institutionsQ2 2022: 1,142 institutionsQ3 2022: 1,088 institutionsQ4 2022: 1,183 institutionsQ1 2023: 1,182 institutionsQ2 2023: 1,203 institutionsQ3 2023: 1,225 institutionsQ4 2023: 1,274 institutionsQ1 2024: 1,254 institutionsQ2 2024: 1,309 institutionsQ3 2024: 1,314 institutionsQ4 2024: 1,345 institutionsQ1 2025: 1,361 institutionsQ2 2025: 1,387 institutionsQ3 2025: 1,405 institutionsQ4 2025: 1,515 institutionsQ1 2026: 1,604 institutionsQ2 2026: 1,625 institutions
Value heldQ4 2023: $14.2B
Q1 2021: $18.7BQ2 2021: $19.8BQ3 2021: $18.0BQ4 2021: $18.5BQ1 2022: $18.3BQ2 2022: $16.9BQ3 2022: $13.7BQ4 2022: $15.5BQ1 2023: $15.2BQ2 2023: $14.9BQ3 2023: $15.1BQ4 2023: $14.2BQ1 2024: $13.6BQ2 2024: $14.7BQ3 2024: $15.2BQ4 2024: $12.7BQ1 2025: $15.4BQ2 2025: $16.2BQ3 2025: $17.2BQ4 2025: $18.4BQ1 2026: $22.0BQ2 2026: $21.3B
Institutions holding NVS and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20261,625$21.3B
Q1 20261,604$22.0B
Q4 20251,515$18.4B
Q3 20251,405$17.2B
Q2 20251,387$16.2B
Q1 20251,361$15.4B
Q4 20241,345$12.7B
Q3 20241,314$15.2B
Q2 20241,309$14.7B
Q1 20241,254$13.6B
Q4 20231,274$14.2B
Q3 20231,225$15.1B
Q2 20231,203$14.9B
Q1 20231,182$15.2B
Q4 20221,183$15.5B
Q3 20221,088$13.7B
Q2 20221,142$16.9B
Q1 20221,137$18.3B
Q4 20211,147$18.5B
Q3 20211,083$18.0B
Q2 20211,123$19.8B
Q1 20211,138$18.7B

Institutions, Q4 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Novartis AG; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding NVS in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
AMG National Trust Bank29,822$3.01M0.09%−100−0.3%Reduced
Y.D. More Investments Ltd30,070$3.04M0.62%−13,730−31.3%Reduced
apricus wealth, LLC30,790$3.11M2.37%+531+1.8%Added
Synergy Financial Management, LLC30,829$3.11M0.56%−3,353−9.8%Reduced
Delaney Dennis R30,855$3.12M1.85%−9,953−24.4%Reduced
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC30,920$3.12M0.03%+1,266+4.3%Added
Oppenheimer & Co Inc30,996$3.13M0.06%+537+1.8%Added
Brinker Capital Investments, LLC29,955$3.21M0.04%−1,914−6.0%Reduced
Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC29,955$3.21M0.04%−1,914−6.0%Reduced
Boston Partners31,776$3.21M0.00%+1,836+6.1%Added
Fort Pitt Capital Group, LLC31,812$3.21M0.11%+2,536+8.7%Added
Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC32,077$3.24M0.04%−8,960−21.8%Reduced
Park Avenue Securities LLC32,122$3.24M0.04%+2,039+6.8%Added
Davenport & Co LLC32,155$3.25M0.02%−973−2.9%Reduced
Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc32,367$3.27M0.06%−5,062−13.5%Reduced
Chesley Taft & Associates LLC33,062$3.34M0.19%+100+0.3%Added
Envestnet Portfolio Solutions, Inc.33,356$3.37M0.01%+1,659+5.2%Added
WealthTrust Axiom LLC33,949$3.43M1.15%+759+2.3%Added
We Are One Seven, LLC33,966$3.43M0.20%+2,054+6.4%Added
Sofos Investments, Inc.33,965$3.43M0.96%+33,921+77,093.2%Added
Providence Capital Advisors, LLC34,304$3.46M0.83%−1,103−3.1%Reduced
Argent Trust Co34,418$3.48M0.17%−351−1.0%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers34,581$3.49M0.00%+398+1.2%Added
Advisory Services Network, LLC34,630$3.50M0.09%−1,610−4.4%Reduced
Haverford Trust Co34,816$3.52M0.04%+3,586+11.5%Added
Logan Capital Management Inc35,447$3.58M0.17%+1,568+4.6%Added
Signaturefd, LLC35,463$3.58M0.08%+996+2.9%Added
Patten & Patten Inc35,600$3.59M0.30%−1,860−5.0%Reduced
Choate Investment Advisors35,737$3.61M0.11%+21,143+144.9%Added
Perennial Advisors, LLC35,790$3.61M0.89%+711+2.0%Added
Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC36,629$3.70M0.04%+4,304+13.3%Added
Moreno Evelyn V36,718$3.71M1.75%−41,798−53.2%Reduced
Notis-McConarty Edward36,731$3.71M1.48%−5,320−12.7%Reduced
Advisors Capital Management, LLC37,144$3.75M0.08%−132−0.4%Reduced
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC37,354$3.77M0.05%+2,169+6.2%Added
Private Advisor Group, LLC37,625$3.80M0.03%−1,320−3.4%Reduced
Beach Investment Counsel Inc37,835$3.82M0.47%−790−2.0%Reduced
Standard Life Aberdeen plc38,071$3.84M0.01%+38,071New
Woodmont Investment Counsel LLC38,732$3.91M0.37%−1,590−3.9%Reduced
Walleye Trading LLC38,853$3.92M0.06%−8,569−18.1%Reduced
Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC39,107$3.95M0.05%+18,242+87.4%Added
Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC38,304$4.03M0.11%+2,781+7.8%Added
Yousif Capital Management, LLC40,148$4.05M0.05%+2,500+6.6%Added
Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.40,559$4.10M0.61%−1,285−3.1%Reduced
Hayek Kallen Investment Management40,785$4.12M1.72%−136−0.3%Reduced
Glenmede Trust Co NA40,947$4.13M0.02%+1,994+5.1%Added
Naviter Wealth, LLC41,219$4.16M0.84%+8,116+24.5%Added
Carret Asset Management, LLC41,349$4.18M0.53%−442−1.1%Reduced
Jones Financial Companies LLLP41,417$4.18M0.01%+617+1.5%Added
Keybank National Association41,645$4.20M0.02%+3,643+9.6%Added
Cardinal Capital Management41,849$4.23M0.80%+154+0.4%Added
SG Americas Securities, LLC43,047$4.35M0.05%+8,724+25.4%Added
Glassy Mountain Advisors, Inc.43,243$4.37M1.80%+703+1.7%Added
Scotia Capital Inc.43,699$4.41M0.03%−1,067−2.4%Reduced
Trust Co of Vermont44,185$4.46M0.30%−8,749−16.5%Reduced
Atria Investments LLC44,647$4.51M0.07%−878−1.9%Reduced
Auto-Owners Insurance Co45,143$4.56M0.14%00.0%Unchanged
Greenfield Seitz Capital Management, LLC45,563$4.60M1.83%+45,563New
Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc45,689$4.61M0.17%−1,720−3.6%Reduced
Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP45,943$4.64M0.33%−5,321−10.4%Reduced
Smithbridge Asset Management Inc46,276$4.67M1.06%+387+0.8%Added
Guardian Capital Advisors LP44,541$4.77M0.50%+132+0.3%Added
Whittier Trust Co47,662$4.81M0.08%−268−0.6%Reduced
Acadian Asset Management LLC48,158$4.86M0.02%+34,228+245.7%Added
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co48,247$4.87M0.04%−13,045−21.3%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG48,652$4.91M0.00%−1,587−3.2%Reduced
Sawtooth Solutions, LLC48,661$4.91M0.13%+3,696+8.2%Added
Bleakley Financial Group, LLC48,828$4.93M0.16%+3,863+8.6%Added
Marex Group plc49,000$4.95M0.19%+49,000New
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.49,437$4.99M0.08%+49,437New
JustInvest LLC50,071$5.06M0.13%−1,347−2.6%Reduced
Baldwin Brothers Inc50,507$5.10M0.40%−1,982−3.8%Reduced
Prentiss Smith & Co Inc50,556$5.10M3.80%−1,476−2.8%Reduced
Clear Street Markets LLC50,851$5.13M2.06%+50,851New
First Manhattan Co50,892$5.14M0.02%−588−1.1%Reduced
Pittenger & Anderson Inc51,070$5.16M0.23%00.0%Unchanged
Garland Capital Management Inc51,310$5.18M3.64%−3,400−6.2%Reduced
Fayez Sarofim & Co51,475$5.20M0.02%−12,865−20.0%Reduced
Mar Vista Investment Partners LLC51,675$5.22M0.24%00.0%Unchanged
Wetherby Asset Management Inc51,913$5.24M0.27%+1,093+2.2%Added
Timber Creek Capital Management LLC51,982$5.25M1.79%+267+0.5%Added
Fiduciary Trust Co52,330$5.28M0.09%−698−1.3%Reduced
CIBC World Markets Inc.53,180$5.37M0.02%−63,100−54.3%Reduced
Walled Lake Planning & Wealth Management, LLC53,313$5.38M2.50%−436−0.8%Reduced
Narwhal Capital Management53,583$5.41M0.59%−493−0.9%Reduced
NorthCrest Asset Manangement, LLC54,292$5.48M0.21%+424+0.8%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.54,817$5.53M0.01%−70,106−56.1%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc55,096$5.56M0.01%+41,815+314.8%Added
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC55,184$5.57M0.07%+23,827+76.0%Added
Syon Capital LLC55,649$5.62M0.58%−8,833−13.7%Reduced
Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc55,733$5.63M0.55%−24,415−30.5%Reduced
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.55,773$5.63M0.02%−7,807−12.3%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership55,903$5.64M0.01%+20,279+56.9%Added
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.56,095$5.66M0.01%−2,410−4.1%Reduced
Cresset Asset Management, LLC57,632$5.82M0.04%+1,870+3.4%Added
Fifth Third Bancorp59,135$5.97M0.03%−1,871−3.1%Reduced
Sphera Funds Management Ltd.60,000$6.06M1.12%00.0%Unchanged
Alliancebernstein L.P.60,130$6.07M0.00%+7,703+14.7%Added
Pinnacle Associates Ltd61,000$6.16M0.10%−220−0.4%Reduced
Rathbone Brothers plc61,745$6.23M0.04%−3,057−4.7%Reduced