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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; 1,626 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 2024

Institutional positions in Novartis AG as of Dec 31, 2024. 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
1,345
+54 vs. Q3 2024
Shares held
130.4M
−716.2K (−0.5%) vs. Q3 2024
Total value
$12.7B
−$2.38B (−15.8%) vs. Q3 2024
New holders
159
420 more added
Sold out
105
469 more reduced

23 institutions that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2024: 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 2024: 1,345 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: 1,605 institutionsQ2 2026: 1,626 institutions
Value heldQ4 2024: $12.7B
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 20261,626$21.3B
Q1 20261,605$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 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Novartis AG; share changes are against Q3 2024.

Institutions holding NVS in Q4 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Dodge & Cox12,214,665$1.19B0.69%−7,211−0.1%Reduced
Primecap Management Co11,025,039$1.07B0.83%−983,016−8.2%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP8,183,855$796.4M0.19%+90,823+1.1%Added
Morgan Stanley6,869,155$668.4M0.05%−115,717−1.7%Reduced
Loomis Sayles & Co L P5,576,961$542.7M0.68%−192,677−3.3%Reduced
Bank of America Corp4,548,803$442.6M0.04%−415,527−8.4%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc4,355,598$423.8M0.12%−21,444−0.5%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP3,647,861$355.0M0.07%−351,314−8.8%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC2,668,849$259.7M0.38%+368,171+16.0%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc2,426,926$236.2M0.13%−42,642−1.7%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC2,358,523$229.5M0.12%−183,338−7.2%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2,283,233$222.2M0.04%−1,202,998−34.5%Reduced
Cullen Capital Management LLC2,156,619$209.9M2.44%−95,349−4.2%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp2,132,591$207.5M0.03%+399,862+23.1%Added
Fisher Asset Management, LLC2,002,959$194.9M0.08%+296,950+17.4%Added
BlackRock, Inc.1,963,956$191.1M0.00%+16,051+0.8%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc1,938,731$188.7M0.06%−14,966−0.8%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company1,897,571$184.7M0.04%−86,276−4.3%Reduced
UBS Group AG1,697,511$165.2M0.04%+327,690+23.9%Added
State Street Corp1,640,338$159.6M0.01%−54,971−3.2%Reduced
FMR LLC1,317,458$128.2M0.01%−35,954−2.7%Reduced
Scharf Investments, LLC1,203,323$117.1M3.47%−74,470−5.8%Reduced
Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc.1,161,139$113.0M0.34%+52,044+4.7%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc907,812$88.3M0.03%+907,812New
Capital Research Global Investors907,138$88.3M0.02%+1,703+0.2%Added
Natixis Advisors, L.P.872,465$84.9M0.16%−66,379−7.1%Reduced
Earnest Partners LLC795,911$77.5M0.35%−13,236−1.6%Reduced
Truist Financial Corp771,655$75.1M0.12%+27,092+3.6%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp711,245$69.2M0.01%−49,388−6.5%Reduced
Mondrian Investment Partners LTD658,003$68.9M1.14%−342,156−34.2%Reduced
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd634,574$61.8M0.10%+476,420+301.2%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.612,379$59.6M0.07%+563,955+1,164.6%Added
Bristol John W & Co Inc609,682$59.3M0.97%−14,027−2.2%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada590,722$57.5M0.01%+4,819+0.8%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC588,188$57.2M0.05%+406,007+222.9%Added
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC577,901$56.2M0.18%−87,118−13.1%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP562,487$54.7M0.05%+49,752+9.7%Added
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.556,302$54.1M0.38%−16,463−2.9%Reduced
CI Private Wealth, LLC541,528$52.7M0.09%−38,264−6.6%Reduced
Bank of Montreal540,312$52.6M0.03%−240,668−30.8%Reduced
SEI Investments Co531,885$51.8M0.07%+16,519+3.2%Added
Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.530,340$51.6M1.72%+32,077+6.4%Added
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.528,682$51.6M0.21%+296,890+128.1%Added
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC451,562$45.3M0.08%−41,094−8.3%Reduced
D.A. Davidson & Co.464,582$45.2M0.37%−22,558−4.6%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc453,393$44.1M0.03%−55,825−11.0%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC450,219$43.8M0.02%+18,630+4.3%Added
NewEdge Wealth, LLC424,648$41.3M0.72%+32,398+8.3%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co423,142$41.2M0.00%+111,066+35.6%Added
Pacer Advisors, Inc.400,010$38.9M0.09%+15,008+3.9%Added
TCTC Holdings, LLC394,690$38.4M1.38%−322−0.1%Reduced
Todd Asset Management LLC391,181$38.1M0.91%−3,157−0.8%Reduced
Creative Planning353,759$34.4M0.03%+8,808+2.6%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc350,963$34.1M0.01%−73,865−17.4%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP330,822$32.2M0.05%+271,419+456.9%Added
Van Eck Associates Corp327,614$31.9M0.04%+16,901+5.4%Added
Woodley Farra Manion Portfolio Management Inc326,531$31.8M1.58%+3,431+1.1%Added
Saturna Capital CORP320,266$31.2M0.42%+2,248+0.7%Added
Cerity Partners LLC310,489$31.0M0.07%−4,999−1.6%Reduced
GW Henssler & Associates Ltd246,796$28.4M1.63%−4,082−1.6%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC286,587$27.9M0.02%+246,394+613.0%Added
Assetmark, Inc265,682$25.9M0.07%+41,686+18.6%Added
Financial Counselors Inc258,224$25.1M0.37%−1,589−0.6%Reduced
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC253,467$24.7M0.04%+49,957+24.5%Added
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC249,622$24.3M0.07%+4,624+1.9%Added
US Bancorp248,540$24.2M0.03%+5,913+2.4%Added
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky246,250$24.0M0.21%+16,450+7.2%Added
Invesco Ltd.239,742$23.3M0.00%+37,016+18.3%Added
HighTower Advisors, LLC235,353$22.9M0.03%−55,507−19.1%Reduced
Mariner, LLC235,218$22.9M0.04%+32,170+15.8%Added
Foresight Global Investors, Inc.232,366$22.6M16.52%+7,550+3.4%Added
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.228,994$22.3M0.27%−907−0.4%Reduced
Martin Investment Management, LLC227,083$22.1M6.07%−7,553−3.2%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp221,396$21.5M0.02%+2,369+1.1%Added
Citigroup Inc216,336$21.1M0.02%−77,842−26.5%Reduced
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC215,445$21.0M0.18%−17,917−7.7%Reduced
First Financial Bankshares Inc214,585$20.9M0.45%+3,777+1.8%Added
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.212,388$20.7M0.01%−8,439−3.8%Reduced
Brandes Investment Partners, LP209,770$20.4M0.23%−3,989−1.9%Reduced
Abc Arbitrage SA203,424$19.8M2.84%+203,424New
Brown Advisory Inc199,417$19.4M0.02%−3,341−1.6%Reduced
Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC193,017$18.8M2.78%−342−0.2%Reduced
Godsey & Gibb Associates192,287$18.7M1.87%+949+0.5%Added
QRG Capital Management, Inc.187,782$18.3M0.19%+10,519+5.9%Added
Wilkins Investment Counsel Inc166,782$16.2M2.35%−21,274−11.3%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc165,442$16.1M0.00%+8,186+5.2%Added
Grandfield & Dodd, LLC163,675$15.9M0.98%+1,312+0.8%Added
M&T Bank Corp159,106$15.5M0.05%−1,960−1.2%Reduced
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC157,974$15.4M0.22%−6,879−4.2%Reduced
Boston Common Asset Management, LLC156,774$15.3M0.44%−9,399−5.7%Reduced
Promethos Capital, LLC156,088$15.2M5.36%+15,012+10.6%Added
Oak Associates, Ltd152,034$14.8M1.02%00.0%Unchanged
MML Investors Services, LLC148,532$14.5M0.05%+19,331+15.0%Added
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC145,836$14.2M0.03%+43,418+42.4%Added
Mercer Global Advisors Inc145,759$14.2M0.03%−2,411−1.6%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC143,245$13.9M0.02%+84,291+143.0%Added
First Fiduciary Investment Counsel, Inc.142,096$13.8M2.81%+1,645+1.2%Added
Coleford Investment Management Ltd.142,062$13.8M3.65%+142,062New
Quantinno Capital Management LP140,356$13.7M0.13%+16,966+13.7%Added
John G Ullman & Associates Inc139,390$13.6M2.00%−2,076−1.5%Reduced