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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, Q1 2025

Institutional positions in Novartis AG as of Mar 31, 2025. 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
1,361
+40 vs. Q4 2024
Shares held
139.1M
+8.92M (+6.8%) vs. Q4 2024
Total value
$15.4B
+$2.69B (+21.2%) vs. Q4 2024
New holders
121
430 more added
Sold out
81
508 more reduced

24 institutions that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 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 holdersQ1 2025: 1,361 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 heldQ1 2025: $15.4B
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, Q1 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Novartis AG; share changes are against Q4 2024.

Institutions holding NVS in Q1 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Dodge & Cox11,818,102$1.32B0.75%−396,563−3.2%Reduced
Primecap Management Co10,382,879$1.16B0.96%−642,160−5.8%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP8,606,724$959.5M0.24%+422,869+5.2%Added
Morgan Stanley7,055,911$786.6M0.06%+186,756+2.7%Added
Fisher Asset Management, LLC6,763,132$754.0M0.33%+4,760,173+237.7%Added
Loomis Sayles & Co L P5,503,093$613.5M0.89%−73,868−1.3%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc4,953,323$552.2M0.16%+597,725+13.7%Added
Bank of America Corp4,714,342$525.6M0.05%+165,539+3.6%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc3,660,485$408.1M0.08%+1,377,252+60.3%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP2,991,326$333.5M0.06%−656,535−18.0%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc2,393,019$266.8M0.15%−33,907−1.4%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC2,287,251$255.0M0.39%−381,598−14.3%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC2,235,901$251.7M0.14%−122,622−5.2%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp2,180,281$243.1M0.04%+47,690+2.2%Added
BlackRock, Inc.2,167,890$241.7M0.01%+203,934+10.4%Added
Cullen Capital Management LLC2,108,684$235.1M2.72%−47,935−2.2%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company1,895,961$211.4M0.05%−1,610−0.1%Reduced
CIBC World Markets Inc.1,862,998$207.7M0.47%+1,813,497+3,663.6%Added
UBS Group AG1,703,702$189.9M0.04%+6,191+0.4%Added
State Street Corp1,585,485$182.9M0.01%−54,853−3.3%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc1,608,589$179.3M0.06%−330,142−17.0%Reduced
FMR LLC1,467,016$163.5M0.01%+149,558+11.4%Added
Marshall Wace, LLP1,432,775$159.7M0.21%+1,344,109+1,515.9%Added
Scharf Investments, LLC1,258,639$140.3M4.24%+55,316+4.6%Added
Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc.1,101,372$122.8M0.39%−59,767−5.1%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.1,082,375$120.7M0.34%+1,082,375New
Citadel Advisors LLC1,067,586$119.0M0.12%+479,398+81.5%Added
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership916,894$102.2M0.08%+905,842+8,196.2%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc896,364$99.9M0.04%−11,448−1.3%Reduced
Natixis Advisors, L.P.871,970$97.2M0.18%−495−0.1%Reduced
Earnest Partners LLC824,371$91.9M0.44%+28,460+3.6%Added
Truist Financial Corp769,741$85.8M0.14%−1,914−0.2%Reduced
Bristol John W & Co Inc593,726$66.2M1.13%−15,956−2.6%Reduced
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.592,245$66.0M0.47%+35,943+6.5%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC573,403$63.9M0.16%+555,531+3,108.4%Added
SEI Investments Co570,035$63.5M0.08%+38,150+7.2%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co543,338$60.6M0.00%+120,196+28.4%Added
Royal Bank of Canada543,232$60.6M0.01%−47,490−8.0%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp542,297$60.5M0.01%−168,948−23.8%Reduced
Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.503,638$56.1M1.66%−26,702−5.0%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC465,995$51.9M0.02%+15,776+3.5%Added
CI Private Wealth, LLC463,080$51.6M0.08%−78,448−14.5%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP454,463$50.7M0.04%−108,024−19.2%Reduced
NewEdge Wealth, LLC431,838$48.1M0.87%+7,190+1.7%Added
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.427,918$47.9M0.20%−100,764−19.1%Reduced
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC467,485$47.7M0.10%+15,923+3.5%Added
Millennium Management LLC423,683$47.2M0.05%+137,096+47.8%Added
Pacer Advisors, Inc.418,331$46.6M0.11%+18,321+4.6%Added
D.A. Davidson & Co.399,331$44.5M0.36%−65,251−14.0%Reduced
Todd Asset Management LLC396,510$44.2M1.04%+5,329+1.4%Added
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC392,151$43.7M0.14%−185,750−32.1%Reduced
TCTC Holdings, LLC391,767$43.7M1.54%−2,923−0.7%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc387,094$43.3M0.01%+36,131+10.3%Added
Creative Planning386,991$43.1M0.04%+33,232+9.4%Added
American Century Companies Inc356,447$39.7M0.02%−96,946−21.4%Reduced
Woodley Farra Manion Portfolio Management Inc338,257$37.9M1.88%+11,726+3.6%Added
Cerity Partners LLC337,373$37.7M0.08%+26,884+8.7%Added
Van Eck Associates Corp323,379$36.0M0.05%−4,235−1.3%Reduced
Saturna Capital CORP320,166$35.7M0.53%−1000.0%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP287,686$32.1M0.05%−43,136−13.0%Reduced
Assetmark, Inc268,940$30.0M0.08%+3,258+1.2%Added
Financial Counselors Inc266,088$29.7M0.45%+7,864+3.0%Added
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC255,597$28.5M0.23%+40,152+18.6%Added
Integral Health Asset Management, LLC250,000$27.9M3.09%+250,000New
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky246,250$27.5M0.25%00.0%Unchanged
US Bancorp245,730$27.4M0.04%−2,810−1.1%Reduced
HighTower Advisors, LLC237,841$26.5M0.04%+2,488+1.1%Added
Citigroup Inc237,359$26.5M0.02%+21,023+9.7%Added
Martin Investment Management, LLC232,753$25.9M6.55%+5,670+2.5%Added
Stifel Financial Corp231,857$25.8M0.03%+10,461+4.7%Added
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP231,567$25.8M0.16%+221,567+2,215.7%Added
Brandes Investment Partners, LP225,007$25.1M0.26%+15,237+7.3%Added
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC224,038$25.0M0.07%−25,584−10.2%Reduced
Cookson Peirce & Co Inc222,127$24.8M1.25%+222,127New
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.220,179$24.5M0.01%+7,791+3.7%Added
First Financial Bankshares Inc217,419$24.2M0.52%+2,834+1.3%Added
Mariner, LLC215,996$24.1M0.04%−19,222−8.2%Reduced
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC214,596$23.9M0.03%−38,871−15.3%Reduced
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.212,316$23.7M0.29%−16,678−7.3%Reduced
Godsey & Gibb Associates195,457$21.8M2.14%+3,170+1.6%Added
Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC194,750$21.7M3.01%+1,733+0.9%Added
Brown Advisory Inc194,167$21.6M0.03%−5,250−2.6%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.192,549$21.5M0.00%−47,193−19.7%Reduced
Mondrian Investment Partners LTD189,861$21.2M0.36%−468,142−71.1%Reduced
Promethos Capital, LLC187,645$20.9M7.69%+31,557+20.2%Added
Foresight Global Investors, Inc.187,825$20.9M14.72%−44,541−19.2%Reduced
QRG Capital Management, Inc.185,868$20.7M0.22%−1,914−1.0%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc185,603$20.7M0.00%+20,161+12.2%Added
MML Investors Services, LLC169,849$18.9M0.06%+21,317+14.4%Added
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC169,475$18.9M0.28%+11,501+7.3%Added
Grandfield & Dodd, LLC163,225$18.2M1.13%−450−0.3%Reduced
Quantinno Capital Management LP159,647$17.8M0.12%+19,291+13.7%Added
M&T Bank Corp159,225$17.8M0.06%+119+0.1%Added
Jones Financial Companies LLLP155,445$17.5M0.02%+18,626+13.6%Added
Oak Associates, Ltd152,399$17.0M1.27%+365+0.2%Added
Boston Common Asset Management, LLC150,460$16.8M0.51%−6,314−4.0%Reduced
Wilkins Investment Counsel Inc149,315$16.6M2.38%−17,467−10.5%Reduced
Coleford Investment Management Ltd.139,500$16.1M4.52%−2,562−1.8%Reduced
Mercer Global Advisors Inc142,007$15.8M0.04%−3,752−2.6%Reduced
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC140,753$15.7M0.03%−5,083−3.5%Reduced