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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, Q3 2025

Institutional positions in Novartis AG as of Sep 30, 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
1,405
+43 vs. Q2 2025
Shares held
134.0M
+778.3K (+0.6%) vs. Q2 2025
Total value
$17.2B
+$1.07B (+6.6%) vs. Q2 2025
New holders
117
478 more added
Sold out
74
480 more reduced

25 institutions that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2025: 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 holdersQ3 2025: 1,405 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 heldQ3 2025: $17.2B
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, Q3 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Novartis AG; share changes are against Q2 2025.

Institutions holding NVS in Q3 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
First Manhattan Co44,923$5.76M0.02%−925−2.0%Reduced
Glenmede Investment Management, LP45,234$5.80M0.03%+18,897+71.8%Added
Sofos Investments, Inc.45,481$5.83M1.15%+45,481New
Fred Alger Management, LLC45,590$5.85M0.02%+6,078+15.4%Added
Trust Co of Vermont45,739$5.87M0.26%−819−1.8%Reduced
Signaturefd, LLC46,107$5.91M0.09%+1,389+3.1%Added
Rathbone Brothers plc46,249$5.93M0.02%−2,350−4.8%Reduced
Monte Financial Group, LLC46,583$5.97M2.20%−5,879−11.2%Reduced
Simplex Trading, LLC46,811$6.00M0.13%+23,108+97.5%Added
Scotia Capital Inc.47,053$6.03M0.03%+2,152+4.8%Added
Great Valley Advisor Group, Inc.47,270$6.06M0.12%−4,752−9.1%Reduced
Smithbridge Asset Management Inc48,515$6.22M0.90%−90.0%Reduced
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co48,940$6.28M0.04%−1,237−2.5%Reduced
Pittenger & Anderson Inc49,020$6.29M0.23%00.0%Unchanged
Cardinal Capital Management49,561$6.36M0.88%+548+1.1%Added
Wetherby Asset Management Inc49,685$6.37M0.26%−279−0.6%Reduced
Walled Lake Planning & Wealth Management, LLC49,796$6.39M2.10%−2,905−5.5%Reduced
Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC49,892$6.40M0.13%+2,300+4.8%Added
Country Club Bank51,697$6.42M0.38%−8,402−14.0%Reduced
Glassy Mountain Advisors, Inc.50,500$6.48M1.95%−937−1.8%Reduced
Keybank National Association50,525$6.48M0.02%+1,148+2.3%Added
Federated Hermes, Inc.51,422$6.59M0.01%−48,181−48.4%Reduced
Narwhal Capital Management51,925$6.66M0.49%+1,165+2.3%Added
Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd52,037$6.67M0.04%−1,410−2.6%Reduced
Bleakley Financial Group, LLC52,133$6.69M0.16%−34−0.1%Reduced
Logan Capital Management Inc52,305$6.71M0.28%+5,645+12.1%Added
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC52,474$6.73M0.04%+5,275+11.2%Added
Advisors Capital Management, LLC52,733$6.76M0.08%+2,383+4.7%Added
Park Avenue Securities LLC52,892$6.78M0.05%−2,427−4.4%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG52,968$6.79M0.00%+2,301+4.5%Added
Boston Partners54,543$7.01M0.01%+1,813+3.4%Added
Colony Group, LLC55,944$7.17M0.01%+4,307+8.3%Added
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.56,101$7.19M0.02%+3,239+6.1%Added
Pinnacle Associates Ltd57,815$7.41M0.10%−260−0.4%Reduced
Fiduciary Trust Co57,833$7.42M0.08%−162−0.3%Reduced
Atria Investments LLC58,465$7.50M0.09%+5,179+9.7%Added
Quadrant Capital Group LLC59,694$7.66M0.25%+2,262+3.9%Added
Welch & Forbes LLC61,146$7.84M0.09%−663−1.1%Reduced
Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC63,781$8.18M0.07%+2,676+4.4%Added
Mengis Capital Management, Inc.63,998$8.21M1.61%−485−0.8%Reduced
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co64,498$8.27M0.01%−2,046−3.1%Reduced
Geneos Wealth Management Inc.64,760$8.30M0.21%+14,032+27.7%Added
Blair William & Co65,726$8.43M0.02%−381−0.6%Reduced
Empowered Funds, LLC67,377$8.64M0.09%+2,542+3.9%Added
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC69,390$8.90M0.04%+39,678+133.5%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.69,492$8.91M0.01%+430+0.6%Added
Camden National Bank70,622$9.06M1.27%−435−0.6%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.72,604$9.31M0.01%+49,711+217.1%Added
GWM Advisors LLC72,639$9.32M0.04%+4,356+6.4%Added
Tower Bridge Advisors73,338$9.40M0.94%−1,006−1.4%Reduced
Franklin, Parlapiano, Turner & Welch, LLC73,979$9.49M2.40%−1,862−2.5%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.74,082$9.50M0.00%+2,110+2.9%Added
Altrius Capital Management Inc74,429$9.54M2.18%−4,480−5.7%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc75,464$9.68M0.01%−2,640−3.4%Reduced
Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC75,602$9.70M0.32%−818−1.1%Reduced
Tweedy, Browne Co LLC76,054$9.75M0.85%−1,215−1.6%Reduced
Cohen Capital Management, Inc.76,613$9.82M1.53%−650−0.8%Reduced
Gabelli Funds LLC76,900$9.86M0.07%−2,500−3.1%Reduced
Live Oak Private Wealth LLC77,080$9.88M1.38%+465+0.6%Added
United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC80,960$10.4M0.07%+4,508+5.9%Added
Reynders McVeigh Capital Management, LLC81,871$10.5M0.49%+8,214+11.2%Added
Investment House LLC82,017$10.5M0.50%+200+0.2%Added
Bartlett & Co. Wealth Management LLC84,707$10.9M0.14%−1,116−1.3%Reduced
Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co85,200$10.9M0.40%+11,500+15.6%Added
Zevin Asset Management LLC87,207$11.2M1.63%−12,129−12.2%Reduced
Bahl & Gaynor Inc87,431$11.2M0.06%−4,208−4.6%Reduced
Callan Family Office, LLC87,975$11.3M0.36%+927+1.1%Added
Matthew Goff Investment Advisor, LLC88,277$11.3M1.93%−482−0.5%Reduced
Manning & Napier Advisors LLC88,478$11.3M0.14%−7,437−7.8%Reduced
Osterweis Capital Management Inc–$11.4M0.51%––
Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC91,767$11.4M1.38%−1,291−1.4%Reduced
CWM, LLC89,476$11.5M0.03%+6,817+8.2%Added
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The89,840$11.5M0.01%−752−0.8%Reduced
Eldred Rock Partners, LLC90,753$11.6M2.90%+9,871+12.2%Added
Ethic Inc.90,855$11.7M0.19%+9,507+11.7%Added
Sanctuary Advisors, LLC91,723$11.8M0.07%+13,155+16.7%Added
American Assets Investment Management, LLC93,610$12.0M0.88%00.0%Unchanged
Fiera Capital Corp93,934$12.0M0.04%+50,263+115.1%Added
Allworth Financial LP95,597$12.3M0.05%−261−0.3%Reduced
Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC95,924$12.3M0.40%−2,492−2.5%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co99,385$12.7M0.00%+24,897+33.4%Added
Ritholtz Wealth Management101,506$13.0M0.25%+841+0.8%Added
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.102,679$13.2M0.03%+4,936+5.0%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund106,298$13.6M0.02%+3,753+3.7%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC106,302$13.6M0.02%+58,237+121.2%Added
Pathstone Holdings, LLC107,084$13.7M0.05%+4,060+3.9%Added
Cresset Asset Management, LLC108,372$13.9M0.06%+3,420+3.3%Added
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC105,701$13.9M0.02%−4,419−4.0%Reduced
Edgemoor Investment Advisors, Inc.109,040$14.0M1.08%−1,699−1.5%Reduced
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.115,902$14.9M0.22%−412−0.4%Reduced
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC116,717$15.1M0.10%+10,081+9.5%Added
Capital Wealth Planning, LLC118,905$15.2M0.11%+28,520+31.6%Added
Neuberger Berman Group LLC121,739$15.6M0.01%+6,440+5.6%Added
Boston Common Asset Management, LLC124,236$15.9M0.45%−14,347−10.4%Reduced
QRG Capital Management, Inc.125,534$16.1M0.20%−66,101−34.5%Reduced
Ingalls & Snyder LLC131,857$16.9M0.56%−160−0.1%Reduced
JustInvest LLC132,536$17.0M0.17%+6,924+5.5%Added
Parkwood LLC132,966$17.1M1.66%−94,334−41.5%Reduced
GW Henssler & Associates Ltd133,468$17.1M0.86%−1,938−1.4%Reduced
Wilkins Investment Counsel Inc133,977$17.2M2.43%−5,443−3.9%Reduced