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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
AQR Capital Management LLC135,959$17.4M0.01%+62,447+84.9%Added
Coleford Investment Management Ltd.136,050$17.4M4.19%−2,700−1.9%Reduced
Mercer Global Advisors Inc136,371$17.5M0.03%+1,465+1.1%Added
First Fiduciary Investment Counsel, Inc.136,470$17.5M3.41%−353−0.3%Reduced
HRT Financial LP138,859$17.8M0.07%+100,879+265.6%Added
ProVise Management Group, LLC140,374$18.0M1.33%+3,907+2.9%Added
M&T Bank Corp152,462$19.6M0.07%−6,216−3.9%Reduced
Captrust Financial Advisors154,149$19.8M0.04%+2,884+1.9%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.154,547$19.8M0.04%−4,451−2.8%Reduced
Oak Associates, Ltd155,859$20.0M1.22%−2,021−1.3%Reduced
Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC156,448$20.1M0.28%−8,823−5.3%Reduced
Optiver Holding B.V.160,088$20.5M0.33%−355,085−68.9%Reduced
Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC161,147$20.7M0.08%+9,081+6.0%Added
Grandfield & Dodd, LLC162,818$20.9M1.18%+511+0.3%Added
Foresight Global Investors, Inc.171,683$22.0M13.07%+6,759+4.1%Added
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC178,522$22.9M0.03%−20,891−10.5%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.179,039$23.0M0.00%−20,919−10.5%Reduced
Cetera Investment Advisers179,827$23.1M0.03%+32,566+22.1%Added
Jones Financial Companies LLLP185,573$23.1M0.02%+12,457+7.2%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA184,244$23.6M0.02%+182,663+11,553.6%Added
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC180,188$23.7M0.04%+33,655+23.0%Added
Brown Advisory Inc188,953$24.2M0.03%−1,168−0.6%Reduced
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd189,467$24.3M0.03%+189,467New
Godsey & Gibb Associates193,262$24.8M2.19%−3,025−1.5%Reduced
Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC198,702$25.5M3.15%+1,662+0.8%Added
Integral Health Asset Management, LLC200,000$25.6M1.87%00.0%Unchanged
Promethos Capital, LLC207,180$26.5M7.12%+9,595+4.9%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.210,188$27.0M0.04%+195,707+1,351.5%Added
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.212,784$27.3M0.02%+3,967+1.9%Added
MML Investors Services, LLC216,969$27.8M0.07%+25,808+13.5%Added
Martin Investment Management, LLC217,743$27.9M7.10%−1,515−0.7%Reduced
First Financial Bankshares Inc222,237$28.5M0.59%+339+0.2%Added
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.222,892$28.6M0.31%+13,370+6.4%Added
D.A. Davidson & Co.224,547$28.8M0.18%−106,074−32.1%Reduced
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.231,907$29.5M0.04%+50,430+27.8%Added
Citigroup Inc231,287$29.7M0.02%+17,266+8.1%Added
Mariner, LLC234,890$30.1M0.04%+7,519+3.3%Added
Brandes Investment Partners, LP247,875$31.8M0.25%+8,593+3.6%Added
Midwest Trust Co252,352$32.4M0.42%−14,541−5.4%Reduced
Quantinno Capital Management LP252,646$32.4M0.09%+53,897+27.1%Added
HighTower Advisors, LLC253,203$32.5M0.04%+10,543+4.3%Added
US Bancorp254,257$32.6M0.04%+31,197+14.0%Added
Stifel Financial Corp256,752$32.9M0.03%+13,407+5.5%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc260,827$33.4M0.01%+38,197+17.2%Added
Cookson Peirce & Co Inc272,169$34.9M1.43%+4,634+1.7%Added
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky274,950$35.3M0.27%+21,100+8.3%Added
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC285,805$36.7M0.22%+20,820+7.9%Added
Toroso Investments, LLC301,436$38.7M0.16%+292,595+3,309.5%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp312,368$40.1M0.01%−3,992−1.3%Reduced
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC313,282$40.2M0.10%+2,893+0.9%Added
Saturna Capital CORP315,301$40.4M0.52%−575−0.2%Reduced
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC331,032$42.5M0.12%−21,663−6.1%Reduced
Cerity Partners LLC332,682$42.7M0.07%−6,073−1.8%Reduced
Assetmark, Inc358,151$45.9M0.10%+38,243+12.0%Added
TCTC Holdings, LLC391,436$50.2M1.49%−200−0.1%Reduced
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.399,158$51.2M0.16%−3,202−0.8%Reduced
Creative Planning423,818$54.4M0.04%+25,560+6.4%Added
Todd Asset Management LLC439,879$56.4M1.14%+23,978+5.8%Added
Van Eck Associates Corp444,658$57.0M0.05%+45,173+11.3%Added
First Trust Advisors LP455,003$58.3M0.04%+35,969+8.6%Added
CI Private Wealth, LLC458,540$58.8M0.09%+5,717+1.3%Added
NewEdge Wealth, LLC486,464$61.1M0.88%+20,548+4.4%Added
Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.485,330$62.2M1.15%−7,238−1.5%Reduced
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC495,791$63.6M0.11%+18,447+3.9%Added
SEI Investments Co520,091$66.7M0.07%+8,344+1.6%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co537,543$68.9M0.00%+82,226+18.1%Added
LPL Financial LLC551,535$70.7M0.02%+91,442+19.9%Added
Royal Bank of Canada551,927$70.8M0.01%+48,128+9.6%Added
American Century Companies Inc561,064$72.0M0.04%−27,297−4.6%Reduced
Bristol John W & Co Inc581,723$74.6M1.18%−10,558−1.8%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc584,653$75.0M0.02%−46,478−7.4%Reduced
Woodley Farra Manion Portfolio Management Inc606,780$77.8M3.67%+265,861+78.0%Added
Harding Loevner LP629,958$80.8M0.59%+316,431+100.9%Added
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.700,858$89.9M0.56%−130,112−15.7%Reduced
Truist Financial Corp832,614$106.8M0.14%+34,147+4.3%Added
Earnest Partners LLC840,026$107.7M0.47%−10,181−1.2%Reduced
Balyasny Asset Management LLC863,633$110.8M0.22%−13,323−1.5%Reduced
Natixis Advisors, L.P.900,018$115.4M0.17%+39,020+4.5%Added
Bank of Montreal1,045,191$134.0M0.06%+480,201+85.0%Added
Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc.1,136,250$145.7M0.40%+924+0.1%Added
Marshall Wace, LLP1,168,757$149.9M0.16%−263,057−18.4%Reduced
Scharf Investments, LLC1,210,948$155.3M3.90%−51,496−4.1%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP1,404,088$180.1M0.03%−1,098,307−43.9%Reduced
State Street Corp1,500,374$194.6M0.01%−97,456−6.1%Reduced
FMR LLC1,599,737$205.2M0.01%+58,774+3.8%Added
UBS Group AG1,602,133$205.5M0.04%+245,307+18.1%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc1,648,174$211.4M0.07%+720,860+77.7%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc1,819,260$233.3M0.07%+82,369+4.7%Added
Wells Fargo & Company1,829,844$234.7M0.05%−33,424−1.8%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC1,877,831$240.8M0.32%−420,320−18.3%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC2,068,726$265.3M0.12%−110,096−5.1%Reduced
Cullen Capital Management LLC2,070,377$265.5M2.90%−26,475−1.3%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc2,088,540$267.8M0.14%−203,340−8.9%Reduced
GQG Partners LLC2,262,867$290.2M0.45%+2,200,332+3,518.6%Added
Northern Trust Corp2,371,389$304.1M0.04%+168,573+7.7%Added
BlackRock, Inc.2,530,206$324.5M0.01%+209,051+9.0%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2,949,647$378.3M0.05%+407,775+16.0%Added
Franklin Resources Inc4,059,319$520.6M0.13%−180,107−4.2%Reduced
Bank of America Corp4,605,878$590.7M0.04%+78,390+1.7%Added
Loomis Sayles & Co L P5,664,911$726.5M0.86%+83,335+1.5%Added