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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 2025

Institutional positions in Novartis AG as of Dec 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
1,515
+142 vs. Q3 2025
Shares held
133.3M
−416.3K (−0.3%) vs. Q3 2025
Total value
$18.4B
+$1.23B (+7.2%) vs. Q3 2025
New holders
209
496 more added
Sold out
67
478 more reduced

32 institutions that held it in Q3 2025 haven't filed for Q4 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 2025: 1,515 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 2025: $18.4B
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, Q4 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Novartis AG; share changes are against Q3 2025.

Institutions holding NVS in Q4 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Bangor Savings Bank6,645$916.1K0.07%−256−3.7%Reduced
First Horizon Corp6,664$918.8K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C.6,674$920.1K0.00%−18−0.3%Reduced
Umb Bank N A6,675$920.3K0.01%+1,010+17.8%Added
Anchor Investment Management, LLC6,726$927.3K0.08%00.0%Unchanged
Gilliland Jeter Wealth Management LLC6,753$931.0K0.28%00.0%Unchanged
National Asset Management, Inc.6,786$935.6K0.04%−1,186−14.9%Reduced
StrongBox Wealth, LLC6,789$936.0K0.31%+850+14.3%Added
Farringdon Capital, Ltd.6,791$936.3K0.23%+6,791New
Hutner Capital Management Inc6,832$941.9K0.39%+399+6.2%Added
Cypress Asset Management Inc6,835$942.3K0.21%−40−0.6%Reduced
Romano Brothers and Company6,843$943.4K0.11%−200−2.8%Reduced
Kimelman & Baird, LLC6,850$944.4K0.07%00.0%Unchanged
Goldstone Financial Group, LLC6,879$948.4K0.11%+242+3.6%Added
Lee Danner & Bass Inc6,959$959.4K0.07%00.0%Unchanged
Central Trust Co6,990$963.7K0.02%−260−3.6%Reduced
South State Corp.7,022$968.1K0.04%−219−3.0%Reduced
St. Clair Advisors, LLC7,092$977.8K0.25%00.0%Unchanged
Lazard Asset Management LLC7,166$988.0K0.00%+2,439+51.6%Added
Rational Advisors LLC7,186$990.7K0.10%+3,080+75.0%Added
Twin City Private Wealth, LLC7,203$993.1K0.75%−133−1.8%Reduced
SRS Capital Advisors, Inc.7,213$994.5K0.03%−716−9.0%Reduced
Sowell Financial Services LLC7,216$994.9K0.04%+645+9.8%Added
Associated Banc-Corp7,286$1.00M0.03%−70−1.0%Reduced
Aprio Wealth Management, LLC7,301$1.01M0.06%+2,509+52.4%Added
Applied Finance Capital Management, LLC7,352$1.01M0.07%−211−2.8%Reduced
Harbour Investments, Inc.7,397$1.02M0.02%+1,481+25.0%Added
Beverly Hills Private Wealth, LLC7,461$1.03M0.18%−680−8.4%Reduced
Verition Fund Management LLC7,506$1.03M0.01%+7,506New
Kennon-Green & Company, LLC7,507$1.03M0.82%−339−4.3%Reduced
Covenant Partners, LLC7,542$1.04M0.30%00.0%Unchanged
Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC7,574$1.04M0.47%−349−4.4%Reduced
Portside Wealth Group, LLC7,606$1.05M0.14%+1,476+24.1%Added
May Hill Capital, LLC7,615$1.05M0.28%+110+1.5%Added
Sage Rhino Capital LLC7,620$1.05M0.20%−399−5.0%Reduced
Ruggaard & Associates LLC7,635$1.05M0.41%+236+3.2%Added
Wedmont Private Capital7,416$1.05M0.04%+949+14.7%Added
Montag A & Associates Inc7,646$1.05M0.05%−4−0.1%Reduced
Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP6,976$1.06M0.01%+425+6.5%Added
Harbour Trust & Investment Management Co7,719$1.06M0.11%−344−4.3%Reduced
Avidian Wealth Solutions, LLC7,812$1.08M0.04%−115−1.5%Reduced
Resources Investment Advisors, LLC.7,840$1.08M0.01%+760+10.7%Added
Independent Advisor Alliance7,846$1.08M0.03%+2,463+45.8%Added
Jacobi Capital Management LLC7,859$1.08M0.06%−24−0.3%Reduced
Valley National Advisers Inc7,889$1.09M0.15%+5+0.1%Added
Chilton Capital Management LLC7,889$1.09M0.04%−731−8.5%Reduced
Five Oceans Advisors7,908$1.09M0.39%00.0%Unchanged
Keystone Financial Services7,908$1.09M0.33%−143−1.8%Reduced
Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC7,965$1.10M0.99%−398−4.8%Reduced
Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC7,981$1.10M0.02%+336+4.4%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.8,000$1.10M0.00%+3,294+70.0%Added
Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.8,042$1.11M0.01%+1,498+22.9%Added
Belpointe Asset Management LLC8,064$1.11M0.04%+1,826+29.3%Added
Fortis Capital Advisors, LLC8,064$1.11M0.16%+1,826+29.3%Added
Keel Point, LLC8,081$1.11M0.07%+20.0%Added
Chicago Trust Co NA8,214$1.13M0.18%−366−4.3%Reduced
New Hampshire Trust8,222$1.13M0.22%−1,966−19.3%Reduced
Independence Bank of Kentucky8,235$1.14M0.14%+78+1.0%Added
Simmons Bank8,313$1.15M0.08%−400−4.6%Reduced
Northcape Wealth Management, LLC8,370$1.15M0.33%00.0%Unchanged
Empirical Financial Services, LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management8,376$1.15M0.02%−1,606−16.1%Reduced
Stratos Wealth Advisors, LLC8,421$1.16M0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Tiaa Trust, National Association8,441$1.16M0.00%−269−3.1%Reduced
YANKCOM Partnership8,499$1.17M0.50%+90+1.1%Added
Versant Capital Management, Inc8,514$1.17M0.15%+828+10.8%Added
Belvedere Trading LLC8,516$1.17M0.22%+8,153+2,246.0%Added
SevenBridge Financial Group, LLC7,879$1.17M0.19%00.0%Unchanged
Clarius Group, LLC8,652$1.19M0.07%00.0%Unchanged
Eastern Bank8,654$1.19M0.02%+78+0.9%Added
Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC8,675$1.20M0.04%+154+1.8%Added
RD Lewis Holdings, Inc.7,991$1.20M1.02%00.0%Unchanged
Kensington Investment Counsel, LLC8,747$1.21M0.49%00.0%Unchanged
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC8,774$1.21M0.00%−278−3.1%Reduced
Meridian Wealth Management, LLC8,797$1.21M0.04%+109+1.3%Added
Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC8,799$1.21M0.05%+1,266+16.8%Added
Valmark Advisers, Inc.8,802$1.21M0.01%+77+0.9%Added
Beaton Management Co. Inc.8,873$1.22M0.54%00.0%Unchanged
Essex Financial Services, Inc.8,921$1.23M0.07%+30.0%Added
Cambridge Advisors Inc.8,975$1.24M0.24%00.0%Unchanged
Guardian Partners Inc.8,140$1.24M0.10%+6,000+280.4%Added
1620 Investment Advisors, Inc.9,034$1.25M0.83%−30−0.3%Reduced
KCM Investment Advisors LLC9,159$1.26M0.04%−440−4.6%Reduced
LCNB Corp9,206$1.27M0.43%−25−0.3%Reduced
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al9,224$1.27M0.01%−25,776−73.6%Reduced
Transcend Wealth Collective, LLC9,227$1.27M0.10%−436−4.5%Reduced
Mystic Asset Management, Inc.9,269$1.28M0.29%−300−3.1%Reduced
Shelton Capital Management9,347$1.29M0.03%−3,745−28.6%Reduced
WSFS Capital Management, LLC9,425$1.30M0.06%+24+0.3%Added
Becker Capital Management Inc9,441$1.30M0.04%−36−0.4%Reduced
OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC9,488$1.31M0.02%+9,488New
Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC9,509$1.31M0.74%−312−3.2%Reduced
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.9,522$1.31M0.01%−96−1.0%Reduced
PDS Planning, Inc9,525$1.31M0.09%+66+0.7%Added
Flow Traders U.S. LLC9,556$1.32M0.04%+9,556New
Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC9,557$1.32M0.02%+1,626+20.5%Added
Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD.9,586$1.32M0.01%−696−6.8%Reduced
Sittner & Nelson, LLC8,466$1.32M0.47%+49+0.6%Added
Mount Yale Investment Advisors, LLC9,641$1.33M0.06%−3,085−24.2%Reduced
AE Wealth Management LLC9,644$1.33M0.01%+614+6.8%Added
Retirement Guys Formula LLC9,655$1.33M0.61%+108+1.1%Added