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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, 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: 1,604 institutionsQ2 2026: 1,625 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 20261,625$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, 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
Shrier Wealth Management, LLC24,077$3.32M1.31%+24,077New
Hall Laurie J Trustee24,122$3.33M1.11%−1,210−4.8%Reduced
Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp24,279$3.35M0.04%+62+0.3%Added
Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC24,619$3.39M0.16%+24,619New
apricus wealth, LLC24,673$3.40M1.74%+940+4.0%Added
Arjuna Capital24,705$3.41M0.83%−146−0.6%Reduced
Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc24,822$3.42M0.02%−3,005−10.8%Reduced
Americana Partners, LLC24,964$3.44M0.09%−1,320−5.0%Reduced
Forum Financial Management, LP25,365$3.50M0.05%+758+3.1%Added
Albert D Mason Inc25,587$3.53M2.32%+88+0.3%Added
Prospera Financial Services Inc25,879$3.57M0.06%−67−0.3%Reduced
CIBC Asset Management Inc26,264$3.59M0.01%+275+1.1%Added
Naples Global Advisors, LLC26,130$3.60M0.27%−170−0.6%Reduced
Spectrum Asset Management, Inc. (NB/CA)26,288$3.62M1.21%+120+0.5%Added
Telos Capital Management, Inc.26,293$3.62M0.34%−379−1.4%Reduced
SIH Partners, LLLP26,579$3.66M0.21%00.0%Unchanged
Trustmark National Bank Trust Department26,836$3.70M0.23%−52−0.2%Reduced
McIntyre Freedman & Flynn Investment Advisers Inc26,895$3.71M2.33%−110−0.4%Reduced
Ballentine Partners, LLC26,981$3.72M0.05%+862+3.3%Added
Atomi Financial Group, Inc.27,034$3.73M0.11%+3,695+15.8%Added
CWA Asset Management Group, LLC27,213$3.75M0.14%+16,409+151.9%Added
Voya Investment Management LLC27,490$3.79M0.00%−5,795−17.4%Reduced
EagleClaw Capital Managment, LLC27,682$3.82M0.55%−400−1.4%Reduced
Woodmont Investment Counsel LLC27,843$3.84M0.24%−366−1.3%Reduced
Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC27,909$3.85M0.05%+6,593+30.9%Added
NBT Bank N A28,183$3.87M0.25%−506−1.8%Reduced
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp28,243$3.89M0.07%−870−3.0%Reduced
Fayez Sarofim & Co28,252$3.90M0.01%+300+1.1%Added
Penobscot Investment Management Company, Inc.28,316$3.90M0.29%−10.0%Reduced
Haverford Trust Co28,382$3.91M0.03%−492−1.7%Reduced
Oxbow Advisors, LLC28,508$3.93M0.35%−332−1.2%Reduced
TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.29,022$4.00M0.02%+706+2.5%Added
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)29,138$4.02M0.10%+27,853+2,167.5%Added
Prentiss Smith & Co Inc29,154$4.02M2.40%−110−0.4%Reduced
Moody Lynn & Lieberson, LLC29,320$4.04M0.21%+10,279+54.0%Added
Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc29,337$4.04M0.02%−191−0.6%Reduced
Northside Capital Management, LLC29,543$4.07M0.35%00.0%Unchanged
Moors & Cabot, Inc.29,612$4.08M0.17%+320+1.1%Added
Global Retirement Partners, LLC29,730$4.10M0.07%+18,032+154.1%Added
Two Sigma Investments, LP29,928$4.13M0.01%−1,800−5.7%Reduced
Fred Alger Management, LLC30,164$4.16M0.02%−15,426−33.8%Reduced
Csenge Advisory Group30,264$4.17M0.19%+1,018+3.5%Added
Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.30,711$4.23M0.39%−1,855−5.7%Reduced
Northeast Investment Management30,898$4.26M0.17%−72−0.2%Reduced
Fifth Third Bancorp30,989$4.27M0.01%−1,570−4.8%Reduced
Choate Investment Advisors31,147$4.29M0.08%+8,909+40.1%Added
Great Lakes Advisors, LLC31,160$4.30M0.04%+627+2.1%Added
Advisory Services Network, LLC31,893$4.40M0.06%+41+0.1%Added
Providence Capital Advisors, LLC32,082$4.42M0.74%+1,108+3.6%Added
We Are One Seven, LLC32,254$4.45M0.09%+5,939+22.6%Added
Baldwin Brothers Inc32,288$4.45M0.28%−1,562−4.6%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc32,435$4.47M0.00%+7,620+30.7%Added
Chesley Taft & Associates LLC32,480$4.48M0.18%+1,650+5.4%Added
Merit Financial Group, LLC32,499$4.48M0.04%+1,354+4.3%Added
Daymark Wealth Partners, LLC32,723$4.51M0.14%−337−1.0%Reduced
WealthTrust Axiom LLC32,885$4.53M1.17%−274−0.8%Reduced
Cornerstone Wealth Group, LLC33,253$4.58M0.31%+457+1.4%Added
RSM US Wealth Management LLC33,223$4.61M0.06%−1,348−3.9%Reduced
Auto-Owners Insurance Co33,570$4.63M0.10%00.0%Unchanged
Cullen Investment Group, Ltd.32,897$4.66M0.60%+28,338+621.6%Added
Principal Securities, Inc.34,368$4.74M0.07%−1,403−3.9%Reduced
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC34,378$4.74M0.05%+16,069+87.8%Added
Timber Creek Capital Management LLC34,545$4.76M1.11%−82−0.2%Reduced
Azzad Asset Management Inc34,593$4.77M0.47%+300+0.9%Added
Arkadios Wealth Advisors34,843$4.80M0.10%+3,189+10.1%Added
Greenfield Seitz Capital Management, LLC34,875$4.81M1.58%−578−1.6%Reduced
Dearborn Partners LLC35,225$4.86M0.24%+65+0.2%Added
Quartz Partners, LLC35,382$4.88M1.82%+2,970+9.2%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC35,457$4.89M0.01%+26,616+301.1%Added
Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc.35,483$4.89M0.07%−1,587−4.3%Reduced
Factory Mutual Insurance Co35,796$4.94M0.05%00.0%Unchanged
China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd.36,000$4.96M0.38%+16,000+80.0%Added
Rhumbline Advisers36,140$4.98M0.00%−1,024−2.8%Reduced
Vise Technologies, Inc.36,277$5.00M0.10%+16,913+87.3%Added
Sphera Funds Management Ltd.37,000$5.10M1.07%00.0%Unchanged
Vident Advisory, LLC37,022$5.10M0.05%−452−1.2%Reduced
Davenport & Co LLC37,364$5.15M0.03%−4,672−11.1%Reduced
Naviter Wealth, LLC37,658$5.19M0.68%−5,873−13.5%Reduced
WCG Wealth Advisors LLC37,705$5.20M0.15%+21,202+128.5%Added
CAPROCK Group, Inc.37,747$5.20M0.11%+3,251+9.4%Added
Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc37,858$5.22M0.14%−567−1.5%Reduced
MAI Capital Management38,185$5.26M0.03%+8,397+28.2%Added
Great Valley Advisor Group, Inc.38,951$5.37M0.10%−8,319−17.6%Reduced
Spire Wealth Management38,983$5.37M0.18%+37,518+2,561.0%Added
Carret Asset Management, LLC39,815$5.49M0.52%−445−1.1%Reduced
Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC42,231$5.49M0.61%−49,536−54.0%Reduced
First Pacific Financial40,072$5.52M0.72%+5,759+16.8%Added
Argent Trust Co40,333$5.56M0.19%+291+0.7%Added
Bessemer Group Inc40,412$5.57M0.01%+24,436+153.0%Added
Hamel Associates, Inc.40,585$5.60M1.69%00.0%Unchanged
Private Advisor Group, LLC41,078$5.66M0.03%−322−0.8%Reduced
Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC41,635$5.74M0.03%−160−0.4%Reduced
Lido Advisors, LLC43,739$5.75M0.02%+643+1.5%Added
Brinker Capital Investments, LLC42,323$5.84M0.04%−467−1.1%Reduced
Perennial Advisors, LLC42,344$5.84M0.98%+407+1.0%Added
Henry James International Management, Inc.43,596$6.01M1.89%−30.0%Reduced
Monte Financial Group, LLC44,023$6.07M2.26%−2,560−5.5%Reduced
National Bank of Canada44,411$6.12M0.01%+5,042+12.8%Added
Quadrature Capital Ltd45,069$6.21M0.06%+45,069New
Trust Co of Vermont45,745$6.31M0.26%+60.0%Added