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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 2026

Institutional positions in Novartis AG as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
1,605
+110 vs. Q4 2025
Shares held
144.3M
+11.7M (+8.8%) vs. Q4 2025
Total value
$22.0B
+$3.75B (+20.5%) vs. Q4 2025
New holders
198
533 more added
Sold out
88
551 more reduced

20 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 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 holdersQ1 2026: 1,605 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 2026: $22.0B
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 2026

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Novartis AG; share changes are against Q4 2025.

Institutions holding NVS in Q1 2026
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Fisher Asset Management, LLC13,885,749$2.12B0.72%+6,419,899+86.0%Added
Morgan Stanley8,527,037$1.30B0.08%−349,869−3.9%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP8,110,116$1.24B0.26%−414,278−4.9%Reduced
Primecap Management Co7,567,354$1.16B0.91%−11,920−0.2%Reduced
Dodge & Cox6,967,383$1.06B0.58%−2,047,258−22.7%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc6,525,771$996.8M0.13%+3,780,327+137.7%Added
Loomis Sayles & Co L P5,426,100$828.8M1.12%−108,115−2.0%Reduced
Bank of America Corp4,962,794$758.1M0.06%+413,778+9.1%Added
Franklin Resources Inc3,409,944$520.9M0.13%−1,069,363−23.9%Reduced
BlackRock, Inc.2,949,760$450.6M0.01%+141,669+5.0%Added
Northern Trust Corp2,786,228$425.6M0.06%+435,047+18.5%Added
GQG Partners LLC2,447,272$373.8M0.59%−710,850−22.5%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc2,311,384$353.1M0.09%+529,186+29.7%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC2,275,938$347.6M0.17%+41,520+1.9%Added
Natixis Advisors, L.P.2,236,156$341.6M0.48%+1,397,774+166.7%Added
Cullen Capital Management LLC2,037,962$311.3M3.19%−42,834−2.1%Reduced
Raymond James Financial Inc1,931,873$295.1M0.09%+86,268+4.7%Added
Wells Fargo & Company1,895,677$289.6M0.06%+53,634+2.9%Added
UBS Group AG1,793,153$273.9M0.05%+431,879+31.7%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co1,804,676$271.4M0.02%+1,212,024+204.5%Added
Jones Financial Companies LLLP1,821,796$270.1M0.13%+1,625,514+828.2%Added
FMR LLC1,692,993$258.6M0.01%+30,697+1.8%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc1,532,789$234.1M0.13%−276,369−15.3%Reduced
WCM Investment Management, LLC1,463,180$220.0M0.50%+1,463,180New
State Street Corp1,385,892$216.2M0.01%−64,169−4.4%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC1,111,833$169.8M0.27%−231,200−17.2%Reduced
Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc.1,049,794$160.4M0.46%−11,578−1.1%Reduced
Truist Financial Corp941,818$143.9M0.19%+54,522+6.1%Added
Van Eck Associates Corp891,803$136.2M0.10%−68,854−7.2%Reduced
Earnest Partners LLC885,290$135.2M0.56%−36,106−3.9%Reduced
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC830,286$126.8M0.41%+464,126+126.8%Added
American Century Companies Inc703,178$107.4M0.06%+84,910+13.7%Added
LPL Financial LLC620,427$94.8M0.03%+12,679+2.1%Added
SEI Investments Co619,274$94.6M0.09%+54,262+9.6%Added
Royal Bank of Canada618,710$94.5M0.02%+40,788+7.1%Added
Scharf Investments, LLC589,232$90.0M2.77%−373,668−38.8%Reduced
Harding Loevner LP584,255$89.2M0.92%−19,132−3.2%Reduced
Bristol John W & Co Inc561,837$85.8M1.41%−7,881−1.4%Reduced
NewEdge Wealth, LLC546,505$83.5M1.00%+41,166+8.1%Added
CIBC Bancorp USA Inc.537,813$82.2M0.11%+537,813New
Ameriprise Financial Inc532,554$81.4M0.02%−37,168−6.5%Reduced
Creative Planning528,814$80.8M0.05%+89,851+20.5%Added
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.505,440$77.2M0.18%−145,704−22.4%Reduced
Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.454,681$69.5M1.15%−37,333−7.6%Reduced
CI Private Wealth, LLC440,526$67.2M0.10%−39,378−8.2%Reduced
Todd Asset Management LLC432,007$66.0M1.29%−2,239−0.5%Reduced
Assetmark, Inc403,774$61.7M0.13%−2,457−0.6%Reduced
TCTC Holdings, LLC393,864$60.2M1.71%−225−0.1%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP366,559$56.0M0.04%−5,202−1.4%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC366,467$56.0M0.06%+366,467New
Citigroup Inc348,789$53.3M0.03%+277,455+389.0%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc345,410$52.8M0.01%+54,930+18.9%Added
Quantinno Capital Management LP340,728$52.0M0.09%+39,537+13.1%Added
Cerity Partners LLC329,910$50.4M0.07%+35,140+11.9%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp327,817$50.1M0.01%+9,691+3.0%Added
Marshall Wace, LLP322,056$49.2M0.05%−371,300−53.6%Reduced
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC320,027$48.9M0.25%+19,949+6.6%Added
Stifel Financial Corp317,717$48.5M0.04%+45,335+16.6%Added
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC311,826$47.6M0.12%−8,029−2.5%Reduced
Saturna Capital CORP311,008$47.5M0.67%−1,654−0.5%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.283,837$43.4M0.08%+283,837New
Cookson Peirce & Co Inc283,617$43.3M1.83%+14,674+5.5%Added
Colony Group, LLC280,428$42.8M0.05%+71,868+34.5%Added
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC275,637$42.1M0.11%−23,538−7.9%Reduced
US Bancorp268,858$41.1M0.05%+1,589+0.6%Added
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky267,950$40.9M0.32%−7,000−2.5%Reduced
Woodley Farra Manion Portfolio Management Inc266,061$40.6M1.98%−335,851−55.8%Reduced
HighTower Advisors, LLC264,639$40.4M0.04%+13,264+5.3%Added
Bank of Montreal259,345$39.6M0.02%−725,254−73.7%Reduced
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.258,000$39.4M0.06%+157,812+157.5%Added
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.251,894$38.5M0.24%−193,795−43.5%Reduced
Integral Health Asset Management, LLC250,000$38.2M2.02%00.0%Unchanged
Massachusetts Financial Services Co246,655$37.7M0.01%+132,918+116.9%Added
Midwest Trust Co242,228$37.0M0.46%−7,513−3.0%Reduced
Mariner, LLC241,552$36.9M0.04%+5,076+2.1%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC233,871$35.7M0.02%+47,271+25.3%Added
First Financial Bankshares Inc230,854$35.3M0.71%+6,071+2.7%Added
MML Investors Services, LLC229,593$35.1M0.10%−13,178−5.4%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.220,134$33.6M0.02%+9,930+4.7%Added
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.217,125$33.2M0.38%−3,056−1.4%Reduced
D.A. Davidson & Co.212,815$32.5M0.20%−6,899−3.1%Reduced
Promethos Capital, LLC203,093$31.0M8.34%−21,711−9.7%Reduced
Cetera Investment Advisers203,045$31.0M0.03%+24,096+13.5%Added
Toroso Investments, LLC193,177$29.4M0.09%−33,079−14.6%Reduced
Brandes Investment Partners, LP189,570$29.0M0.20%−73,227−27.9%Reduced
Brown Advisory Inc189,167$28.9M0.05%+761+0.4%Added
Godsey & Gibb Associates185,572$28.3M2.47%−5,512−2.9%Reduced
Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc182,356$27.9M0.38%+182,356New
New York State Common Retirement Fund177,396$27.1M0.04%−7,970−4.3%Reduced
M&T Bank Corp174,095$26.6M0.09%+20,511+13.4%Added
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd173,137$26.4M0.04%+54,510+46.0%Added
Foresight Global Investors, Inc.172,053$26.3M17.06%−300.0%Reduced
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.169,012$25.8M0.04%+2,288+1.4%Added
Managed Asset Portfolios, LLC164,288$25.1M3.01%−34,348−17.3%Reduced
Parkwood LLC163,364$25.0M2.21%+16,104+10.9%Added
Martin Investment Management, LLC162,204$24.8M7.42%−49,300−23.3%Reduced
Captrust Financial Advisors161,008$24.6M0.04%−244−0.2%Reduced
Mercer Global Advisors Inc160,764$24.6M0.04%+4,606+2.9%Added
Grandfield & Dodd, LLC156,906$24.0M1.35%+1,558+1.0%Added
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC156,615$23.9M0.03%−11,771−7.0%Reduced