Novartis Ag NVS
NYSE NVS
$156.26 -4.07 (-2.54%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Novartis Ag (NVS) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Novartis Ag (NVS) posted Interest Coverage Ratio of 10.28 for Q2 2026, down 38.91% sequentially from 16.83 in Q2 2025, and down 38.91% YoY from 16.83 in Q2 2025.

Novartis Ag (NVS) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Novartis Ag has reported Interest Coverage Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 10.28 in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio fell 38.91% year-over-year to 10.28 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 90.67 (down 102.3% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 15.42, up 6.68% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio fell to 10.28 in Q2 2026 per NVS's latest filing, from 16.83 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 16.83 in Q2 2025 and troughed at 169157.82 in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 17659.25 and a median of 11.03 in 2022 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Interest Coverage Ratio surged 213.61% in 2023, then tumbled 373.66% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 50.93 in 2022, then jumped by 83.31% to 8.5 in 2023, then sank by 373.66% to 40.28 in 2024, then soared by 141.79% to 16.83 in 2025, then slumped by 38.91% to 10.28 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Interest Coverage Ratio over the past three periods registered 10.28, 16.83, and 40.28 for Q2 2026, Q2 2025, and Q4 2024 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Johnson & Johnson 645.88 Bn 625.12 Bn 17.26 Bn 25.41
2 AbbVie 463.46 Bn 456.89 Bn 12.70 Bn -
3 Merck 367.92 Bn 360.78 Bn 12.21 Bn -
4 Novartis Ag 297.71 Bn 290.02 Bn 11.24 Bn 10.28
5 Astrazeneca 255.55 Bn 250.65 Bn 12.86 Bn 7.27
6 Amgen 234.52 Bn 220.53 Bn 7.24 Bn 5.22
7 Gilead Sciences 178.22 Bn 175.04 Bn 6.22 Bn -42.08
8 Pfizer 158.57 Bn 146.88 Bn 10.94 Bn -
9 Gsk 105.32 Bn 101.15 Bn 8.24 Bn -2.64
10 Sanofi 54.20 Bn 46.82 Bn 10.79 Bn -50.26

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 10.28
Jun 30, 2025 16.83
Dec 31, 2024 -40.28
Jun 30, 2024 -15.74
Dec 31, 2023 -8.50
Jun 30, 2023 12.53
Mar 31, 2023 -25,003.81
Dec 31, 2022 -50.93
Sep 30, 2022 -3.27
Jun 30, 2022 -11.03
Mar 31, 2022 -169,157.82
Dec 31, 2021 -29.90
Sep 30, 2021 -3.59
Jun 30, 2021 -17.31
Mar 31, 2021 -69,310.48
Dec 31, 2020 -24.80
Sep 30, 2020 -86,127.77
Jun 30, 2020 -10.36
Mar 31, 2020 0.19
Jun 30, 2019 -11.14