Novartis Ag (NVS) Net Cash Flow (2009 - 2025)

Novartis Ag's (NVS) quarterly Net Cash Flow came in at -$2.1 billion in Q4 2025, up 60.53% year-on-year from -$1.3 billion in Q4 2024, and down 144.65% quarter-over-quarter from -$860.0 million in Q3 2025.

Novartis Ag (NVS) Net Cash Flow (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Novartis Ag has disclosed Net Cash Flow across 15 years of filings, most recently posting -$2.1 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Net Cash Flow for Q4 2025 came in at -$2.1 billion, up 60.53% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$3.8 billion (up 48.46% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$600.0 million, up 63.33% from the prior year.
  • Net Cash Flow came in at -$2.1 billion for Q4 2025 at Novartis Ag, down from -$860.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Cash Flow ranged from a high of $15.8 billion in Q4 2023 to a low of -$10.2 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Cash Flow is -$879.5 million (2024), against an average of -$1.1 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Cash Flow tumbled 886.32% in 2022 and jumped 281.63% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Novartis Ag's Net Cash Flow stood at -$4.3 billion in 2021, then plunged by 101.13% to -$8.7 billion in 2022, then surged by 281.63% to $15.8 billion in 2023, then slumped by 133.77% to -$5.3 billion in 2024, then jumped by 60.53% to -$2.1 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Net Cash Flow figures came in at -$2.1 billion (Q4 2025), -$860.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$792.0 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Gsk 92,316,836.42 Bn 92,316,831.46 Bn 7.76 Bn 210.32 Mn
2 Eli Lilly 983.57 Bn 978.29 Bn 16.22 Bn -2.05 Bn
3 Johnson & Johnson 553.56 Bn 531.50 Bn 15.96 Bn 2.00 Bn
4 AbbVie 383.35 Bn 374.00 Bn 10.78 Bn 4.17 Bn
5 Merck 281.71 Bn 276.06 Bn 12.09 Bn -9.27 Bn
6 Amgen 182.20 Bn 170.16 Bn 5.87 Bn 2.91 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 153.71 Bn 145.98 Bn 5.52 Bn 75.00 Mn
8 Pfizer 143.75 Bn 130.98 Bn -1.21 Bn 544.00 Mn
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 109.71 Bn 99.25 Bn 8.07 Bn -587.00 Mn
10 Novartis Ag 108.28 Bn 107.60 Bn - -

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -2.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -2.10 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -860.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -860.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -792.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -792.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 330.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 330.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -5.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -5.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -756.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -756.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.53 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.53 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -899.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -899.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 15.78 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 15.78 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -832.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -832.00 Mn