Growth Metrics

Novartis Ag (NVS) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Novartis Ag recorded quarterly Operating Expenses of -$6.2 billion in Q2 2025, up 42.45% quarter-over-quarter from -$10.7 billion in Q4 2024, and down 13.03% year-over-year from -$7.1 billion in Q2 2024.

Novartis Ag's Operating Expenses history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$6.2 billion for Q2 2025.

  • In Q2 2025, Operating Expenses fell 13.03% year-over-year to -$6.2 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$6.2 billion (up 61.87% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $24.4 billion, up 8.23% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at -$6.2 billion for Q2 2025 at Novartis Ag, up from -$10.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of -$672.0 million in Q3 2022 to a low of -$11.9 billion in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$4.7 billion and a median of -$3.1 billion in 2021 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses tumbled 1273.07% in 2023 and surged 42.14% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Novartis Ag's Operating Expenses stood at -$808.0 million in 2021, then climbed by 2.1% to -$791.0 million in 2022, then sank by 1273.07% to -$10.9 billion in 2023, then gained by 1.31% to -$10.7 billion in 2024, then jumped by 42.45% to -$6.2 billion in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered -$6.2 billion, -$10.7 billion, and -$5.5 billion for Q2 2025, Q4 2024, and Q2 2024 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Novartis Ag 107,124,802.25 Bn 107,124,802.25 Bn - -
2 Eli Lilly 969.00 Bn 963.72 Bn 16.22 Bn 6.72 Bn
3 Johnson & Johnson 539.46 Bn 517.41 Bn 15.96 Bn 9.59 Bn
4 AbbVie 376.92 Bn 367.57 Bn 10.78 Bn 11.01 Bn
5 Merck 285.00 Bn 279.35 Bn 12.09 Bn 19.82 Bn
6 Amgen 177.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 5.87 Bn 5.95 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 163.22 Bn 155.50 Bn 5.52 Bn 4.37 Bn
8 Pfizer 145.86 Bn 133.09 Bn -1.21 Bn 5.50 Bn
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 111.90 Bn 101.44 Bn 8.07 Bn 8.25 Bn
10 Gsk 88.34 Bn 83.66 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2025 -6.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -10.72 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -5.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -10.86 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -9.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -761.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -791.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -672.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -11.91 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -721.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -808.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -704.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -6.15 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 -716.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -823.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -704.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -9.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -714.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -756.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -951.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 -919.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -6.48 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 -801.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -835.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -836.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -5.87 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 -791.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 9.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 -660.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -788.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 -759.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -710.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 -764.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 -601.00
Mar 31, 2015 -787.00
Dec 31, 2014 -983.00
Sep 30, 2014 -808.00
Jun 30, 2014 -638.00
Mar 31, 2014 -881.00
Dec 31, 2013 -695.00
Sep 30, 2013 -641.00
Jun 30, 2013 -619.00
Mar 31, 2013 -761.00
Sep 30, 2012 -943.00
Jun 30, 2012 -985.00
Mar 31, 2012 -967.00
Dec 31, 2011 -1,041.00
Sep 30, 2011 -965.00
Jun 30, 2011 -952.00
Mar 31, 2011 -904.00
Dec 31, 2010 -1,016.00
Sep 30, 2010 -709.00
Jun 30, 2010 -702.00
Mar 31, 2010 -2,607.00
Dec 31, 2009 -7.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2009 -2,367.00
Jun 30, 2009 -2,344.00
Mar 31, 2009 -2,199.00