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

Novartis Ag (NVS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Novartis Ag (NVS) posted Operating Margin of 32.97% for Q2 2026, down 4.74% sequentially from 34.61% in Q2 2025, and down 164.0% YoY from 51.51% in Q2 2025.

Novartis Ag (NVS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Novartis Ag has reported Operating Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 32.97% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 164.0% year-over-year to 32.97% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 277.53% (up 19181.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 32.36%, up 345.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin declined to 32.97% in Q2 2026 per NVS's latest filing, from 34.61% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 13229852.53% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 17.43% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 1343089.89% and a median of 34.61% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin surged 824739132 bps in 2022, then tumbled 1168640778 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 119.32% in 2022, then sank by 80 bps to 24.4% in 2023, then soared by 396 bps to 120.96% in 2024, then slumped by 71 bps to 34.61% in 2025, then dropped by 5 bps to 32.97% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 32.97%, 34.61%, and 120.96% for Q2 2026, Q2 2025, and Q4 2024 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Johnson & Johnson 645.88 Bn 625.12 Bn 17.26 Bn 28.21%
2 AbbVie 463.46 Bn 456.89 Bn 12.70 Bn 37.86%
3 Merck 367.92 Bn 360.78 Bn 12.21 Bn -3.52%
4 Novartis Ag 297.71 Bn 290.02 Bn 11.24 Bn 32.97%
5 Astrazeneca 255.55 Bn 250.65 Bn 12.86 Bn 20.57%
6 Amgen 234.52 Bn 220.53 Bn 7.24 Bn 34.95%
7 Gilead Sciences 178.22 Bn 175.04 Bn 6.22 Bn -133.21%
8 Pfizer 158.57 Bn 146.88 Bn 10.94 Bn 28.37%
9 Gsk 105.32 Bn 101.15 Bn 8.24 Bn 5.72%
10 Sanofi 54.20 Bn 46.82 Bn 10.79 Bn 124.39%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 32.97%
Jun 30, 2025 34.61%
Dec 31, 2024 120.96%
Jun 30, 2024 32.08%
Dec 31, 2023 24.40%
Jun 30, 2023 24.54%
Mar 31, 2023 1,543,444.75%
Dec 31, 2022 119.32%
Sep 30, 2022 285.17%
Jun 30, 2022 17.43%
Mar 31, 2022 13,229,852.53%
Dec 31, 2021 47.49%
Sep 30, 2021 -2,265.63%
Jun 30, 2021 26.85%
Mar 31, 2021 4,982,461.21%
Dec 31, 2020 48.17%
Sep 30, 2020 7,563,321.01%
Jun 30, 2020 20.73%
Mar 31, 2020 -18.83%
Jun 30, 2019 22.64%