Novartis Ag NVS
NYSE NVS
$158.86 +2.62 (+1.68%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Novartis Ag (NVS) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Novartis Ag (NVS) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.01% for Q2 2026, down 14.77% sequentially from 0.01% in Q2 2025, and little changed YoY from 0.01% in Q2 2025.

Novartis Ag (NVS) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Novartis Ag has reported Return on Invested Capital for 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.01% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.01% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital fell to 0.01% in Q2 2026 per NVS's latest filing, from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 5.87% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 0.01% in Q2 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 2.44% and a median of 1.3% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Invested Capital jumped 377 bps in 2022, then sank 457 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 5.87% in 2022, then sank by 78 bps to 1.3% in 2023, then slumped by 99 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then decreased by 6 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then slipped by 15 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.01%, 0.01%, and 0.01% for Q2 2026, Q2 2025, and Q4 2024 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Johnson & Johnson 652.20 Bn 631.44 Bn 17.26 Bn 0.00%
2 AbbVie 469.51 Bn 462.94 Bn 12.70 Bn 0.00%
3 Merck 376.81 Bn 369.67 Bn 12.21 Bn 0.01%
4 Novartis Ag 303.04 Bn 295.35 Bn 11.24 Bn 0.01%
5 Astrazeneca 257.61 Bn 252.71 Bn 12.86 Bn 0.00%
6 Amgen 237.37 Bn 223.38 Bn 7.24 Bn 0.01%
7 Gilead Sciences 181.73 Bn 178.55 Bn 6.22 Bn 0.00%
8 Pfizer 159.66 Bn 147.96 Bn 10.94 Bn 0.01%
9 Gsk 106.24 Bn 102.07 Bn 8.24 Bn 0.01%
10 Sanofi 55.07 Bn 47.69 Bn 10.79 Bn 0.02%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 0.01%
Dec 31, 2024 0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 1.34%
Dec 31, 2023 1.30%
Jun 30, 2023 1.07%
Mar 31, 2023 0.92%
Dec 31, 2022 5.87%
Sep 30, 2022 5.57%
Jun 30, 2022 5.44%
Mar 31, 2022 5.32%
Dec 31, 2021 2.10%
Sep 30, 2021 2.02%
Jun 30, 2021 4.65%
Mar 31, 2021 4.69%
Dec 31, 2020 2.86%
Sep 30, 2020 3.11%
Jun 30, 2020 0.00%
Jun 30, 2019 0.00%
Jun 30, 2018 0.00%