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

Novartis Ag (NVS) Return on Sales (2009 - 2026)

Novartis Ag (NVS) posted Return on Sales of 0.0% for Q2 2026, down 14.81% sequentially from 0.0% in Q1 2026, and little changed YoY from 0.0% in Q2 2025.

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

Novartis Ag has reported Return on Sales for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.0% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales fell to 0.0% in Q2 2026 per NVS's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 1323.01% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 0.0% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 77.83% and a median of 0.0% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Sales.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Sales surged 82474 bps in 2022, then slumped 132301 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 0.0% in 2022, then sank by 34 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then surged by 1562 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then slipped by 18 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then decreased by 16 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods registered 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Johnson & Johnson 645.88 Bn 625.12 Bn 17.26 Bn 0.00%
2 AbbVie 463.46 Bn 456.89 Bn 12.70 Bn 0.00%
3 Merck 367.92 Bn 360.78 Bn 12.21 Bn 0.00%
4 Novartis Ag 297.71 Bn 290.02 Bn 11.24 Bn 0.00%
5 Astrazeneca 255.55 Bn 250.65 Bn 12.86 Bn 0.00%
6 Amgen 234.52 Bn 220.53 Bn 7.24 Bn 0.00%
7 Gilead Sciences 178.22 Bn 175.04 Bn 6.22 Bn -0.01%
8 Pfizer 158.57 Bn 146.88 Bn 10.94 Bn 0.00%
9 Gsk 105.32 Bn 101.15 Bn 8.24 Bn 0.00%
10 Sanofi 54.20 Bn 46.82 Bn 10.79 Bn 0.01%

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2026 0.00%
Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.02%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 1,323.01%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 -0.44%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%