Growth Metrics

Novartis Ag (NVS) Shares Repurchased (2010 - 2025)

Novartis Ag recorded quarterly Shares Repurchased of -$2.7 billion in Q2 2025, little changed quarter-over-quarter from -$2.7 billion in Q4 2024, and down 67.95% year-over-year from -$8.5 billion in Q2 2024.

Novartis Ag's Shares Repurchased history runs 10 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$2.7 billion for Q2 2025.

  • In Q2 2025, Shares Repurchased fell 67.95% year-over-year to -$2.7 billion; the TTM figure through Jun 2025 stood at -$12.9 billion (up 17.76% YoY), while the FY2019 annual figure was -$3.0 million, up 98.8% from the prior year.
  • Shares Repurchased came in at -$2.7 billion for Q2 2025 at Novartis Ag, roughly flat from -$2.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Shares Repurchased ranged from a high of -$1.6 billion in Q2 2024 to a low of -$5.8 billion in Q4 2023.
  • A 4-year average of -$3.4 billion and a median of -$2.7 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Shares Repurchased.
  • Across the five-year window, Shares Repurchased jumped 53.53% in 2024 and sank 67.95% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Novartis Ag's Shares Repurchased stood at -$5.3 billion in 2022, then dropped by 11.17% to -$5.8 billion in 2023, then surged by 53.53% to -$2.7 billion in 2024, then increased by 0.04% to -$2.7 billion in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Shares Repurchased over the past three periods registered -$2.7 billion, -$2.7 billion, and -$1.6 billion for Q2 2025, Q4 2024, and Q2 2024 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Shares Repurchased (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 2.36 Bn
3 Johnson & Johnson 539.46 Bn 517.41 Bn 15.96 Bn 4.03 Bn
4 AbbVie 376.92 Bn 367.57 Bn 10.78 Bn 1.49 Bn
5 Merck 285.00 Bn 279.35 Bn 12.09 Bn 874.00 Mn
6 Amgen 177.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 5.87 Bn -
7 Gilead Sciences 163.22 Bn 155.50 Bn 5.52 Bn 419.00 Mn
8 Pfizer 145.86 Bn 133.09 Bn -1.21 Bn -
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 111.90 Bn 101.44 Bn 8.07 Bn -
10 Gsk 88.34 Bn 83.66 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2025 -2.71 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.71 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -2.72 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -2.72 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.62 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.62 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -5.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -5.84 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -2.96 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -2.96 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -5.26 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -5.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -2.71 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -2.71 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 -3.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -3.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 -2.37 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 -2.37 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 -222.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -222.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -249.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -249.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -599.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -599.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -175.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -175.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -926.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -926.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -1.88 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 -1.88 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 -265.00
Jun 30, 2012 -265.00
Dec 31, 2011 -688.00
Dec 31, 2011 -688.00
Dec 31, 2010 -82.00
Dec 31, 2010 -82.00