Novartis Ag (NVSEF) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025)

Novartis Ag's (NVSEF) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.26 in Q4 2025, up 20.3% year-on-year from 0.22 in Q4 2024, and down 12.19% quarter-over-quarter from 0.29 in Q2 2025.

Novartis Ag (NVSEF) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Novartis Ag has disclosed Debt Ratio across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 0.26 for Q4 2025.

  • Debt Ratio for Q4 2025 came in at 0.26, up 20.3% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.26 (up 20.3% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.26, up 20.3% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio came in at 0.26 for Q4 2025 at Novartis Ag, down from 0.29 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.29 in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.19 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.24 (2022), against an average of 0.24.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio slipped 14.43% in 2023 and grew 20.3% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Novartis Ag's Debt Ratio stood at 0.22 in 2021, then rose by 0.6% to 0.22 in 2022, then declined by 14.43% to 0.19 in 2023, then advanced by 12.87% to 0.22 in 2024, then grew by 20.3% to 0.26 in 2025.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.26 (Q4 2025), 0.29 (Q2 2025), and 0.22 (Q4 2024), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Gsk 93,699,046.73 Bn 93,699,041.77 Bn 7.76 Bn -0.22
2 Eli Lilly 1,012.06 Bn 1,006.77 Bn 16.22 Bn 0.37
3 Johnson & Johnson 560.67 Bn 538.62 Bn 15.96 Bn 0.27
4 AbbVie 402.20 Bn 392.85 Bn 10.78 Bn 0.47
5 Merck 298.59 Bn 292.94 Bn 12.09 Bn 0.38
6 Amgen 188.77 Bn 176.74 Bn 5.87 Bn 0.62
7 Gilead Sciences 160.22 Bn 152.49 Bn 5.52 Bn 0.39
8 Pfizer 148.19 Bn 135.42 Bn -1.21 Bn 0.31
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 116.72 Bn 106.26 Bn 8.07 Bn 0.51
10 Novartis Ag - - - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.26
Jun 30, 2025 0.29
Dec 31, 2024 0.22
Jun 30, 2024 0.28
Dec 31, 2023 0.19
Jun 30, 2023 0.24
Dec 31, 2022 0.22
Jun 30, 2022 0.24
Dec 31, 2021 0.22
Jun 30, 2021 0.27
Dec 31, 2020 0.22
Jun 30, 2020 0.27
Dec 31, 2019 0.18
Jun 30, 2019 0.24
Dec 31, 2018 0.16
Jun 30, 2018 0.23
Dec 31, 2017 0.18
Dec 31, 2016 0.18
Dec 31, 2009 0.00
Sep 30, 2009 0.10