Novartis Ag (NVSEF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Novartis Ag's (NVSEF) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at -$6.2 billion in Q2 2025, down 13.03% year-on-year from -$7.1 billion in Q2 2024, and up 42.45% quarter-over-quarter from -$10.7 billion in Q4 2024.

Novartis Ag (NVSEF) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Novartis Ag has disclosed Operating Expenses across 15 years of filings, most recently posting -$6.2 billion for Q2 2025.

  • Operating Expenses for Q2 2025 came in at -$6.2 billion, down 13.03% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$6.2 billion (up 61.87% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $24.4 billion, up 8.23% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at -$6.2 billion for Q2 2025 at Novartis Ag, up from -$10.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of -$672.0 million in Q3 2022 to a low of -$10.9 billion in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is -$3.1 billion (2021), against an average of -$4.0 billion.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 11.25% in 2023, while the deepest fall reached 1273.07% in 2023.
  • Novartis Ag's Operating Expenses stood at -$808.0 million in 2021, then advanced by 2.1% to -$791.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 1273.07% to -$10.9 billion in 2023, then rose by 1.31% to -$10.7 billion in 2024, then soared by 42.45% to -$6.2 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at -$6.2 billion (Q2 2025), -$10.7 billion (Q4 2024), and -$5.5 billion (Q2 2024), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Gsk 93,699,046.73 Bn 93,699,041.77 Bn 7.76 Bn -5.14 Bn
2 Eli Lilly 1,012.06 Bn 1,006.77 Bn 16.22 Bn 6.72 Bn
3 Johnson & Johnson 560.67 Bn 538.62 Bn 15.96 Bn 9.59 Bn
4 AbbVie 402.20 Bn 392.85 Bn 10.78 Bn 11.01 Bn
5 Merck 298.59 Bn 292.94 Bn 12.09 Bn 19.82 Bn
6 Amgen 188.77 Bn 176.74 Bn 5.87 Bn 5.95 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 160.22 Bn 152.49 Bn 5.52 Bn 4.37 Bn
8 Pfizer 148.19 Bn 135.42 Bn -1.21 Bn 5.50 Bn
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 116.72 Bn 106.26 Bn 8.07 Bn 8.25 Bn
10 Novartis Ag - - - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2025 -6.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -10.72 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -5.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -10.86 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -5.40 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -761.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -791.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -672.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -6.08 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -721.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -808.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -704.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -6.15 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 -716.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -823.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -704.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -5.81 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -714.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 -5.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 -756.00 Mn