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

Novartis Ag (NVSEF) posted Operating Expenses of -$6.2 billion for Q2 2025, up 42.45% sequentially from -$10.7 billion in Q4 2024, and down 13.03% YoY from -$7.1 billion in Q2 2024.

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

Novartis Ag (NVSEF) has 15 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at -$6.2 billion in Q2 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 13.03% year-over-year to -$6.2 billion in Q2 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$6.2 billion (up 61.87% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $24.4 billion, up 8.23% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses improved to -$6.2 billion in Q2 2025 per NVSEF's latest filing, from -$10.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Expenses was -$672.0 million in Q3 2022, with the low at -$10.9 billion in Q4 2023.
  • Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is -$4.0 billion, with a median of -$3.1 billion recorded in 2021.
  • The widest YoY moves for Operating Expenses: up 11.25% in 2023, down 1273.07% in 2023.
  • Novartis Ag's Operating Expenses stood at -$808.0 million in 2021, then increased by 2.1% to -$791.0 million in 2022, then tumbled by 1273.07% to -$10.9 billion in 2023, then climbed by 1.31% to -$10.7 billion in 2024, then soared by 42.45% to -$6.2 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows NVSEF's Operating Expenses at -$6.2 billion in Q2 2025, -$10.7 billion in Q4 2024, and -$5.5 billion in Q2 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Eli Lilly 1,066.16 Bn 1,060.88 Bn 16.22 Bn 6.72 Bn
2 Johnson & Johnson 611.69 Bn 589.64 Bn 15.96 Bn 9.59 Bn
3 AbbVie 444.34 Bn 434.99 Bn 10.78 Bn 11.01 Bn
4 Astrazeneca 284.94 Bn 277.05 Bn 12.61 Bn -8.41 Bn
5 Merck 224.23 Bn 218.58 Bn 12.09 Bn 19.82 Bn
6 Amgen 195.12 Bn 183.08 Bn 5.87 Bn 5.95 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 156.45 Bn 148.73 Bn 5.52 Bn 4.37 Bn
8 Pfizer 136.01 Bn 123.24 Bn -1.21 Bn 5.50 Bn
9 Novartis Ag 113.45 Bn 113.67 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
Jun 30, 2020 -5.81 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 -5.64 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 -756.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -951.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -6.47 Bn