Novartis Ag NVS Institutional Ownership

Updated Nov 4, 2026

Novartis Ag (NYSE:NVS) appeared in the 13F filings of 1,609 institutional investors for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• Collectively, these holders controlled 6.96% of Novartis Ag's outstanding shares in Q2 2026, down from 7.40% in Q1 2026.
• Total shares held in Novartis Ag fell 5.93% versus Q1 2026, while the number of holders rose 17.19% versus Q2 2025.
• Of the 1,609 holders of NVS in Q2 2026, 662 added to their positions, 562 reduced their stakes and 385 left their positions unchanged.
• Combined, institutional investors held 135.05Mn shares of NVS as of Q2 2026, down 8.51Mn from the prior quarter and up 10.57Mn from a year earlier.
• As of June 30, 2026, the biggest holder of Novartis Ag was Fisher Asset Management, LLC with 15.52Mn shares, or 0.80% of shares outstanding.
• Among holders that already owned Novartis Ag, the biggest buyers in Q2 2026 were Fisher Asset Management, LLC (+1.64Mn shares), JPMorgan Chase & Co (+459.77K shares), WCM Investment Management, LLC (+441.17K shares), FMR LLC (+364.41K shares) and BNP Paribas Financial Markets (+258.56K shares).
• The biggest cuts to NVS positions during Q2 2026 came from Dodge & Cox (-6.21Mn shares), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (-3.55Mn shares), State Street Corp (-1.34Mn shares), Primecap Management Co (-975.23K shares) and UBS Group AG (-608.73K shares).
• Per Business Quant data, the 10 largest holders of Novartis Ag at the end of Q2 2026 were Fisher Asset Management, LLC (15.52Mn shares), Morgan Stanley (8.73Mn shares), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.12Mn shares), Primecap Management Co (6.59Mn shares), Loomis Sayles & Co L.P. (5.24Mn shares), Bank of America Corp (4.91Mn shares), Franklin Templeton Inc (3.25Mn shares), BlackRock, Inc. (3.05Mn shares), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (2.98Mn shares) and Northern Trust Corp (2.79Mn shares).