NOVARTIS AG Financial Summary

Complete Filing Data

NOVARTIS AG reported Cash And Cash Equivalents of $11.44 billion for FY2025.

All values from 10-K, 20-F, and 10-Q filings on SEC EDGAR, organized by financial statement. Scroll each table horizontally for the full history. Blank cells mean NOVARTIS AG did not report that metric for that period in XBRL — often because accounting standards changed which tag a company files under (for example, most companies moved revenue to the ASC-606 tag in 2018), so a metric may continue in a different row. Rows marked * merge those successor tags into one continuous series, preferring the audited value from the newest-standard tag where periods overlap.

Income Statement

Annual (10-K / 20-F)

Metric \ Fiscal YearFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue From Sale Of Goods$54.53B$50.32B$45.44B$42.21B$42.78B$48.66B$47.50B$44.83B$42.38B$48.52B
Research And Development Expense$11.20B$10.02B$11.37B$9.17B$8.64B$8.98B$9.40B$8.49B$8.39B$9.04B
Profit Loss From Operating Activities$17.64B$14.54B$9.77B$7.95B$10.06B$10.15B$9.09B$8.40B$8.70B$8.27B
Profit Loss Before Tax$16.35B$13.64B$9.12B$7.18B$24.53B$9.88B$8.94B$14.10B$9.10B$7.82B
Profit Loss Attributable To Owners Of Parent$13.98B$11.94B$14.85B$6.96B$24.02B$8.07B$11.73B$12.61B$7.70B$6.71B
Profit Loss$13.97B$11.94B$14.85B$6.96B$24.02B$8.07B$11.74B$12.61B$7.70B$6.70B
Other Revenue$2.14B$1.41B$1.22B$1.26B$1.19B$1.24B$1.18B$1.27B$1.02B$918.0M
Other Comprehensive Income That Will Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net Of Tax$2.80B-$1.50B$1.33B-$359.0M-$4.50B$2.94B$304.0M-$60.0M$1.99B-$1.82B
Other Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Gains Losses On Remeasurements Of Defined Benefit Plans$1.16B$2.02B-$160.0M-$103.0M$1.81B$143.0M-$467.0M-$359.0M$851.0M-$515.0M
Other Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Exchange Differences On Translation$3.03B-$1.57B$1.38B-$450.0M-$4.76B$3.19B$352.0M$315.0M$2.21B-$2.39B
Other Comprehensive Income$3.99B$589.0M$1.20B-$844.0M-$2.50B$3.33B-$210.0M-$406.0M$2.84B-$2.33B
Interest Expense$1.14B$1.01B$855.0M$800.0M$787.0M$869.0M$850.0M$932.0M$750.0M$707.0M
Income Taxes Paid Refund Classified As Operating Activities$2.56B$2.26B$2.79B$1.70B$1.86B$1.83B$1.88B$1.51B$1.49B$2.11B
Income Tax Expense Continuing Operations$2.39B$1.70B$551.0M$1.13B$1.63B$1.81B$1.79B$1.30B$1.60B$1.12B
Gross Profit$42.98B$38.90B$34.19B$31.88B$32.24B$34.78B$34.25B$31.59B$29.77B$31.92B
Cost Of Sales$13.70B$12.83B$12.47B$11.58B$11.74B$15.12B$14.43B$14.51B$13.63B$17.52B
Comprehensive Income Attributable To Owners Of Parent$17.97B$12.53B$16.05B$6.12B$21.53B$11.40B$11.53B$12.21B$10.54B$4.38B
Comprehensive Income Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests-$12.0M-$5.0M$6.0M-$5.0M-$7.0M-$2.0M$2.0M-$2.0M$2.0M-$17.0M
Comprehensive Income$17.96B$12.53B$16.06B$6.11B$21.52B$11.40B$11.53B$12.21B$10.54B$4.37B
Adjustments For Reconcile Profit Loss$11.23B$10.23B$10.37B$10.63B-$6.43B$9.88B$9.12B$1.49B$5.79B$8.44B
Profit Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests-$17.0M-$2.0M$4.0M$0.00-$3.0M-$1.0M$5.0M$3.0M$0.00-$14.0M
Share Of Profit Loss Of Associates And Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method-$12.0M-$38.0M-$13.0M-$11.0M$15.34B$673.0M$659.0M$6.44B$1.11B$703.0M
Selling General And Administrative Expense$13.25B$12.57B$12.52B$12.19B$12.83B$14.20B$14.37B$13.72B$12.47B$14.19B
Other Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Hedges Of Net Investments In Foreign Operations-$232.0M$91.0M-$50.0M$91.0M$216.0M-$201.0M$44.0M$95.0M-$237.0M
Other Comprehensive Income That Will Not Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net Of Tax$1.19B$2.09B-$123.0M-$485.0M$2.00B$393.0M-$514.0M-$346.0M$851.0M-$515.0M
Other Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Gains Losses From Investments In Equity Instruments$39.0M$64.0M$37.0M-$382.0M$194.0M$250.0M-$47.0M$13.0M

Balance Sheet

Annual (10-K / 20-F)

Metric \ Fiscal YearFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016FY2015
Cash And Cash Equivalents$11.44B$11.46B$13.39B$7.52B$12.41B$9.66B$11.11B$13.27B$8.86B$7.01B$4.67B
Purchase Of Property Plant And Equipment Classified As Investing Activities$1.55B$1.37B$1.06B$916.0M$1.07B$1.28B$1.38B$1.25B$1.33B$1.86B
Purchase Of Intangible Assets Classified As Investing Activities$2.35B$2.45B$1.69B$1.32B$1.49B$1.31B$878.0M$1.39B$969.0M$1.02B
Payments Out Of Provisions And Other Net Cash Movements In Noncurrent Liabilities$1.48B$1.11B$1.53B$774.0M$775.0M$2.44B$924.0M$638.0M$829.0M$1.54B
Other Inflows Outflows Of Cash Classified As Financing Activities-$203.0M$86.0M$192.0M-$38.0M$72.0M-$147.0M$56.0M$67.0M$314.0M$7.0M
Changes In Equity-$15.53B-$15.15B-$28.73B-$14.51B-$10.37B-$10.29B-$34.67B-$7.80B-$11.20B-$6.60B
Change In Net Current Assets And Other Operating Cash Flow Items-$1.58B-$706.0M-$369.0M-$796.0M-$73.0M-$291.0M$199.0M$576.0M$332.0M-$77.0M
Cash Flows From Used In Investing Activities-$4.88B-$7.51B$5.60B$1.47B$4.21B-$13.18B-$2.23B-$5.59B-$3.12B-$3.44B
Cash Flows From Used In Increase Decrease In Current Borrowings$5.0M$958.0M$546.0M$252.0M-$3.55B$2.26B-$1.58B$1.69B-$644.0M$1.82B
Cash Flows From Used In Financing Activities-$14.87B-$11.74B-$14.28B-$20.56B-$16.26B-$2.21B-$13.63B-$4.24B-$7.73B-$5.31B
Cash Flows Before Working Capital And Provision Changes$22.20B$19.43B$16.12B$14.61B$14.21B$16.38B$14.27B$13.11B$11.92B$13.09B
Net Cash Flows Used In Acquisitions And Divestments Of Businesses Classified As Investing Activities-$3.91B-$3.56B-$840.0M-$205.0M-$9.96B-$3.76B-$13.68B-$714.0M-$765.0M
Cash Flows From Used In Operating Activities$19.14B$17.62B$14.46B$14.24B$15.07B$13.65B$13.63B$14.27B$12.62B$11.48B
Cash Flows From Used In Investing Activities Continuing Operations-$4.88B-$7.51B$6.72B$1.90B$4.90B-$13.06B-$1.07B-$4.59B-$2.34B-$2.69B
Increase Decrease Through Transfers And Other Changes Equity$100.0M$154.0M$129.0M$217.0M$48.0M$18.0M$22.0M$38.0M
Dividends Paid To Equity Holders Of Parent Classified As Financing Activities$7.82B$7.62B$7.26B$7.51B$7.37B$6.99B$6.65B$6.97B$6.50B$6.48B
Cash Flows From Used In Financing Activities Continuing Operations-$14.87B-$11.74B-$17.56B-$20.68B-$16.29B-$2.16B-$16.88B-$4.08B-$7.32B
Purchase Of Other Longterm Assets Classified As Investing Activities$1.0M$59.0M$61.0M$60.0M$39.0M$40.0M$149.0M
Property Plant And Equipment$10.78B$9.46B$9.51B$10.76B$11.55B$12.26B$12.07B$15.70B$16.46B
Cash Flows From Used In Investing Activities Discontinued Operations-$1.12B-$436.0M-$689.0M-$127.0M-$1.16B-$1.00B-$775.0M-$748.0M
Rightofuse Assets$1.57B$1.42B$1.41B$1.43B$1.56B$1.68B$1.68B$1.55B
Purchase Of Investments Other Than Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method$116.0M$193.0M$106.0M$115.0M$188.0M$230.0M$302.0M
Cash Flows From Used In Operating Activities Continuing Operations$19.14B$17.62B$14.22B$13.04B$13.37B$13.65B$13.55B$13.05B$11.42B

Cash Flow Statement

Annual (10-K / 20-F)

Metric \ Fiscal YearFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Proceeds From Sales Of Property Plant And Equipment Classified As Investing Activities$13.0M$86.0M$237.0M$158.0M$211.0M$88.0M$857.0M$102.0M$91.0M$161.0M
Payments To Acquire Or Redeem Entitys Shares9.21B8.33B8.72B10.65B3.06B2.84B5.53B2.04B5.49B1.11B
Increase Decrease In Cash And Cash Equivalents-$24.0M-$1.93B$5.88B-$4.89B$2.75B-$1.45B-$2.16B$4.41B$1.85B$2.33B
Effect Of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash And Cash Equivalents$576.0M-$298.0M$100.0M-$32.0M-$266.0M$286.0M$69.0M-$26.0M$84.0M-$387.0M
Proceeds From Sales Of Intangible Assets Classified As Investing Activities$164.0M$80.0M$1.96B$170.0M$686.0M$380.0M$973.0M$823.0M$640.0M$847.0M
Proceeds From Exercise Options And Other Treasury Share Transactions$27.0M$30.0M$153.0M$100.0M$53.0M$748.0M$201.0M$700.0M$252.0M$214.0M
Increase Decrease In Cash And Cash Equivalents Before Effect Of Exchange Rate Changes-$600.0M-$1.64B$5.78B-$4.86B$3.02B-$1.74B-$2.23B$4.44B$1.77B
Payments Of Lease Liabilities Classified As Financing Activities$281.0M$262.0M$258.0M$262.0M$278.0M$312.0M$273.0M
Proceeds From Noncurrent Borrowings$6.10B$6.14B$16.0M$16.0M$7.13B$93.0M$2.86B$4.93B$1.94B
Proceeds From Sales Or Maturity Of Financial Instruments Classified As Investing Activities$1.97B$2.74B$11.25B$39.36B$2.30B$492.0M$2.56B
Proceeds From Sales Of Investments Other Than Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method$209.0M$957.0M$348.0M$133.0M$440.0M$723.0M$1.15B

Per-Share & Share Counts

Annual (10-K / 20-F)

Metric \ Fiscal YearFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Diluted Earnings Loss Per Share$7.15$5.87$7.10$3.17$10.63$3.52$5.06$5.38$3.25$2.80
Basic Earnings Loss Per Share$7.21$5.92$7.15$3.19$10.71$3.55$5.12$5.44$3.28$2.82

Other Metrics

Annual (10-K / 20-F)

Metric \ Fiscal YearFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016FY2015
Purchase Of Treasury Shares9.12B8.45B8.52B10.91B2.92B3.06B5.51B1.97B5.57B992.0M
Other Income$1.46B$1.18B$1.77B$696.0M$1.62B$1.74B$2.03B$1.63B$1.92B$1.93B
Other Finance Income Cost-$136.0M$140.0M$222.0M$42.0M-$76.0M-$78.0M$45.0M$186.0M$42.0M-$447.0M
Other Expense By Function$2.34B$2.94B$2.30B$3.26B$2.34B$3.19B$3.43B$2.61B$2.14B$2.34B
Interest Received Classified As Operating Activities$310.0M$489.0M$645.0M$252.0M$11.0M$47.0M$214.0M$241.0M$97.0M$43.0M
Interest Paid Classified As Operating Activities$981.0M$855.0M$751.0M$667.0M$643.0M$703.0M$793.0M$816.0M$697.0M$723.0M
Dividends Received Classified As Operating Activities$1.0M$1.0M$2.0M$1.0M$523.0M$490.0M$463.0M$719.0M$987.0M$899.0M
Repayments Of Noncurrent Borrowings$3.39B$2.16B$2.22B$2.58B$2.16B$2.00B$3.20B$366.0M$188.0M$1.70B
Finance Costs Paid Classified As Operating Activities$26.0M$116.0M$17.0M$26.0M$297.0M$39.0M$33.0M$31.0M$270.0M$155.0M
Treasury Shares50.0M53.0M41.0M92.0M48.0M53.0M80.0M69.0M100.0M76.0M101.0M
Issued Capital$766.0M$793.0M$825.0M$890.0M$901.0M$913.0M$936.0M$944.0M$969.0M$972.0M$991.0M
Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions$1.16B$1.06B$904.0M$854.0M$745.0M$730.0M$833.0M$756.0M$612.0M$664.0M
Divestments Aquisitions Of Interests In Associated Companies-$10.0M-$11.0M-$24.0M$20.67B-$7.0M-$6.0M$12.85B$29.0M
Dividends Paid$7.82B$7.62B$7.26B$7.51B$7.37B$6.99B$6.65B$6.97B$6.50B$6.48B
Taxes On Treasury Shares113.0M68.0M-14.0M-14.0M-1.0M-32.0M189.0M
Increase Decrease Through Exercise Of Options$146.0M$88.0M$39.0M$806.0M$210.0M$434.0M$255.0M
Purchase Of Financial Instruments Classified As Investing Activities$187.0M$3.46B$641.0M$34.70B$16.40B$1.90B$228.0M

Most recent annual filing with the SEC: February 4, 2026

Data sourced from SEC EDGAR public filings as of August 4, 2026.