Novartis
NVS
#42
Rank
ยฃ235.65 B
Marketcap
ยฃ121.91
Share price
1.15%
Change (1 day)
46.45%
Change (1 year)

Novartis AG is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis was formed in 1996 from a merger of the two Basel pharmaceutical and chemical companies Ciba-Geigy AG and Sandoz AG. Novartis is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with sales of USD 47.4 billion in 2019.

Novartis (NVS) - P/B ratio

P/B ratio as of February 2026 : 6.85

According to Novartis's latest financial reports the company has a price-to-book ratio of 5.62212.
The price-to-book ratio is a way to measure how much the stock market thinks a company is worth compared to how much the company says its assets are worth on paper.

Novartis - P/B ratio (from 2001 to 2025)

P/B ratio by year

Year P/B ratio Change
2025-12-315.7128.1%
2024-12-314.460.42%
2023-12-314.4435.19%
2022-12-313.2813.36%
2021-12-312.90-24.62%
2020-12-313.84-0.63%
2019-12-313.8754.26%
2018-12-312.51-5.63%
2017-12-312.6615.01%
2016-12-312.31-14.55%
2015-12-312.70-14.52%
2014-12-313.1620.99%
2013-12-312.6118.84%
2012-12-312.205.02%
2011-12-312.098.56%
2010-12-311.93-11.35%
2009-12-312.18-2.62%
2008-12-312.23-10.26%
2007-12-312.49-23.78%
2006-12-313.27-11.63%
2005-12-313.70-5.62%
2004-12-313.925.55%
2003-12-313.7115.66%
2002-12-313.21

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