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After finishing at $106.83 in the prior trading day, Novartis AG ADR (NYSE: NVS) closed at $104.99, down -1.72%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.72 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.05 million shares were traded. NVS stock price reached its highest trading level at $108.195 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $104.94.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of NVS by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 27.69 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 11.32. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.61 and its Current Ratio is at 0.79. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.81 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.61.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 30 ’25 when Kowalski Robert William bought 1,212 shares for $113.28 per share.
Kowalski Robert William bought 6,566 shares of NVS for $733,572 on Aug 12 ’24.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NVS now has a Market Capitalization of 210146934784 and an Enterprise Value of 229918064640. As of this moment, Novartis’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.44, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.70. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.40. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.85 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.36. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.32 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.41.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NVS is 0.56, which has changed by 0.022397518 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11241627 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NVS has reached a high of $120.92, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $96.06. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.83%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -3.68%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 2.41M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1961440 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 1.96B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.90B. Insiders hold about 0.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 6.87% stake in the company. Shares short for NVS as of 1745971200 were 4599402 with a Short Ratio of 1.91, compared to 1743379200 on 3225456. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4599402 and a Short% of Float of 0.22999999999999998.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, NVS’s forward annual dividend rate was 3.862, compared to 3.99 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.036150895The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.64. The current Payout Ratio is 55.39% for NVS, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-12 with an ex-dividend date of 1741737600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2019-04-09 when the company split stock in a 1116:1000 ratio.
