NOVARTIS AG Overview
Industry: Drug Manufacturers General
Sector: Healthcare
Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products in Switzerland and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. The Innovative Medicines segment offers prescription medicines for patients and physicians. It also provides cardiovascular, ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, hematology, and solid tumor products. The Sandoz segment develops, manufactures, and markets finished dosage forms of small molecule pharmaceuticals to third parties. It also provides protein- or other biotechnology-based products, including biosimilars; and biotechnology manufacturing services; and anti-infectives, such as active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates primarily antibiotics. Novartis AG has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize inclisiran, a therapy to reduce LDL cholesterol. Novartis AG was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products in Switzerland and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. The Innovative Medicines segment offers prescription medicines for patients and physicians. It also provides Read MoreNOVARTIS AG is evaluated based on the investment philosophy and approach to stock market investing developed by renowned investor Warren Buffett. Companies with high ratings typically exhibit growing earnings, a substantial profit margin, conservative leverage, a consistently high return on equity, and a sustained practice of repurchasing their shares over the years.
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Earnings Per Share
Score 2.00/5
NOVARTIS AG earns a low score, as its Earnings Per Share (EPS) has not shown continuous growth over the last six years. Notable counterparts in the sector with high scores includes
Zoetis Inc
IQVIA Holdings Inc
Agilent Technologies Inc
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Drug Manufacturers General industry
, Merck & Company Inc
, Eli Lilly and Company
, Amgen Inc
are companies with high ratings.
Return on Equity
Score 1.84/5
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Zoetis Inc
IQVIA Holdings Inc
Agilent Technologies Inc
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Zoetis Inc
IQVIA Holdings Inc
Agilent Technologies Inc
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, Amgen Inc
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Agilent Technologies Inc
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, Amgen Inc
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