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NVS vs. AZN, NVO, SNY, GSK, TAK, ARGX, ONC, INSM, BNTX, and TEVA

Should you be buying Novartis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novartis include AstraZeneca (AZN), Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO), Sanofi (SNY), GSK (GSK), Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK), argenex (ARGX), BeOne Medicines (ONC), Insmed (INSM), BioNTech (BNTX), and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Novartis vs. Its Competitors

Novartis (NYSE:NVS) and AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Novartis has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AstraZeneca. Novartis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AstraZeneca, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Novartis$50.32B5.14$11.94B$6.8717.82
AstraZeneca$54.07B4.46$7.04B$2.6629.21

13.1% of Novartis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of AstraZeneca shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Novartis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Novartis has a net margin of 25.64% compared to AstraZeneca's net margin of 14.68%. Novartis' return on equity of 41.08% beat AstraZeneca's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Novartis25.64% 41.08% 16.83%
AstraZeneca 14.68%32.84%12.87%

Novartis presently has a consensus target price of $120.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.72%. AstraZeneca has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. Given AstraZeneca's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AstraZeneca is more favorable than Novartis.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Novartis
3 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
AstraZeneca
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Novartis pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. AstraZeneca pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Novartis pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AstraZeneca pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Novartis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Novartis has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AstraZeneca has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, AstraZeneca had 6 more articles in the media than Novartis. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for AstraZeneca and 29 mentions for Novartis. Novartis' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat AstraZeneca's score of 1.02 indicating that Novartis is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Novartis
21 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AstraZeneca
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Novartis beats AstraZeneca on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NVS vs. The Competition

MetricNovartisLarge Cap Pharma IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$259.36B$253.95B$5.75B$21.52B
Dividend Yield2.11%2.73%5.89%3.49%
P/E Ratio17.8230.6557.4027.40
Price / Sales5.144.98519.9953.00
Price / Cash11.4813.7137.2224.68
Price / Book5.6718.8213.944.54
Net Income$11.94B$8.49B$3.29B$999.97M
7 Day Performance-3.20%-0.21%0.63%1.44%
1 Month Performance-1.42%0.84%4.32%4.66%
1 Year Performance5.83%-9.65%84.13%14.11%

Novartis Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVS
Novartis
2.2468 of 5 stars
$122.44
-0.3%
$120.33
-1.7%
+5.1%$259.36B$50.32B17.8275,883Positive News
AZN
AstraZeneca
2.8015 of 5 stars
$81.23
+0.5%
$86.00
+5.9%
-1.9%$251.78B$54.07B30.5294,300Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
NVO
Novo Nordisk A/S
4.2171 of 5 stars
$54.12
-0.5%
$81.00
+49.7%
-58.2%$241.82B$42.12B14.8877,349Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
SNY
Sanofi
4.0352 of 5 stars
$47.34
+0.4%
$62.67
+32.4%
-18.3%$116.30B$44.46B11.3982,878
GSK
GSK
2.0872 of 5 stars
$41.44
+2.3%
$37.38
-9.8%
-8.1%$84.45B$40.10B19.2068,629Trending News
Dividend Cut
TAK
Takeda Pharmaceutical
2.4772 of 5 stars
$15.32
+0.2%
N/A+2.2%$48.76B$30.09B51.0847,455
ARGX
argenex
4.0672 of 5 stars
$771.32
+1.1%
$772.84
+0.2%
+39.9%$47.20B$2.25B39.551,599Analyst Downgrade
ONC
BeOne Medicines
1.703 of 5 stars
$333.02
+6.1%
$330.89
-0.6%
N/A$36.50B$3.81B-192.5011,000
INSM
Insmed
3.319 of 5 stars
$146.17
+0.2%
$139.86
-4.3%
+97.7%$30.91B$363.71M-25.611,271Positive News
Insider Trade
BNTX
BioNTech
2.5214 of 5 stars
$101.77
+0.8%
$135.80
+33.4%
-19.6%$24.44B$2.98B-63.556,772
TEVA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
3.2465 of 5 stars
$19.84
+1.4%
$24.71
+24.6%
+3.4%$22.75B$16.54B-123.9736,830

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This page (NYSE:NVS) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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