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Novartis (NVS)

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Updated Aug 7, 2025 12:46 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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B Value B Growth A Momentum A VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 35% (87 out of 246)

Industry: Large Cap Pharmaceuticals

Zacks News

Zacks Equity Research

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    Kite Pharma (KITE) Q2 Loss Narrower than Expected, Shares Up

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      Ligand (LGND) Q2 Earnings & Revenues Top, 2017 View Raised

      Ligand's (LGND) earnings and revenues beat estimates. Total revenue also rises year over on the back of higher royalty benefits. The company ups its outlook for 2017.

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        Juno Therapeutics (JUNO) Q2 Loss Widens, Revenues Surpass

        Juno Therapeutics (JUNO) reports wider-than-expected loss but revenues beat estimates. However, revenue decreased year-over-year.

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          Teva Q2 Earnings Lag, '17 View & Dividend Cut, Stock Slumps

          Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited's (TEVA) Q2 earnings and missed expectations. It also slashed its 2017 earnings and sales outlook and cut its dividend by 75%.

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            Conatus (CNAT) Q2 Loss Narrows Y/Y, Revenues Beat Estimates

            Conatus (CNAT) reports wider-than-expected loss in Q2. However, revenue beat estimates, courtesy higher collaboration benefits.

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              Aduro (ADRO) Q2 Loss Narrower than Expected, Revenues Top

              Aduro (ADRO) incurs loss in Q2 but revenues beat estimates. However, the same declines year over year, courtesy a milestone payment from the year-ago quarter.

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                Incyte (INCY) Q2 Loss Wider than Expected, Jakafi Strong

                Incyte (INCY) reported a wider-than-expected loss in the second quarter but revenues beat expectations.

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                  Can Ligand (LGND) Pull a Surprise This Earnings Season?

                  Milestone payment on Baxdela's approval in the U.S. leveraging Ligand's (LGND) Captisol formulation technology and partnerships with leading healthcare companies, might drive the company in Q2.

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                    Intercept (ICPT) Posts Narrower-than-Expected Loss in Q2

                    Intercept Pharmaceuticals (ICPT) reported a narrower-than-expected loss in Q2 on the back of higher Ocaliva sales.

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                      Drug Stocks Q2 Earnings Releases on Aug 1: PFE, AERI & INCY

                      The Medical sector has carried on the momentum of its first quarter performance so far this earnings season but lagged the overall market.

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                        Roche's (RHHBY) Sales Grow Y/Y in 1H17 on New Drug Launches

                        Roche Holdings (RHHBY) delivered an impressive performance in 1H17 driven by new drug launches.

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                          Ophthotech (OPHT) Q2 Loss Narrows, Focus Shifts to Zimura

                          Ophthotech Corporation (OPHT) reported narrower-than-expected loss in the second quarter and also beat sales expectations.

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                            What's in Store for Conatus (CNAT) this Earnings Season?

                            Conatus' (CNAT) aim to progress with its lead candidate emricasan might boost the stock in Q2 results, although the company's current portfolio shows no approved product and revenue generation.

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                              Amgen (AMGN) Stock Falls Despite Q2 Earnings & Sales Beat

                              Amgen Inc. (AMGN) beat estimates on both earnings & sales in Q2. While Amgen slightly tightened the sales guidance, it raised the earnings outlook backed by its strong performance in the first half.

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                                Biotech Stocks Jul27 Q2 Earnings Roster: BMY, CELG & ALXN

                                Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY), Celgene (CELG) and Alexion Pharma (ALXN) are set to report second-quarter results on Jul 27.

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                                  Drug Stocks Q2 Earnings Releases on Jul 26: GILD, VRTX, GSK

                                  We have three pharma giants that are set to report second-quarter results on Jul 26. Let's see how things are shaping up for this quarter.

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                                    Foreign Stock Roundup: ABB, Novartis Beat on Earnings

                                    Global markets were weighed down by comments from the ECB and Bank of Japan even as bullish GDP data emerged from China this week

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                                      Big Pharma Q2 Earnings Releases on Jul 25: LLY, BIIB, AMGN

                                      Three pharma giants are set to report second-quarter results on Jul 25. Let's see how things are shaping up for this quarter.

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                                        Amgen (AMGN) to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

                                        While Amgen, Inc.'s (AMGN) growth drugs like Prolia & Xgeva might continue to do well. Biosimilar competition and slowdown in sales of mature products can put pressure on sales growth.

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                                          Puma's (PBYI) Breast Cancer Drug Neratinib Gets FDA Approval

                                          Puma Biotechnology, Inc's (PBYI) lead breast cancer candidate neratinib is approved by FDA and is set to be commercially available in September under the brand name, Nerlynx.

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                                            Ligand Signs Agreement with Amgen, Grants Rights to Captisol

                                            Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (LGND) announced that it has signed a commercial license and supply agreement with Amgen Inc. granting exclusive worldwide rights to use Ligand's Captisol technology for the development of AMG 330

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                                              Novartis Tops Q2 Earnings, Sandoz Faces Pricing Pressure

                                              Novartis AG (NVS) reported second-quarter 2017 core earnings of $1.22 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.16 but the recorded figure was a penny lower than the year-ago figure of $1.23.

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                                                5 CAR-T Stocks in Focus as NVS Drug Wins FDA Advisory Panel Vote

                                                It's time to look at these 5 CAR-T stocks given the interest generated by a positive FDA advisory panel vote for Novartis' (NVS) experimental CAR-T treatment.

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                                                  4 Sell-Ranked Drug Stocks to Avoid Ahead of Q2 Earnings

                                                  Here is a look at four drug stocks including Anika (ANIK) with a Sell Rank and negative earnings ESP that should be avoided ahead of earnings.