Consider Our Overview Before Taking a Position in NVS

By Kim Brooks • Monday, December 05 12:09 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Healthcare company Novartis AG has logged a 1.1% change today on a trading volume of 966,820. The average volume for the stock is 2,327,698.

Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide. Based in Basel, Switzerland the company has 108,000 full time employees and a market cap of $195,741,007,872. Novartis AG currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 3.8% per year.

The company is now trading -9.68% away from its average analyst target price of $100.75 per share. The 4 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $92 to $105, and on average give Novartis AG a rating of buy.

Over the last year, NVS shares have gone up 11.7%, which represents a difference of 23.1% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $94.26 per share whereas its 52 week low is $74.09. Based on Novartis AG's average gross margins growth of 1.1% over the last four years, its core business remains strong and the stock price may maintain this level of performance.

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