Novartis Ag (NYSE: NVS)
| Last Price | $82.76 |
| Net Change | $-0.42 (-0.5%) |
| Bid | $0 |
| Ask Price | $0 |
| Open Price | $83.1 |
| Previous Close Price | $83.18 |
| High Price | $83.15 |
| Low Price | $82.65 |
| Number of Trades | 5,648 |
| Volume | 1,319,100 |
| Fifty Two Week High | $86.9 (2017-06-22) |
| Fifty Two Week Low | $66.93 (2016-12-08) |
| Average Daily Volume | 2,503,219 |
| Share Outstanding | 2,365,590 Shares |
| Total Dividend Payout | 2.3/yr |
| Dividend Yield | 2.74% |
| 1st Quarter Earnings | $1.22 (2017-07-18) |
| 2nd Quarter Earnings | $1.13 (2017-04-25) |
| 3nd Quarter Earnings | $1.14 (2017-01-25) |
| 4th Quarter Earnings | $1.23 (2016-10-25) |
| PE Ratio | $17.93 |
| EPS Growth | $0.14 |
| Recent Earnings | $1.22 |
| Annual EPS | $4.69 |
| Last Quarter EPS | $ |
| Market Capitalization | $199.58B |
| Insider Shareholders % | 0.0001% |
| Annual Revenue | $0B |
| No. Shares Outstanding | 2,365,590 |
| Inst. Shareholder % | 11.16% |
| Annual Net Income | $6.52B |
| TTM Net Profit Margin | $13.29 |
| 1-Year Return | 3.17% |
| 3-Year Return | -3.58% |
| 5-Year Return | 40.43% |
| 5-Year Revenue Growth | -16.74% |
| 5-Year Earnings Growth | -14.72% |
| 5-Year Dividend Growth | 14.43% |
| Annual Dividend | $2.3 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 2.73% |
| Change in EPS YTD | 0.14% |
| Dividends per Share | $2.327 |
| Stock Split Ratio | 2-1 |
| Beta | 0.73 |
Today's Novartis AG Stock Update
Anyone interested in quick information on Novartis AG stock, take a look right here. You will find the most important numbers in NVS trading today, August 18, 2017, like where shares last closed, how the current stock price compares to recent highs and lows, NVS's dividend yield - plus some other must-know data on Novartis AG shares.
We'll start with where NVS ended trading yesterday -- at a share price of $83.18. Novartis AG shares fell 1.41% or $1.19 from the day before.
Looking at the 52-week highs and lows for NVS is a good way to make sense of the current price, so let's do that now...
NVS is now trading above where it was one-year ago, with the stock price up 1.71% since then.
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The Novartis AG stock price 52-week high is $86.90. That was hit on 6/22/2017. The NVS stock 52-week low is $66.93, reached on 12/08/2016. And, take note - NVS trading volume yesterday was 766,300. That's lower than Novartis AG stock's average daily trading volume of 920,100. Novartis AG's market cap is 199,584,848,000. That gives Novartis AG a large market cap, because it's between 10 billion and 200 billion. As of the beginning of April, Apple has the biggest market cap of all publicly traded companies.
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The current P/E (price/earnings) ratio of Novartis AG stock is 17.93. That's smaller than the March 2016 S&P 500 P/E ratio of about 23. To really gauge if this stock's P/E is high or low, you should compare NVS to other companies in the same industry. The current EPS (earnings per share) of NVS is 2.74. Beta - how closely the stock trades with the overall market, with a beta of 1 meaning it trades in step with the broader index -- for Novartis AG is 0.73. Novartis AG stock has a dividend yield of 2.74%. Generally a dividend yield of 2% or more is decent for those investors who want income from dividend stocks. Money Morning gives you Novartis AG stock news daily. We publish new info on NVS and dozens of other key companies we're watching now, every day, so investors will never miss an opportunity. As always, our content is free.
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The Novartis AG stock price 52-week high is $86.90. That was hit on 6/22/2017. The NVS stock 52-week low is $66.93, reached on 12/08/2016. And, take note - NVS trading volume yesterday was 766,300. That's lower than Novartis AG stock's average daily trading volume of 920,100. Novartis AG's market cap is 199,584,848,000. That gives Novartis AG a large market cap, because it's between 10 billion and 200 billion. As of the beginning of April, Apple has the biggest market cap of all publicly traded companies.
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The current P/E (price/earnings) ratio of Novartis AG stock is 17.93. That's smaller than the March 2016 S&P 500 P/E ratio of about 23. To really gauge if this stock's P/E is high or low, you should compare NVS to other companies in the same industry. The current EPS (earnings per share) of NVS is 2.74. Beta - how closely the stock trades with the overall market, with a beta of 1 meaning it trades in step with the broader index -- for Novartis AG is 0.73. Novartis AG stock has a dividend yield of 2.74%. Generally a dividend yield of 2% or more is decent for those investors who want income from dividend stocks. Money Morning gives you Novartis AG stock news daily. We publish new info on NVS and dozens of other key companies we're watching now, every day, so investors will never miss an opportunity. As always, our content is free.
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