Novartis

healthcare & pharma · Switzerland · Accounts: Novartis AG

Revenue 2025: Not available
Net profit 2025: $14.0bn
Dividends paid 2025: $7.82bn
Workforce: Not available

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In 2025 Novartis cut 550 roles and paid $7.82bn in dividends and $9.21bn on share buybacks.

Cuts against payouts

Jobs cut each year (tracker events) beside dividends and buybacks paid that year

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Revenue and profit

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Dividends and buybacks

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Workforce

Year-end headcount the company reports; triangles mark job-cut events

Headcount from annual filings. Cuts from the tracker's events.

Revenue and profit per employee

Each year's stored figure divided by that year's reported headcount

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2026
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
Not available
Net profit to shareholders
Not available
Cash dividends paid
Not available
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
Not available
Year-end workforce
Not available
2025
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
$16.4bn
Net profit to shareholders
$14.0bn
Cash dividends paid
$7.82bn
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
$9.21bn
Year-end workforce
Not available
2024
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
$13.6bn
Net profit to shareholders
$11.9bn
Cash dividends paid
$7.62bn
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
$8.33bn
Year-end workforce
Not available
2023
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
$9.12bn
Net profit to shareholders
$14.8bn
Cash dividends paid
$7.25bn
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
$8.72bn
Year-end workforce
Not available
2022
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
$7.18bn^r
Net profit to shareholders
$6.96bn
Cash dividends paid
$7.51bn
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
$10.7bn
Year-end workforce
Not available
2021
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
$24.5bn^r
Net profit to shareholders
$24.0bn
Cash dividends paid
$7.37bn
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
$3.06bn
Year-end workforce
Not available
2020
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
$9.88bn
Net profit to shareholders
$8.07bn
Cash dividends paid
$6.99bn
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
$2.84bn
Year-end workforce
Not available
2019
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
$8.94bn
Net profit to shareholders
$11.7bn
Cash dividends paid
$6.64bn
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
$5.53bn
Year-end workforce
Not available
2018
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
$14.1bn^r
Net profit to shareholders
$12.6bn
Cash dividends paid
$6.97bn
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
$2.04bn
Year-end workforce
Not available
2017
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
$9.10bn^r
Net profit to shareholders
$7.70bn
Cash dividends paid
$6.50bn
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
$5.49bn
Year-end workforce
Not available
2016
Revenue
Not available
Pre-tax profit
$7.82bn
Net profit to shareholders
$6.71bn
Cash dividends paid
$6.47bn
Dividend per share
Not available
Share buybacks
$1.11bn
Year-end workforce
Not available

Metric	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenue	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Pre-tax profit	$7.82bn	$9.10bn^r	$14.1bn^r	$8.94bn	$9.88bn	$24.5bn^r	$7.18bn^r	$9.12bn	$13.6bn	$16.4bn	Not available
Net profit to shareholders	$6.71bn	$7.70bn	$12.6bn	$11.7bn	$8.07bn	$24.0bn	$6.96bn	$14.8bn	$11.9bn	$14.0bn	Not available
Cash dividends paid	$6.47bn	$6.50bn	$6.97bn	$6.64bn	$6.99bn	$7.37bn	$7.51bn	$7.25bn	$7.62bn	$7.82bn	Not available
Dividend per share	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Share buybacks	$1.11bn	$5.49bn	$2.04bn	$5.53bn	$2.84bn	$3.06bn	$10.7bn	$8.72bn	$8.33bn	$9.21bn	Not available
Year-end workforce	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available

0 of 10 years complete · checked 28 Oct 2026 · SEC CIK 1114448

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