NVSNovartis AG

$143.73+20% 1Y

Is it safe?

Good

Steady price behavior. That is the only one of 6 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 good, 5 without data
Drawdown risk23% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Relatively steady, low volatility. Worst drawdown -26% · now 12% below its 52-week high.

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can NVS take a bad year?

The deepest fall in NVS's price history on file is −26%; it is 12% below its high today.

−26%

Worst drawdown on file · −12% today

Interest cover
16.5×

Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over

Annualised volatility
23%

Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself

Details›
Cash and short-term investments
$7.00B
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$16.9B
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
23%
Worst drawdown on file
−26%
Below its 52-week high
12%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.