Why Novartis Is Poised to Keep Poppin'
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Swiss pharmaceutical giant has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Novartis and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Novartis facts
Headquarters (founded) | Basel, Switzerland (1895) |
Market Cap | $179.7 billion |
Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $57.8 billion |
Management | CEO Joseph Jimenez CFO Harry Kirsch |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 14.9% |
Cash/Debt | $6.0 billion/$20.9 billion |
Dividend Yield | 3.4% |
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Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 1,512 members who have rated Novartis believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, TMFTailwind, succinctly summed up the Novartis bull case for our community:
[Novartis] has an enviable strategic position with a nice pipeline of late-stage products. Diversified product lines buffer the company from difficulties in any one segment. [Novartis] also benefits from increased adoption of generic drugs. Steady, defensive big pharma play with a good margin of safety at current levels.
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